Material used for toys
Art supplies
Yarn
Craft sticks
Glue
Newspapers
Brown paper lunch bags
To make lunch bag puppets
Turn the bag upside down and use art materials to create a face, hair,
and decorations to hide the tied opening.
Tie the opening securely closed with yarn.
Place glue on a craft stick and stick it inside the opening of the bag.
Stuff the paper bag with crumple newspaper.
How to use lunch bag puppets
Children use the bag puppets to act out stories.
Materials black cat bag puppet
Gray or white yarn
Scissors
Black construction paper
White chalk
Craft sticks
Glue
Paintbrush
Black paint
Brown paper lunch bags
To make black cat bag puppet
Glue on strands of white or gray yarn for whiskers
Cut out ears from black construction paper and glue them into place on
the bag.
When the paint is dry, draw a cats face using white chalk on the
bottom of the bag.
Place a glue-covered carft stick inside the opening of the bag and
secure it with yarn.
Paint a lunch bag using black pain.
How to use black cat bag puppet
Use a tape recorder to document what children are doing. Observe how
they use the puppet and write an anecdotal note.
Children use the cat puppet to tell stories or sing song.
Material paper bag character hats Disney-Toys
Loop and hook fasteners, such as Velcro
Markers
Stapler or tape
Scissor
Large, brown paper bags
To make paper bag character hats
Attach loop and hook fasteners (Velcro) onto the front of the hats and
onto the backs of the character pieces.
Use other flattened bags to draw story, nursery rhyme, or fingerplay
characters. Cut them out.
Staple or tape the hat to secure it in place.
Fold the bag to make a three-point hat or cut as shown in the
illustration.
Cut off the bottom of the bag and the bag on the seam side so that it
lays flat.
How make paper bag character hats
Children wear the hats and place the character pieces onto their hats
when acting out a story, nursery ryhyme, or finger play.
Marterial monkey masks
Markers
Large, brown paper grocery bags
Scissors
To make monkey masks
Use markers to draw the monkeys head (no face) with ears around the
hole.
Cut out an oval the of size of a childs face on one wide side of the
bag.
Cut the bag as shown in the illustration. Use the bag bottoms to make
the monkeys.
Measure about 12 from the bottom of the bag.
How make monkey masks
The masks are fun to wear while acting out monkey songs.
Children place the bags over their heads and peep through the oval to
be a monkey.
Materials character smocks
Markers, paint and paintbrushes, or other art materials
Scissors
Large, brown paper bags
To make character smocks Kids Toys
Use makers, paint, or other art material to create characters on the
wide panels of the bags.
For a childs head to fit through in the reinforced bottom of the bag.
Lay the flattened paper on the table. Cut out a hole large enough.
Cut out the narrow sides of the bag, leaving the wide sides and the
bottom intact.
How to use character smocks
Character smocks are fun for role-playing favorite stories and songs.
Children put their heads through the hole and wear the remaining sides
of the bag in the front and back of their bodies.
