Spare Ribbon

Lion Puppet

During the summer children tend to get restless. Let their imaginations run with this lion puppet. Once they have completed the craft, have them put on a show!

Materials: Two paper bags, construction paper (black, white, and yellow or orange), hole punch, scissors, glue and scissors that cut with a design.

Step One: Using black construction paper trace one big triangle for the lions nose,and six smaller triangles for the lions claws. Then hole punch two holes in the black construction paper for the lions eyes.

Step Two: Using the second paper bag, trace two arms and two ovals for the lions ears. Note: Do not glue anything to the paper bag until the end or else the mane will not fit over the bag.

Step Three: Using a large sheet or orange or yellow construction paper, cut out a large circle using the design scissors.

Step Four: Using regular scissors, cut a hole in the center of the mane, just large enough for the paper bag to slip through.

Step Five: Trace ovals, smaller than the ears you traced from the paper bag, onto the white construction paper. This will be the inner part of the lions ear. See picture below for details.

Step Six: Once you have slipped the mane through the bottom of the paper bag, begin gluing the eyes, nose, ears, and arms to the original paper bag.