Crafting With Mema – making paper bag puppets
Welcome back for one of our fun series here at NanaHood, called “Crafting With Mema“. These posts include patterns, recipes, and fun craft projects to do with your kids or grandkids. The ideas aren’t difficult (if anything, we err on the side of SUPER EASY), and we hope we’ll inspire YOU to do more crafting!
It’s been a couple of weeks since we last did a Crafting With Mema post… are you ready for a new one? I am!
This week’s video is Mema with Martha, making a Snow White paper bag puppet.
We didn’t really have a pattern for this puppet when we started… Martha just really, REALLY wanted Snow White, so we grabbed some paper and started cutting shapes to see what we could come up with. It’s about as easy as it can be, but Martha loved it!
To recap, you’ll need:
- one paper lunch bag
- glue stick
- scissors
- construction paper – white, black, red, blue
- googly eyes if you have them
Now, don’t worry about perfection here. Just cut the following:
- a round piece large enough for Snow White’s face/head. Cut it in two pieces so her face will “move” when you put it all together on the paper bag
- a nice snake-ish type shape in black for Snow White’s hair
- some ruby lips
- some blue eyes (if you don’t have googly eyes)
- two white hand shapes
- a red apple shape
Glue it all together and you will have a fun puppet that your preschooler will love!
Happy crafting!!
P.S. The kid running through the background at the end saying, “My turn…my turn…” – well, that was lil Allan. And NEXT week, we’ll share with you HIS puppet!
Don’t forget… if you and your children/grandchildren create something from one of our Crafting posts, we’d LOVE to see photos (or videos). Along those same lines, we are also interested in posting YOUR video or photo tutorials, so if you have crafty kiddos and want to share, please send an email to admin@nanahood.com.
About “Mema”: Cheryl Booth has been crafting for more years than she cares to remember, and has shared her love of crafts with kids in her home, in Bible classes, at summer camp, and elsewhere. You can visit Cheryl’s craft shop online at http://www.mycraftbooth.etsy.com
