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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Stuffed Paper Bag Whale
This is a classic craft that we've likely all made when we were young.
It continues to be loads of fun for the kids!
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Materials:
 | paint - blue or grey (tempra, poster or acrylic paints all work well) |
| paper lunch bag |
| newspaper |
| blue construction paper |
| elastic band or masking tape |
| scotch tape |
| glue |
| black marker
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| optional: wiggly eyes |
Directions:
| stuff paper bag with shredded newspaper, leaving about 3 inches unstuffed
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| Scrunch the top together and wrap an elastic band or masking tape around
to seal.
 | The stuffed part is the body of the whale. |
| The end (top of the bag) is the tail.
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| paint the paper bag, including the tail, a whale color (blue or grey) or
even black and white for an orca whale. I never paint the bottom of
the whale (the tummy)
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| While your bag is drying...
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| Cut out flipper shapes from the blue construction paper |
| Cut a rectangle from the blue construction paper and cut slits in it (see
the dotted lines below) |
| Roll the piece around a pencil and tape it to make a tube (the spout of
the whale)
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Once the bag is dry:
| Scotch tape or glue the flippers to the paper bag (I usually glue
them to the tummy).
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can poke a hole in the top of the bag with a pencil and squish the bottom of
the spout in there and then apply scotch tape as needed.
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| Use a black marker to draw on eyes and a nose (or use wiggly eyes or round
stickers). |
Whale Pinata:
You can add wrapped candy to the stuffing and then allow the kids to break
open their whales with a stick (like a pinata). Having said that, I find
the kids grow so attached to their creations that they don't really have the
heart to break them.
Jonah and the Whale:
Draw a "paper person" and cut him out OR twist a pipecleaner
into a person shape like shown to the right. This is Jonah.
Stuff the whale a little ways, then insert your Jonah into the
whale. Finish stuffing and continue on with the craft
instructions as normal.
The children will know Jonah is "trapped" inside their whale. |
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