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Elmer the Elephant Paper Bag Puppet

Elmer the Elephant Paper Bag Puppet
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Designed by Martha Moseman

Children love David McKee's books about "Elmer", a brightly colored pachiderm. After reading one of these delightful books, have every student in the class make their own multi-colored elephant and you'll hardly have to coax them to retell the story and act out the parts. AccuCut offers a number of different paper bag puppets like this one for different characters! The "Elmer" books are also available in Spanish for bilingual students.

Key Concepts:

Animals, Drama, Foreign Language, Literature, Reading
Grades:

Pre-K to 3
Curriculum:

Arts and Crafts, Bilingual, Early Childhood, Language Arts, Library General, Library Summer Reading Program
Machines:
AccuCut® Dies:
Other AccuCut Products:
Other Materials:
  • Bright Plaid Fabric
  • Brown Paper Bag -- Lunch Size
  • Cardstock - Bright Blue
  • Double-Stick Tape
  • Wiggle Eyes
  • Sharpie® Permanent Marker -- Black
Tips:

Instead of using fabric, have the students use crayons or markers to color their elephants.
Instructions:

1.      Apply adhesive to Blue cardstock.

2.      Adhere fabric to adhesive-backed cardstock.

3.      Cut one elephant from fabric-backed cardstock.

4.      Add detail with Black marker.

5.      Adhere Wiggle Eyes with double-stick tape.

6.      Adhere elephant to paper bag.