This is a great Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and blank templates to create Mother's Day gifts - A box/gift pouch, a cupcake and a butterfly pouch. Students can add decorations as they wish!
Requires: Light crafting paper, glue and scissors. Add a treat or Mother's Day message into the boxes/pouches or the cupcake.
Have added 3 very simple writing activities that your students can fill in about their mom.
Mom will love to receive any of these gifts.
Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
This is a fun Mother's Day Craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions, decorations and templates needed to create a Mother's Day Cake for Mom. All students have to do is color, cut and glue!
I have made 3 different templates with cake plates plus two different styles of cakes - rectangular and round. Students can choose their cake plate and then 3 different layers of cake to create a Mother's Day cake. I have also included 3 templates that are complete in case you run out of time or have crafters who find cutting and designing a bit difficult.
Requires: Paper, glue, coloring pencils and scissors.
Mothers will love this item!!! Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
These are 2 really fun Gingerbread Houses.
Included are templates that the students will color, cut and then glue together! They make great Christmas keepsakes. Make them well in advance of the holiday season and decorate your classroom!
Made from regular photocopy paper (8 1/2 x 14), all students require are coloring pencils, scissors and glue (glue sticks recommended).
Includes two different Gingerbread Houses.
Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you and your students.
A fun, simple crafting activity for Christmas.
To create this craft, you must watch the VIDEO.
There are 5 Reindeer to choose from:
Rosy, Roxy, Ruby, Baby Red … and Ralph.
2 different poses
Students color then cut their reindeer, then make a skirt and hang them up for the holidays!
Each is made exactly the same way - just watch the video and look at the preview.
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils (scotch tape and ribbon if you want to hang them up) … otherwise make a garland of dancers for your bulletin board.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
A fun, simple crafting activity for Hallowe’en.
What is included:
3 monsters
Mummy
Pumpkin
Frankula (combination of Frankenstein and Dracula)
Using just 1 piece of paper, students color then cut and fold their Hallowe’en hand puppet … add the 2 handles and they are ready for fun! Each puppet opens showing a wide Hallowe’en mouth!
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Another great craft that you can use with the Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get? or with any of your animal / pet units.
What is included:
Templates for 6 pets: Dog, Snake, Frog, Fish, Cat (2)
Each template comes with 2 simple writing activities - one that the student can list what is great about that particular pet, the other the student is asked a question.
Using just 1 piece of paper, students color, complete the simple writing activity then fold their Surprise Pet.
Watch the preview video to learn how to make these Surprise
What you need:
paper, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Your students are going to love these for Hallowe'en fun!
WATCH THE HOW TO VIDEO to see how they are made ...
Just loving this new idea ... so creative and fun!
What you need:
You must photocopy on 8 1/2 x 14 (legal size) paper. I just used regular paper. Students will need coloring pencils, glue and scissors! That's it.
Includes graphics and templates needed to create 7 different 3D Fidget Spinners!
**Note: Easy to make. I made you a How To Video instead of writing out the directions. Think it will make things so much easier!
Check out the video and have a look before you purchase to make sure you love it and that it is right for your students!
Let the students design their own Hallowe’en Monster!
What is included:
4 head shapes (eyes are already in place)
2 body shapes
3 options for noses
2 options for mouths
4 options for teeth and tongues
2 simple writing activities have been prepared which can be placed on the back of the monster (grade 1 or 2 or 3) JK and K can just make the paper bag puppets and not do the writing activities.
To design: choose a head and a body, add a nose, mouth and teeth or tongue.
Then color the items and glue to the paper bag. The monster is created. The fun part will be to see how many variations will be created within your class! Students can add things to the body of their monster as they see fit!
Have created these so that the heads / body will slightly hand over the edges of the bag.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue
brown paper bags or colored paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Another great POP-UP Book!
This is a creative and fun craft for students to complete for Christmas! They create their own Christmas Memory Book - and it is a POP-UP Book!
To make the POP-UP Book, you must watch the video (above).
This is the Religious version!
Christmas Book #2 requires students to choose 4 templates (from 13) which are provided. Students color, then cut and fold the templates, glue them together and create a beautiful, Christmas treasure.
Templates include:
•Nativity Scene - 6 templates - graphics of Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Drummer Boy, Wise Men
•Festive Christmas - 7 templates - graphics of Elves, Santa, Reindeer, Gifts, Wreaths, etc.
This product contains graphics for boys and girls.
Requires:
Paper (I used regular photocopy paper)
Glue, coloring pencils and scissors
A single hole punch and a piece of ribbon about 12" long
The POP-UP Christmas Book #2 folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that they can display it on their desk at home. When it is expanded it is 8" x 8" x 4" (approx).
It is a lot of fun to create.
Look on my site for other POP-UP books:
End of Year Activities:
End of Year Activities: POP-UP Memory Book (Grades 4-7)
End of Year Activities - POP UP Yearbook for Grade 7 & 8
Father’s Day:
Father’s Day Craft - POP-UP Father’s Day Book
Mother’s Day:
Mother’s Day Craft - POP-UP Mother’s Day Book
Christmas: (non-religious version)
Christmas Crafts - POP-UP Book
Enjoy and Merry Christmas!
Another great POP-UP Book!
This is a creative and fun craft for students to complete for Christmas! They will put together the 4 rooms of the house … and then complete the writing activities on behalf of the Gingerbread family or their own family.
To make Inside a Gingerbread House POP-UP Book, you must watch the video: (above)
Inside a Gingerbread House requires students to choose 4 templates. Students color, then cut and fold the templates, glue them together and create a beautiful, Gingerbread treasure.
Templates for these 4 room are:
Living Room - a beautiful fireplace scene where Christmas is special because …
Living Room #2 - where we hang the stockings …
Candy Kitchen - where we gather to …
Play Room - when family and friends come to visit …
** I provided 3 options for each room. Something for everyone!
** Just a suggestion … I might suggest making 1 room per day and then on the fifth day, put it all together. But watch the video and decide what is best for you and your students.
Requires:
Paper (I used regular photocopy paper)
Glue, coloring pencils and scissors
A single hole punch and a piece of ribbon about 12" long
Inside a Gingerbread House folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that they can display it on their desk at home. When it is expanded it is 8" x 8" x 4" (approx).
It is a lot of fun to create.
Here are some other POP-UP books:
End of Year Activities:
End of Year Activities: POP-UP Memory Book (Grades 4-7)
End of Year Activities - POP UP Yearbook for Grade 7 & 8
Father’s Day:
Father’s Day Craft - POP-UP Father’s Day Book
Mother’s Day:
Mother’s Day Craft - POP-UP Mother’s Day Book
Christmas:
Festive version - Christmas Crafts - POP-UP Book
Religious version - Christmas Crafts - POP-UP Book #2
Enjoy and happy crafting!
Another great POP-UP Book!
This is a creative and fun craft for students to complete for Christmas! They create their own Christmas Memory Book - and it is a POP-UP Book!
To make the POP-UP Book, you must watch the video (preview above).
This Christmas Book requires students to choose 4 templates (from 11) which are provided. Students color, then cut and fold the templates, glue them together and create a beautiful, Christmas treasure.
This product contains graphics for boys and girls and graphics of Santa, reindeer, wreaths, elves, etc. It does not contain religious icons.
Requires:
Paper (I used regular photocopy paper)
Glue, coloring pencils and scissors
A single hole punch and a piece of ribbon about 12" long
The POP-UP Christmas Book folds flat for students to easily transport home or expands so that they can display it on their desk at home. When it is expanded it is 8" x 8" x 4" (approx).
It is a lot of fun to create.
I have other POP-UP books:
End of Year Activities:
End of Year Activities: POP-UP Memory Book (Grades 4-7)
End of Year Activities - POP UP Yearbook for Grade 7 & 8
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day:
Father’s Day Craft - POP-UP Father’s Day Book
Mother’s Day Craft - POP-UP Mother’s Day Book
Enjoy and Happy Holidays.
A fun, simple crafting activity for Christmas.
To create this craft, you must watch the VIDEO.
There are 10 ornaments to choose from:
Santa and Mrs. Claus
Rudolph, Elf, Gingerbread Man
Wreath, Gift, Mittens, Penguin and Bauble
Using just 1 piece of paper, students color then cut and fold their Christmas ornament. Each is made exactly the same way - just watch the video.
Each ornament has 4 sides - a decorated front, a side with a graphic for coloring, a side with a simple writing activity and then a blank side for students to be creative!
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils (a single hole punch and a piece of ribbon if you want students to be able to hang in their tree)
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
This is a really great Mother’s Day craft!
Includes step-by-step instructions and templates to create three different purses (varying in size and difficulty), a shoe and a candlestick holder. Does not include the candle!
Each product is made from just one piece of paper. Light card stock, glue and scissors are required. Each template is blank so that your students can decorate as they wish! Mom’s are going to love these gifts!
Have also included 3 really simple writing ideas for your students to fill in about their mom.
Enjoy!
Another fun, simple POP-UP activity for Easter!
To create this craft, you must watch the video,
What you get:
3 Easter Basket Base templates
4 Easter Basket Inserts (eggs, chicks, bunnies)
3 cover templates, with writing activity (1 is Religious)
Students color a basket base template, create the pop up, add a basket insert and then glue to the inside of the cover. Writing activities on the cover and the basket base template.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
A fun, simple crafting activity for Christmas.
To create this craft, you must watch the video.
What you get:
5 reindeer templates to choose from
1 template for upper and lower mouth and the nose
2 cover templates, with writing activity
Students color the base reindeer template, add the cover and then cut, fold and glue on a POP-UP mouth for the reindeer.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Five new great paperbag puppets for Hallowe’en fun!
What is included:
5 creatures (Witch, Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy and Pumpkin)
a simple writing activity has been prepared which can be placed on the back of each creature (grade 1 or 2 or 3) JK and K can just make the paper bag puppets and not do the writing activities. You decide!
Have created these so that something from each creature will hang over the base of the paper bag.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Your students are going to love these Halloween Paper Bag Puppets - so much fun to create and then play with!
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
This is a really fun craft to use when teaching students about life on a farm, farm animals, Old MacDonald, etc.
What is included:
1 farmer and 4 farm animals (cow, sheep, chicken and a dog)
a simple writing activity has been prepared which can be placed on the back of each puppet (grade 1 or 2) JK and K can just make the paper bag puppets and not do the writing activities.
Have created these so that the body will tuck under the flap of the paper bag and the face will fit on the flap of the paperbag.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
If you want coloured paper bags - . I just bought some small gift bags and cut off the handles. They are the same size as the brown paper bags, just a bit shorter.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
This is a really fun craft to use when teaching students about life on a farm, farm animals, Old MacDonald, etc.
What is included:
1 farmer and 4 farm animals (horse, goat, pig and rooster)
a simple writing activity has been prepared which can be placed on the back of each puppet (grade 1 or 2) JK and K can just make the paper bag puppets and not do the writing activities.
Have created these so that the body will tuck under the flap of the paper bag and the face will fit on the flap of the paper bag.
please look at the preview
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Notice that these bags are colored. They are the same size as the brown paper bags.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
This is a great Thanksgiving Activity. These Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets are so much fun for your students to create and then play with.
Includes:
Pilgrim Girl
Pilgrim Boy
Native American Boy (or in Canada Aboriginal boy)
Native American Girl (or in Canada Aboriginal girl)
Turkey (2 options - wearing different pilgrim hats)
simple writing activity to color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
writing activities are based on the experience of a pilgrim or Native American (Aboriginal) as a youth
Have tried to create each of these so that something will hang over the edge of the bag
please look at the preview
Your students are going to love this Thanksgiving Craft. These Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets are a lot of fun to create and play with! I have many other Thanksgiving Activities for your students to enjoy.
What you need:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly!
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Paper Bag Puppets.
This is a great activity to complete when students are learning about Johnny Appleseed. These Johnny Appleseed activities and crafts are fun and engaging for Kindergarten or grade 1/2 students. In addition to the Johnny Appleseed puppet and crafts, there is also a Groundhog Day Paper Bag Puppet.
Includes:
Johnny Appleseed Paper Bag Puppet
Johnny Appleseed Craft - Students Create their own Johnny Appleseed Hat (2 headband options and 2 pot options)
Johnny Appleseed Craft - An apple craft (showing the stages of apple growth from seed to sprouting plant, to tree, to tree with blossoms and then the apple)
Johnny Appleseed Mini Foldable Book
Groundhog Day Paper Bag Puppet - with 2 body options (one sign says I Saw My Shadow and the other sign says I Did Not See My Shadow)
There is a simple writing activity for the Johnny Appleseed Puppet and the Groundhog Puppet - just color, cut and glue to the back of the puppet
Please look at the preview
What is needed to make these crafts and puppets:
paper, scissors, glue, coloring pencils
brown paper bags (I bought mine in Michigan USA at a dollar store. They come 40 in a bag for $1.)
Size listed on bag: 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches or
13 x 7.9 x 27 cm
If your bag is a different size then just adjust your photocopying.
Always make sure you download and save the project before printing! Sometimes customers just right click on the preview of a download and things don’t print properly! Enjoy your Fairy Tale Paper Bag Puppets.