DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Tiger Craft
Contributed by
Leanne Guenther
Materials:
a paper lunch bag
orange construction paper or orange poster paint
a printer,
some crayons,
scissors,
glue,
paper for the printer
Optional:
big
wiggly eyes
Fun Foam Option:
orange and black fun foam (trace the template pieces onto fun foam and then follow directions as normal)
Print the Template:
Print out the template of choice (color or b&w)
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 bunny 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
Cover the paper bag with orange construction paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag orange and let dry.
Glue the tongue underneath the flippy tab.
Glue the stripes (small ones from first template) onto the
HEAD
.
Glue the nose (a big oval) 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
.
Template #2
Glue the arms into the
FLAP
.
Glue the hair tuft onto the
HEAD
.
Glue the stripes onto the
BODY
Glue the tail onto the
BACK
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).
Template 1:
(color)
or
(B&W)
Template 2:
(color)
or
(B&W)