Paper Bag Shark Craft for Kids
A cute shark puppet craft made from a lunch paper sack.
Yield: 1 shark bag
Cost: $5
Materials
- Paper lunch bags If you can find blue then grab those, or paint a lunch sack blue
- Card Stock In red, blue (a contrasting blue from the bag's color), or gray, and white
- Large googly eyes
- Glue tacky glue for crafting, or glue sticks (using glue sticks may result in longer drying time).
Instructions
- Start with the blue paper bag: If you don't have a blue bag, you can paint one blue. Lay it flat with the flap side facing up. This will become the shark’s face and mouth.
- Cut the Mouth: Cut a wide U shape out of the red paper to make the shark's mouth. Lift up the flap and glue it underneath the flap so that the bottom of the mouth is still visible when the flap is closed
- Make the teeth: Cut out a row of sharp triangle teeth from white paper. Glue them on the underside of the flap so they peek out like an open shark mouth when the puppet talks.
- Add the eyes: Glue two large googly eyes above the flap. If you don't have googly eyes, you can draw them or make your own with white and black paper circles.
- Cut out the fins: Use blue or gray construction paper to make a dorsal fin (for the top) and two side fins. On the back of the bag - Glue the dorsal fin to the top of the bag and the side fins on each side.
- Let it dry: Give your shark a few minutes to dry before playing with it.