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Paper Bag Frog And Duck Puppet

This is a tutorial on how to make a paper bag frog and duck puppet.
Prep Time5 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Keyword: spring craft and paper bag frog and duck
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Author: Angela Milnes

Equipment

  • Scissors

Materials

  • Card Stock
  • White Paper Gift Bags
  • Blue Paint
  • Foam Paint Brush
  • Glue Stick
  • Pencil
  • Black Marker
  • Googly Eyes
  • Paper Bag Puppet Template

Instructions

  • Print out the template. Cut the template out. Trace the body of the duck onto yellow cardstock and cut out.
  • Cut the head from the duck template, trace onto yellow cardstock and cut out.
  • Trace the wings onto yellow card stock and cut out.
  • Trace the beak and the feet onto orange card stock and cut out.
  • Cut a small strip of yellow and orange cardstock. Glue the beak and googly eyes onto the duck’s head.
  • Fold the small strip of yellow cardstock into the shape of an M.
  • Glue the folded strip of cardstock onto the duck’s body and the other side onto the head.
  • Glue the wings onto the duck, slightly flapping them up.
  • Fold the small strip of orange cardstock into the shape of an M. (do this 2x)
  • Glue the folded strips of cardstock onto the duck’s body and the other side onto the feet.
  • Set the duck aside.
  • Trace the body of the frog onto cardstock and cut out.
  • Cut the head and legs from the frog template, trace onto darker green card stock and cut out. Refer to the photos.
  • Cut a small strip of green card stock.
  • Glue the front legs onto the frog.
  • Glue the back legs onto the frog.
  • Only glue at the edge and flap up the rest of the legs for a 3D look. Refer to the photo.
  • Glue googly eyes onto the frog’s face. Use a black marker to draw on a mouth and nostril holes. Cut out small pink circles and glue onto the frog’s cheeks.
  • Fold the small strip of green cardstock into the shape of an M.
  • Glue the folded strip of cardstock onto the frog’s body and the other side onto the head.
  • Set the frog aside.
  • Trace the puddle template onto the cardstock and cut out.
  • Trace the puddle template onto light blue cardstock and cut out strips from it.
  • Glue the light blue strips onto the puddles.
  • Glue the Frog and Duck on top of the puddles.
  • Use a foam paint brush to give the cardboard a thin coat of white paint.
  • Allow the paint to dry completely and glue the frog and duck onto the gift bags.
  • Cut small droplets of water from blue card stock and glue onto the gift bags.
  • Your paper bag puppets are completed. You can use these as a Puppet or a gift bag.