Craft

Paper Bag Puppet Pals

Here's one to try together!

A lunch bag becomes a talking friend.

25 min2 min prepAges 3 and uplow mess

Reviewed by our team.

Safety first

What you need

Grown-up prep: Show how the bag's folded bottom flap becomes the mouth.

Lay the bag flat with the folded flap facing up.
Decide who your puppet is. Is it an animal, a monster or a person?
Ask: Is your puppet friendly or grumpy?
Draw a face on the flap, with the mouth on the fold.
Cut ears, hair or a hat from paper and glue them on. Ask for help if you need it
Color the rest of the bag for your puppet's clothes.
Give your puppet a name and a funny voice.
Ask: What's your puppet's favorite food?
Now practice. Make your puppet say hello, then laugh, then fall asleep.
Team up with someone and their puppet, and put on a little show.
Make a friend for your puppet, or put on a show for the family!
Ask: Who should your puppet meet next?

Puppet interview: a grown-up asks the puppet questions, and the puppet answers in its voice.
Copy puppet: one puppet does a move or a sound and the other copies it.
Puppet family: make one puppet for every person at home.

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