DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Paper Bag Vampire Puppet
This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a (handsome? - well, colorful anyways) vampire puppet.
Materials:
You can make a purple vampire or use different colors for a green, black or any other colored version if you feel like getting creative.
- a paper lunch bag (white or brown will work),
- purple paint or purple paper (or color of your choice if you're making a different colored vampire)
- a printer,
- some crayons,
- scissors,
- glue,
- paper
Optional:
- big wiggly eyes
Print the Template:
- Print out the template of choice (color or b&w)
- Colour (as required) and cut out the template pieces.
GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR PAPER BAG:
- 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 puppet 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!
ASSEMBLING YOUR PUPPET
- Purple vampire: Cover the BODY and BACK paper bag with purple paper (just glue it on and trim) or paint the paper bag purple and let dry.
- Glue the mouth underneath the flippy tab so you can see a tiny
part of it sticking out when the flap is closed.
Glue the teeth under the flippy tab so they stick out when the flap is closed. - Glue the ears behind the HEAD.
- Glue the hair at the top of the HEAD.
- Glue the eyes onto the HEAD just under the hair. If you like, you can use wiggly eyes instead of the paper template pieces.
- Glue the oval nose under the eyes.
- Glue the arms into the FLAP.
- Glue the bat onto the chest.
Craft Templates:
- 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).
Template (color) or (B&W)
Printable version of these instructions
