brown or grey fun foam -- depending on which color donkey you are
making (trace the template pieces onto fun foam and then follow
directions as normal)
Print the Template:
You can either print just template one or both templates.
The more children you have per adult and
the younger the children are, the simpler (less templates) you want
the craft to be.
If you aren't sure how many templates
you should use, print both, but hide #2. If the kids make
it through #1 and are eager for more, bring out the other.
If they are tired of crafting, save them for another day.
Color (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!
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
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 donkey talk.
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.
OK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's craft!
Template #1
Grey Donkey: Cover the paper bag with
grey construction paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper
bag grey and let dry.
Brown Donkey: just use the brown paper
bag
Glue the small circle with the tongue underneath
the flippy tab so you can see part of the circle sticking out from under
the nose.
Glue the nose onto the
HEAD. It should overlap the body a bit.
Glue the eyes onto the
HEAD
above the nose. If you like, you can use wiggly eyes instead of
the paper template pieces.
Glue the ears onto the
HEAD.
Glue the hair tuft onto the
HEAD.
Template #2
Glue the arms into the
FLAP.
Glue the tail onto the
BACK
(or you could use
wool instead of the template piece)
Templates:
Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
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).