Are you looking for fun crafts to add to your animal unit? Use the free template to make these Zoo Animal Paper Bag Puppets! After making these Puppet Crafts for Kids, your kids can use their creations to act out the story or make up their own.
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Zoo Animal Paper Bag Puppets:
Creating crafts can be a fun way for kids to practice fine motor skills such as cutting and gluing. Through these activities, children will also work on their listening comprehension and following multi-step directions.
What Are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills are all the things that children do that involve the coordination between small muscles with their eyes. From holding a pencil to turning the pages in a book, kids use their fine motor skills as they are learning to read and write.
Getting Ready To Make Zoo Animal Paper Bag Puppets:
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What Is Needed:
- Card Stock or Construction Paper
- Paper Bags
- Glue
- Scissors
- Black Marker
To get this puppet craft ready for your kids to create, click on the button below to download and print out the template. You will need to print the template twice to have 2 sets of eyes for each animal. Next, cut the template out.
How To Make The Zebra Paper Bag Puppet:
To begin making the zebra puppet, your kids will cut large squares of white card stock or construction paper and glue them onto the paper bag. You want to glue the pieces on the side that the bottom flaps up.
After gluing the white square for the zebra’s head and body on the paper bag, your children will use scissors to trim off any excess paper from the sides.
Next, your kids will trace the leg and hoof template onto paper twice and cut them out. They can trace the leg on white paper and the hoof on black paper. They can also trace the leg on white paper and color the hoof black. Your children will then glue the legs and hooves onto the paper bag.
After gluing on the zebra’s legs and hooves on the paper bag, your kids will trace the triangle templates onto black paper. They will then cut out shapes and glue onto the front of the paper bag.
Next, your children will trace the ears onto paper twice and cut them out. They can trace the outside of the ear on white paper and the inside on pink paper. They can also trace the outside of the ear on white paper and color the inside pink. Your kids will then glue the ears onto the front of the paper bag.
After gluing on the ears, your kids will trace the mouth onto grey paper and glue onto the front of the paper bag. They can use a black marker to add detail to the mouth.
Then, your children will cut a strip of paper and glue onto the back of the paper bag for the zebra’s tail. They will then cut a small piece of black paper and glue onto the end of the tail. They can also cut small slits into it for extra detail.
Finally, your kids will cut the eyes out and glue them onto the front of the paper bag. They can use googly eyes too.
How To Make The Monkey Paper Bag Craft:
To begin making the monkey puppet, your kids will cut large squares of brown card stock or construction paper and glue them onto the paper bag. You want to glue the pieces on the side that the bottom flaps up.
After gluing the brown square for the monkey’s head and body on the paper bag, your children will use scissors to trim off any excess paper from the sides.
Next, your kids will trace the tail template onto brown paper, cut it out, and glue it onto the back of the paper bag.
Then, your children will cut a large oval out of brown paper and glue onto the paper bag for the monkey’s tummy.
After gluing on the tummy, your kids will trace the mouth onto brown paper and glue onto the front of the paper bag. They can use a black marker to add detail to the mouth.
Next, your children will trace the ears onto paper twice and cut them out. They can trace the outside of the ear on brown paper and the inside on pink paper. They can also trace the outside of the ear on white paper and color the inside pink. Your kids will then glue the ears onto the front of the paper bag.
Finally, your kids will cut the eyes out and glue them onto the front of the paper bag. They can use googly eyes too.
These Zoo Animal Paper Bag Puppets are fun puppet crafts for kids to create during your animal unit or before a field trip to the zoo!
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