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Kids a little bored? Have them make a paper bag puppet and put on a puppet show for you! They will have plenty of fun. Even better if you join them! | Kids a little bored? Have them make a paper bag puppet and put on a puppet show for you! They will have plenty of fun. Even better if you join them! | ||
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
===Creating a Simple Puppet=== | ===Creating a Simple Puppet=== | ||
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#Draw the inside of the mouth. Open the flap. Be careful not to smooth out any creases. Draw the tongue below the crease that you find under the flap. Add the throat and uvula above the crease if desired. | #Draw the inside of the mouth. Open the flap. Be careful not to smooth out any creases. Draw the tongue below the crease that you find under the flap. Add the throat and uvula above the crease if desired. | ||
#*Alternately, you can cut out a small hole here wide enough for your finger and use that as your tongue. | #*Alternately, you can cut out a small hole here wide enough for your finger and use that as your tongue. | ||
| − | #Fill in the body. Excluding the flap, use the lower three-quarters of the bag’s body to design your puppet’s body.<ref>http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/malienpuppet.htm</ref> For people, outline clothes and color them in. For animals, outline their color pattern and then color in. | + | #Fill in the body. Excluding the flap, use the lower three-quarters of the bag’s body to design your puppet’s body.<ref name="rf1">http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/malienpuppet.htm</ref> For people, outline clothes and color them in. For animals, outline their color pattern and then color in. |
#Use your puppet. Slide your hand into the opening. Curl your fingers up and under the flap. Extend and curl your fingers to make your puppet “talk.” | #Use your puppet. Slide your hand into the opening. Curl your fingers up and under the flap. Extend and curl your fingers to make your puppet “talk.” | ||
===Using Craft Materials to Make Your Puppet Pop=== | ===Using Craft Materials to Make Your Puppet Pop=== | ||
| − | #Color your bag. Outline your puppet’s design in pencil on the bag. Color in the areas either by painting them or by gluing cutouts of colored construction paper to the bag.<ref | + | #Color your bag. Outline your puppet’s design in pencil on the bag. Color in the areas either by painting them or by gluing cutouts of colored construction paper to the bag.<ref name="rf1" /> |
#*For animal puppets of reptiles and fish, use cutouts from various colors of construction paper to create multicolored scales. | #*For animal puppets of reptiles and fish, use cutouts from various colors of construction paper to create multicolored scales. | ||
#*For birds, make cutouts of feathers from construction paper. Glue them to the bag in layers, starting at the bottom of the bag, with each added row slightly overlapping the one underneath it for a more textured effect. | #*For birds, make cutouts of feathers from construction paper. Glue them to the bag in layers, starting at the bottom of the bag, with each added row slightly overlapping the one underneath it for a more textured effect. | ||
| − | #Use alternate materials for facial features. Glue a pair of googly eyes to the bag instead.<ref | + | #Use alternate materials for facial features. Glue a pair of googly eyes to the bag instead.<ref name="rf1" /> With a steady hand, outline the bag’s lips with glue and then paint or ink them for added dimension once the glue has dried. For the nose, create a glue outline and color it in as you did with the lips, or glue either an appropriately sized pompom<ref name="rf2">http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/62724/classic-craft-making-paper-bag-puppets</ref> or a small piece of putty sculpted into a nose to the bag. |
#Give your puppet some extra bite. Use a sheet of white construction paper to make a cutout of teeth. | #Give your puppet some extra bite. Use a sheet of white construction paper to make a cutout of teeth. | ||
#*For the upper row, add a half-inch of extra space along the top. Once you cut it out, apply glue along the top with your cutout facing up. Then stick it underneath the bottom of the flap. | #*For the upper row, add a half-inch of extra space along the top. Once you cut it out, apply glue along the top with your cutout facing up. Then stick it underneath the bottom of the flap. | ||
#*For the bottom row, apply glue to the back of the cutout. Fix it to the body of the bag. As desired, either fit it in place so the upper row and bottom row meet when the mouth is closed, or hide it underneath the upper row and the bottom of the flap to create an overbite. | #*For the bottom row, apply glue to the back of the cutout. Fix it to the body of the bag. As desired, either fit it in place so the upper row and bottom row meet when the mouth is closed, or hide it underneath the upper row and the bottom of the flap to create an overbite. | ||
| − | #Add hair. Cut yarn into strips of any desired length. Glue the ends to the top of the bag’s flap. Use strips of ribbon to tie the yarn into pigtails or braids.<ref | + | #Add hair. Cut yarn into strips of any desired length. Glue the ends to the top of the bag’s flap. Use strips of ribbon to tie the yarn into pigtails or braids.<ref name="rf2" /> |
#*Use yarn to make mustaches and beards as well. | #*Use yarn to make mustaches and beards as well. | ||
#*For spiky or crazier hair, use colored pipe cleaners instead. | #*For spiky or crazier hair, use colored pipe cleaners instead. | ||
#*For animal puppets of mammals, use layers of yarn to create fur. Cut strips of desired length and glue them to the body of the bag. Start your first row along the bottom of the bag rather than the top in order to avoid having to lift layers of yarn to glue underneath them, which might make a mess. Use colored pipe cleaners for whiskers. | #*For animal puppets of mammals, use layers of yarn to create fur. Cut strips of desired length and glue them to the body of the bag. Start your first row along the bottom of the bag rather than the top in order to avoid having to lift layers of yarn to glue underneath them, which might make a mess. Use colored pipe cleaners for whiskers. | ||
| − | #Create clothing. Glue fabric swatches onto the bag. If desired, crease or pleat them beforehand for extra dimension. Then glue strips of ribbon along the collar for an eye-catching trim.<ref | + | #Create clothing. Glue fabric swatches onto the bag. If desired, crease or pleat them beforehand for extra dimension. Then glue strips of ribbon along the collar for an eye-catching trim.<ref name="rf2" /> |
===Creating Separate Limbs and Appendages=== | ===Creating Separate Limbs and Appendages=== | ||
#Add ears. Using a stiff sheet of construction paper, outline each ear with pencil. Outline an extra strip to each ear, about a half-inch wide, where the ear will connect to the head. Cut the ears out with scissors. Then, with each ear facing up, apply glue along the extra strip and stick that to the back of the bag, behind the flap. | #Add ears. Using a stiff sheet of construction paper, outline each ear with pencil. Outline an extra strip to each ear, about a half-inch wide, where the ear will connect to the head. Cut the ears out with scissors. Then, with each ear facing up, apply glue along the extra strip and stick that to the back of the bag, behind the flap. | ||
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#*For fish puppets, use the same method to create a dorsal fin. | #*For fish puppets, use the same method to create a dorsal fin. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
