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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 🙂
Hi! I’m Heather, Mom of 3, professional snack opener, the only person who knows where everything is in my house and part-time magician (I can turn a bunch of candy into a gift basket and everyone thinks it’s amazing). I share a mix of parenting moments, easy recipes, crafts, and DIY home decor projects.
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Wow what an awesome and totally adorable idea! Would definitely come in handy during the lock down lol. Thanks so much!
I never thought that we can make paper bags so cute and lovely. I would personally love to make them!
This is such a brilliant idea. I love how customisable it is. I think my husband and son would like it too! They love comics.
Oh wow, these superhero bags are so cute and I love that you’ve made it super easy to do by providing templates.
Oh my goodness! These are so stinking cute! I used to love making paper bag crafts growing up,
Oh this is such a cute idea perfect for kids x
Aww these turned out so cute. What a nice little way to foster some creativity with your children.