DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Zebra Craft

contributed by Leanne Guenther

Puppets are fun tools for teaching; children are happy to participate when invited by this cute zebra puppet.

I'm going to walk through this slowly. Look at your paper bag.
It should be closed and flat like a piece of paper. Just like when they are brand new.
On one side, it's all smooth. This will be the BACK of your puppet
- It's important that all the kids get the back and front straight at the beginning!
On the other side there's a flippy tab (which is typically the bottom of the bag when you're carrying your lunch around...)
- This flippy tab will be the HEAD
Lift the flippy tab up a bit. Underneath of the tab will be the mouth,
- When the child puts her hand in the bag, she'll be able to make the bunny talk.
Look at the rest of the front of the bag. (The 3/4 or so of the bag below the part with the flippy tab) This will be the BODY.
Look at the sides of the bag. There should be a FLAP of paper.
- We'll be slipping the arms (template 2) into this flap.
- If the kids goof and glue the arms onto the front or back of the bag, it isn't a big deal.
OK, now that we're comfy with our bags, let's craft!

Cover the paper bag with white construction paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag white and let dry.
Glue the tongue underneath the flippy tab.
Glue the stripes (small ones from first template) onto the HEAD.
Glue the nose (a big oval) onto the HEAD. It should overlap the body a bit.
Glue the eyes onto the HEAD above the nose. If you like, you can use wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces.
Glue the ears onto the HEAD.
Glue the hair tuft onto the HEAD.

Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).