Pooh & Friends Paper Bag Puppets By Miranda Becker

Pooh and his pals from the Hundred Acre Wood find fun wherever they go. Craft your very own Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger puppets from colorful paper bags and cardstock. Put on a puppet show and create your own adventures for this silly old bear.

You'll need:

• Character templates
• 3 paper bags (red, orange, pink)
• Cardstock (golden yellow, dark pink, light pink, black, orange, cream)
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Black marker

Instructions:

1. Print the templates and cut out the pieces.

For Tigger:

2. Trace Tigger's template pieces onto the color cardstock specified. Cut out the pieces.

3. Lay an orange paper bag on a flat surface with the bottom flap facing up. Glue the jaw just under the flap.

4. Glue Tigger's head to the bottom flap.

5. Now glue the cream-colored snout and eye-patch onto Tigger's head. Glue the pink nose in the center of Tigger's face, overlapping the snout and eye-patch.

6. Glue Tigger's mouth and tongue to his jaw.

7. Add details like eyes and stripes. Finally, glue on Tigger's expressive eyebrows.

For Pooh:

8. Trace Pooh's template pieces onto the color cardstock specified. Cut out the pieces.

9. Lay a red paper bag on a flat surface with the bottom flap facing up. Lift the bottom flap and glue the jaw just underneath.

10. Glue Pooh's head onto the bottom flap.

11. Glue on details like Pooh's dark red mouth, pink tongue, and black nose.

12. Add details like eyes and a mouth with a black marker.

For Piglet:

13. Trace Piglet's template pieces onto the color cardstock specified. Cut out the pieces.

14. Glue the ears to the top of Piglet's head.

16. Lay a pink paper bag on a flat surface with the bottom flap facing up. Lift the bottom flap and glue the jaw just underneath.

17. Glue Piglet's head, with ears attached, onto the bottom flap.

18. Glue on Piglet's pink snout and add details like eyes and eyebrows using a black marker.

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DIY Take Along Game of Tic Tac Toe by MollyMooCrafts

Entertain the kids with this DIY Take along game of tic tac toe!  It is a fun kids activity  that will keep kids happy even on long road trips. 

Here is what you need to make your very own take along game of Emotional Tic Tac Toe:

• 8 Wine Corks
• Acrylic Paint
• Pencil
• Black Sharpie
• Felt
• Sewing thread

Start by painting the corks white to cover the graphics and leave aside to dry.

Then with a pencil lightly draw the outline of the face on each cork and use this line as a guide for painting outside with the main colors. You need to paint four corks in one color and the balance in another contrasting color – the opposition!!

When dry the kids will really enjoy adding the character to each cork, which one is happy, grumpy and confused?

Now to play you can simply have a sheet of paper and some pencils to make the tic tac toe grid or if you want something more permanent that the kids can come and go to, again and again and again, just cut a piece of craft felt into a square and sew on some quick grid lines with zig-zag stitching. Easy, even for someone who can only sew in straight lines like myself!!! I’ll get there…. eventually!! More on www.skiptomylou.com

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