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Paper Bag Lion Puppet

This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet. You can omit template 3 (the mane) for a female lion.

Materials:

printer
paper
paper bag
glue or tape
scissors
yellow paint or yellow construction paper
OPTIONAL: orange or brown felt
OPTIONAL: yellow, brown or orange wool

Tasha, Age 8

paper bag craft
Sarah

Instructions:

Print out the template of choice.
Colour the pieces as appropriate and cut them out. (cutting may require adult assistance and can be pre-done).
OPTIONAL: instead of printing template 3, cut the 1/2 circles out of orange or brown felt.
See the picture above for how the puppet should look when complete.

GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG:

I'm going to walk through this slowly, so try not to giggle at me.

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 put's her hand in the bag, she'll be able to make the puppet 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 into this flap, though it isn't a big deal if they glue them right to the front of the body.

OK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's craft!

PUTTING IT TOGETHER:

If desired, paint the paper bag yellow and let dry completely. Instead of painting, you could trace the bag onto a piece of yellow construction paper and glue it onto the back. Trace again, this time making it short enough to fit under the flippy tab and glue onto the front.
Print the template of choice and color in the pieces, as necessary.
Cut out the template pieces

Glue the first half circle (TEMPLATE 3) underneath the flippy tab
Glue the other half circle (TEMPLATE 3) onto the back of the paper bag so the edge lines up with the first half circle (to form a complete circle for the lion's mane).
Skip the above two steps (the ones using template 3) to make a female lion.
Lift the flap/snout and glue the tongue on underneath it.

Glue the nose, eyes and ears onto the front of the flippy tab to make the face.
Glue the arms (TEMPLATE 2) onto the bag.
OPTIONAL: wrap some wool around your fingers to make a tassel. Attach the tassel onto a 'tail length' piece of wool and tape that to the back of the bag.