I love making paper bag puppets with kids! Their imaginations really take flight and I just love how creative kids are and watching them play with their puppets. Paper bag puppets don’t need a lot of supplies, so they are usually easy to pull together when the crafting mood strikes. My son loves tigers so we made a tiger paper bag puppet together and it turned out so cute!
Supplies Needed:
- paper lunch bag
- tiger puppet template (free PDF download)
- crayons
- glue
- scissors
- googly eyes
- pipe cleaners
- pom-pom
- glue dots (optional)
If you don’t have googly eyes, pom-poms, or pipe cleaners feel free to substitute or draw on a face!
How To:
Print out the tiger puppet template. I made it available as a free PDF download. You can always make your own out of construction paper if you don’t have a printer.
Color your tiger template. My son went with the traditional orange and black tiger, but use any colors you like.
Cut out the pieces and then glue them onto the paper bag. The side of the bag with the flap is the front. Be careful not to glue the flap shut when adding the oval body and the face to the flap. We used a glue stick, but white school glue will also work.
Glue the arms onto the front of the bag. Position them any way you like. Then, glue the tail onto the back of the bag (with the colored side facing you). Position it so that it is sticking out off to one side so you can see it.
Now for the tiger’s face! We used stick-on googly eyes, a black pipe cleaner, and a black pom-pom for the nose. For the whiskers, I folded one pipe cleaner in half and then cut it at the fold, making 2 pieces. I added a glue dot to the center of the bag and my son squished the pipe cleaner pieces onto the glue dot. I like to use glue dots because I don’t have to wait for the white glue to dry. Next, I added a glue dot on top of the center of the pipe cleaners and my son squished on the black pom-pom to make a nose. lastly, my kiddo drew on a mouth with a black crayon. Now his tiger was ready to roam around our house!
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