This has to be one of my favorite werewolf craft ideas. This little guy isn't scary, but as Halloween approaches, the first thing kids think about is werewolves and vampires. Making a werewolf puppet is a great way to lead into a lesson on legends and folklore.
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💖 Why You'll Love This Craft
- Howling Good Fun: This craft lets kids create a playful werewolf puppet that’s perfect for spooky stories and Halloween fun.
- Easy for Little Hands: With simple shapes and step-by-step assembly, it’s just right for young crafters to put together on their own.
- No Special Tools Needed: Just a paper bag, glue, and a few crafting supplies—easy to make with things you already have at home..
What Is a Werewolf?
A werewolf is a mythical person who changes into a wolf for a period of time. In most legends, a person changes into a werewolf when there is a full mood. Werewolves typically turn due to being bitten, however, other legends have said they can be born as one, drink water downstream from a werewolf, or drink water out of a werewolf's footprint to turn.
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How to Teach Kids About a Legend
Kids who still love to make puppets may get frightened by scary things like werewolves, vampires, and monsters. The best way to help them with this fear is to teach them that these things are not real.
- Start by asking children if they think werwolves are real..if they say no, you can tell them they are correct. If they say yes, you can lead them to the correct answer.
- Once they understand that these are not real, but made up creatures, talk about how we even got the name werewolves.
- Discuss legends and where they came from. Talk about how they are not proven to be true, but are stories told.
🖌️ How To Make This Paper Bag Werewolf
Halloween paper crafts can be super fun and this paper bag werewolf will be a huge hit with the kids.
- Step 1: First, get your paper bag out, the glue, and print out your werewolf template.
- Step 2: Next, begin gluing on your brown and black sections. Then, glue the red shirt onto your paper bag.
- Step 3: Continue gluing the puppets attire onto the bag.
- Step 4: Add some rip marks onto the shirt with your red marker.
- Step 5: Finally, glue on the face, eyes, and mouth onto the folded part of the paper bag.
💡 Pro Tip: Set up a tool-use station where children must pick, use, and return each item—reinforcing grip variation while teaching responsibility for materials.
🧑🎨 Expert Tips
- Thumb Positioning: Encourage kids to hold scissors with their thumb on top and elbow down, helping them gain cleaner cuts and reduce wrist strain during repetitive snipping.
- Two-Finger Support: When gluing narrow pieces like teeth or claws, show children how to stabilize them using two fingers while applying glue, improving placement accuracy.
- Vertical Grasp Practice: Let children grip markers or pencils vertically when outlining edges—this improves control when working on upright or angled surfaces like paper bags.
- Controlled Dabbing: Use glue sticks or sponge tips instead of liquid glue to train even pressure, preventing over-saturation of small puppet parts.
- Rotation Practice: Ask kids to rotate the puppet bag instead of their hand when drawing curves or applying details—this encourages more ergonomic movement and cleaner shapes.
- Tool Switching: Have children alternate between blunt-tip scissors, glue pens, and crayons throughout the session to build adaptability across multiple fine-motor tools.
💭 FAQs
Designing a character like a werewolf introduces children to the idea of dual nature—calm and wild—which supports thinking about contrast in personality or behavior.
Yes, creating a half-human, half-animal figure opens up basic ideas about roles and identity. Kids begin to think about how characters can change or represent more than one side.
By crafting figures that seem scary or misunderstood, children can explore ideas about judging by appearance. It helps them start forming basic moral interpretations.
Switching between playful and fierce traits while using the puppet builds flexibility. Children learn to shift thinking based on how they imagine or use the character.
Download Template
Get your free Printable Werewolf Puppet Craft here!
Paper Bag Werewolf Puppet For Kids
Materials
- Construction Paper
- Glue Stick
- Scissors
- Brown Paper Bag
- Crayola Marker Pens
Instructions
- Download and print the template according to instruction on the template.
- If you choose, you can print template on white paper and allow kids to color it.
- Cut out template peices.
- Glue the brown body section to the sack of the bag. Add a strip of black to the bottom.
- Then, glue the red clothing on top.
- Assemble the face pieces onto the werewolf's head.
- Finally, glue the head onto the bottom of the paper bag.
- Have fun!
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Oh my gosh, these are the cutest. I can see kids having so much fun making these!
I love crafts with paper bags. This is one that I need to make with my grandkids.
That's such a fun idea. My son loves to do arts and crafts. He'd love these.
Paper Bag Werewolf Puppets would be perfect for my nieces and nephews.
I love paper bag puppet crafts. They're so simple and kids always love them!
Wow ! This is soo fun! Kids will surely love to make and play this Paper Bag Werewolf Puppet.
How clever and cute is this!!!Sharibg with some teacher friends!
This diy paper bag is so cute, such am awesome transformation! Love it!
These paper bag crafts are so cute! I love that the template is free and we can make these as a group activity for the kiddos!
I didn't realize werewolves could be so cute. Thanks for the idea, another craft to include in our activity list.
Wow, this is absolutely cute! I'm pretty sure kids will really get excited doing this paper bag!
This is so cute! What a great idea. My kids love doing crafts like these.
Oh my goodness these are just the cutest! I love this time of the yeast and am going to have to try and recreate these with my niece 😉
What a fun craft for kids! My daughter would love making this.
Papper bag werewolf puppet is really cute. I would love to make it with my kids. Thanks for the template.
The puppets are really cute and I think they are a lovely way to introduce legends without fear. BTW, you taught a new facts that I did not know. I never knew you could become a werewolf from drinking the water. Mind blown!