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You may already know that our family LOVES superheroes; if you didn’t, you do now! With Paper Bag Day coming up, we thought making a superhero out of a paper bag would be fun. 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 it turned out, and we are excited to share it with you.
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 that you can peel off the back and stick.
Take the two triangles and glue the smaller one to 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 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 glue those together.
We use the brads so that you can move the arms. We liked having the superhero show their muscles or place 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 🙂
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That 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.
Heather – you always come up with the best crafts! When I was a kid I loved the paper bag crafts. These puppets are so fun.
This is super cute. I’m sure my son will love it. We will try these soon.
What a fun craft idea!! Would love to try this with my daughter.
I shared this with my niece who is a 3rd grade teacher and a mom of 3 girls. So perfect.
This 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.
These 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.
That 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.