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You may already know that our family LOVES superheroes and if you didn’t, you do now! With Paper Bag Day coming up on July 12th, we thought it would be fun to make a superhero out of a paper bag. But cutting out all of the little pieces was super tedious and wound up taking WAY too long.
So I spent the day creating a little printable template for you so that you can print, cut out the shapes and use those shapes as a template to cut out your construction paper. We love how they turned out and we are excited to share it with you. The best part is, I’m including the printable, for free below!
How to Make a Superhero Paper Bag
Supplies Needed:
- Free Printable Superhero Paper Bag Template
- Paper Lunch Bag
- Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Brads
- Google Eyes
- Black Marker
Ready to Put it Together?
First, print out your Free Printable Superhero Paper Bag Template. I like to print ours on card stock so that it’s more stable, but you can also use regular paper.
Cut out each piece on the printable template.
Using your template pieces, cut your shapes out of construction paper. You choose the colors you want to use!
Using a glue stick, glue the mask to the top of the bag. I use the side with the flap so if your little one wants to use it as a puppet, that will serve as the mouth.
Either glue or stick your google eyes to the mask. We buy the self-adhesive google eyes, so you can just peel off the back and stick.
Take the two triangles and glue the smaller one on top of the bigger one. Then you’ll glue that to the paper bag, on the superhero’s chest.
Now it’s time for your cape. Angle the cape piece and glue it to the back of your paper bag.
Take 2 of the arm pieces and place one on top of the other, in an L shape. Poke a brad in both pieces (as shown) and secure the back. Repeat with the other arm pieces. If you don’t have any brads in your home and don’t have time to grab some, you can also just glue those together.
We use the brads so that you can move the arms. We liked the idea of having the superhero showing their muscles or placing them on their hips.
Glue both arms to the back of the paper bag.
Glue the legs to the bottom of the paper bag.
With a black marker, add the letter you’d like and a little smile 🙂
Free Printable Superhero Paper Bag Craft Template
It’s easy to download. Just click Free Printable Superhero Paper Bag Template and enter your email. You’ll immediately receive an email with a link to the printable. I recommend printing it immediately and also saving it to your computer so you can print it out again on a later day.
If you love this Superhero Paper Bag Craft, make sure to check out our other free printables. Have a SUPER time!
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KTC
July 24, 2020I love this craft bag! It’s perfect to double as gift wrappers too 🙂
Jane
July 15, 2020Wow what an awesome and totally adorable idea! Would definitely come in handy during the lock down lol. Thanks so much!
Monidipa
July 12, 2020I never thought that we can make paper bags so cute and lovely. I would personally love to make them!
Helen Little
July 12, 2020This is such a brilliant idea. I love how customisable it is. I think my husband and son would like it too! They love comics.
Michelle
July 11, 2020Oh wow, these superhero bags are so cute and I love that you’ve made it super easy to do by providing templates.
Charlene
July 11, 2020Oh my goodness! These are so stinking cute! I used to love making paper bag crafts growing up,
Marina
July 11, 2020Oh this is such a cute idea perfect for kids x
Jay Aguirre
July 11, 2020Aww these turned out so cute. What a nice little way to foster some creativity with your children.
Angela Ricardo Bethea
July 11, 2020Those superhero paper bag looks so adorable! Definitely a great DIY project to make with the kids.
Kristine Nicole Alessandra
July 11, 2020Oh that is such a cute craft. I will download the template. This super hero paper bag craft would be a nice activity me and my grandson can do this coming week. Thanks for the suggestion!
Easher
July 11, 2020You are an angel for sharing this and including templates. That’s what I call helpful. I tutor kids some kids I know would love to try this
Marta Skeledžija
July 11, 2020I am sending this to my mom, she has my kids over the summerso this will be a great craft to do for them.
kumamonjeng
July 11, 2020Love these ideas so much, I have to go get some of the material to get this started. Kids should love this DIy activities too.
katrina Kroeplin
July 10, 2020that’s super cute! my kids would love making this
Deborah Brooks
July 10, 2020What a cute idea! My kids are older but will pass this along
Nicole
July 10, 2020Too cute! My son will love this! I can’t wait to make this with him!
Erin
July 10, 2020My kids and I will have to try this one soon. They love super hero’s.
Tisha
July 10, 2020These are so cute!!! Such a great craft for the kiddos and you to do together!
chad
July 10, 2020I am always doing your DIYs with my daughter, it is so much fun…We will do the bag tomorrow…Thank you.
Melanie williams
July 10, 2020LOVE this!! this is very very clever and such a good quality craft and a great activity to do with kids xx
Sharon
July 10, 2020I love this craft! It’s simple enough that I already have all the stuff to make it.
Marie Phillips
July 10, 2020What a cute idea! I bet my granddaughter would love to do this.
Toni
July 10, 2020This is so cute!! My kids will surely love these!
Gervin Khan
July 10, 2020Oh I love this paper bag craft activity, it’s pretty, easy and I am sure kids will definitely enjoy and learn from making this.
Catalina
July 10, 2020This is genius and so easy! I have a lot of paper bags. We will have a lot of fun!
Nkem
July 10, 2020This looks like a great idea and so much fun! Let me go and find some kids to try this out with haha
Heather
July 10, 2020These are so cute and my five year old daughter would have so much fun with this educational craft! I definitely want to try making these with her!
Celebrate Woman Today
July 10, 2020Oh, I like this superhero craft so much! Very colorful and unique.
Monica
July 9, 2020I didn’t know paper bag day was thing! What a cute craft to do. Thanks for the free printable!
Joy
July 9, 2020Heather – you always come up with the best crafts! When I was a kid I loved the paper bag crafts. These puppets are so fun.
Mama ‘N Chief
July 9, 2020This is super cute. I’m sure my son will love it. We will try these soon.
ashley
July 9, 2020What a fun craft idea!! Would love to try this with my daughter.
Shelley R Zurek
July 9, 2020I shared this with my niece who is a 3rd grade teacher and a mom of 3 girls. So perfect.
Sherry
July 9, 2020This craft brings back memories of my childhood. These are a fun way to keep the kids entertained. I didn’t even know there was a Superhero Day.
Kathy
July 9, 2020These are adorable! I’m going to make some of them with my kids. We are always looking for crafts to do. I really like these too.
Claudia
July 9, 2020That is so cute! This is the kind of craft I always loved doing with my son when he was little. It’s so easy but it gives the kids such a great way to be creative. I love it.