Paper Bag Reindeer Puppets

Kids can create the entire herd of Santa's reindeer and have a fun puppet show!

What you'll need:

  • Brown paper lunch bag
  • Medium black pom-pom
  • White craft glue
  • Construction paper: black, white and tan/brown
  • 4 jingle bells
  • Scissors
  • Red plastic milk jug lid
  • Glue stick
  • Gold paint pen
  • Large wiggle eyes

How to make it:

  1. Use white glue to attach the black pom-pom to the flap of the bag.
  2. Use the glue stick to attach the eyes to the front of the bag above the pom-pom nose.
  3. Cut a strip of black paper with width of the paper bag, about one inch wide. Cut a small piece of black paper for the nametag hanger. Glue the small strip to the center of the larger strip so that it is hanging down.
  4. Use gold paint pen to write "Comet" on the red plastic lid. Glue the lid to the bag, overlapping the small black strip (hanger).
  5. Use a generous amount of white craft glue to attach 4 jingle bells to the black strip (collar).
  6. Trace child's hands onto brown/tan paper and cut out. Use glue stick to attach the hands to the back of the bag as the antlers.

Tips:

  1. To make this puppet into Rudolph, use a red pom-pom and write "Rudy" on the plastic lid.
  2. Instead of hand print antlers, you can simply cut simple antlers from brown paper.

Candy Cane Snowmen

Aren't these little candy cane snowmen adorable? They're so easy to make with just a few supplies, making it a great classroom or party project!

What you'll need:

  • Wrapped candy cane
  • Felt
  • Scissors
  • Felt glue or hot glue gun
  • Black marker
  • 6" ribbon or yarn

How to make it:

  1. Cut a piece of felt about 2" wide and 5" long. Using the long stem of the wrapped candy cane as a guide, glue a sleeve of felt around the candy cane. You want to create a felt tube that the candy cane with slide through.
  2. Slide the felt tube up the length of the candy cane and onto the curve, leaving most of the straight part exposed.
  3. Feel the felt and find where the curve in the candy cane ends. Tie a piece of ribbon or yarn around the felt just after the end of the candy cane's curve.
  4. Fringe the end of the felt below the ribbon by making long slits with your scissors. Trim the excess for the hat's pom-pom.
  5. Cut a small triangle from orange felt and glue to the straight part of the candy cane about ½" below the felt of the hat.
  6. Use a black marker to draw on two eyes and a mouth.
  7. Cut a piece of felt about ¾" x 5". Tie around the candy cane as a scarf, and fringe the ends.

Tip:

You can add a brim to the hat by rolling the felt up.