Paper bag Penguins

So, continuing with our Penguin theme this week, we made Paper bag Penguins the other day. The kids LOVED making this easy craft, and had an even better time playing with them!

First I cut the strips of paper that we needed to cover the bag, and cut out a big white circle for the belly, and two smaller ones for eyes. I also cut a triangle for the beak, and some feet!

The kids started by gluing the head and body on- the black strips. Then glued on the white circle for the belly. 

After that they glued on the beak, and the eyes- which they coloured before. And finally the feet! 

After they dried the kids put on a wonderful puppet show! 

Penguins

This week, we are talking about penguins. We were going to conclude with a trip to the zoo to see the penguins, but they just arrived a month ago, and there is still a large line to visit them! So, that is still up in the air! But, we are still talking about penguins and doing crafts with them!

So today, we were going to make water bottle penguins, but a little someone got into my cotton balls, and we didn't have enough for all the kids to fill their water bottles, so we switched the idea and used baby food jars!

This craft has the kids doing many different things, and takes a bit of time to get everything ready, but it is all worth it! First I cut out the wings, feet, beaks and a strip of paper for the head. Then I found out cotton balls, googly eyes, feathers, glue, tape, and the baby food jars!



The kids started their penguins by putting the cotton balls in the baby food jar.





Then we glued on the feet, and the wings.

To do the head, we took the strip of paper, and made it into a ring. Then we put it over the lid of the baby food jar. Once that was on, we taped down the back of the head, and the jar- so it would stay! And then we decorated the head by gluing on the googly eyes, beak and some feathers out of the top!





And here are our cast of characters!