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Optional:
 | big wiggly eyes |
PRINT THE TEMPLATE:
| Print out the template of choice (color or b&w) |
| Colour (as required) and cut out
the template pieces. |
GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG:
| I'm going to walk through this
slowly. Look at your paper bag. |
| It should be closed and flat like
a piece of paper. Just like when they are brand new. |
| On one side, it's all
smooth. This will be the BACK
of your
puppet
 | It's important that all the kids
get the back and front straight at the beginning! |
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| On the other side there's a
flippy tab (which is typically the bottom of the bag when you're carrying your lunch
around...)
| This flippy tab will be the HEAD |
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| Lift the flippy tab up a
bit. Underneath of the tab will be the mouth,
| When the child puts her hand in
the bag, she'll be able to make the puppet talk. |
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| Look at the rest of the front of
the bag. (The 3/4 or so of the bag below the part with the flippy tab) This
will be the BODY. |
| Look at the sides of the
bag. There should be a FLAP of paper.
| We'll be slipping the arms
(template 2) into this flap. |
| If the kids goof and glue the
arms onto the front or back of the bag, it isn't a big deal. |
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| OK, now that we're comfy with our
bags, let's craft! |
TEMPLATE #1
| Grey Elephant: Cover the paper bag with grey paper
(just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag grey and let dry. |
| Glue the tongue underneath the flippy
tab so you can see a tiny part of the circle sticking out when the flap is
closed. |
| Glue the hair tuft at the top of the head |
| Glue the eyes onto the HEAD
just under the hair tuft. If you like, you can use
wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces. |
| Glue the tusks from the back side of the trunk. |
| Glue the trunk onto the HEAD. It
will hang down over quite a bit of the BODY.
Make sure you just put glue on top of the trunk (where it touches the HEAD)
so you don't end up gluing the mouth shut. |
| Glue the ears onto the sides of the HEAD (the second ear is on
Template 2). Like with the trunk, make sure you only put glue on the
part of the ears that will be touching the HEAD ... not the parts that
will touch the BODY
so you don't end up gluing the mouth shut. |
| Glue the ear middles onto the ear |
TEMPLATE #2
| Glue the arms into the FLAP. |
| Glue the tail onto the BACK. |
Printing the Template:
| Close the template window after printing to return to this
screen.
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| Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the
template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). |
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