this was a HIT as an after-school craft last week. i was watching a friends lovely ladies, so i had to come up with a craft that would interest kids from 3yrs to 7yrs. this was it!
before i picked up the big kids from school, lion and i got all the supplies ready.
* brown paper bags
* glue
* feathers
* markers, pens, pencils
* pipe cleaners
* pom-poms
* googly eyes
* construction paper
* cotton balls
each kid chose something different to make; we had an alien, a kitty, a frog, a bird. it was so much fun. the older kids made more detailed puppets, and my three year old made a pretty simple frog, but it was still fun!
look at these wonderful paper bag puppets! we used cotton balls and small pom poms for eye balls, which i think were quit effective! pipe cleaners make wonderful antennas, or whatever!
lion gifted his frog to his mummo for her birthday, so i didn’t get a picture of it.
below is a silly, green alien!
this is bear’s cat. it has a red collar and a curly tail! fancy!
what kind of puppet will you make?
this is my bird. it’s eating a fish!


Love the paper bag puppets! I especially love how each kiddo could put their own spin on the idea.
Bravo Mama!
thanks so much janice! we’ve done this craft many times now and the kids still LOVE it! XO