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Super Cute Printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets

August 28, 2017 by Selena Robinson 17 Comments

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When my kids were small, they all loved the petting zoo.

Between watching the chickens run around, petting the goats and baby lambs, and seeing the pigs root in the mud, there was so much for the kids to see!

Our youngest child still loves the petting zoo and she’s not alone!

Kids just love farm animals, which is why farms are such a popular topic for early childhood education units.

Farm Paper Bag Puppets

This year, our youngest child is working on reading more picture books and we started with the book Big Red Barn.

To help her with learning to recite stories, I made up some printable farm paper bag puppets so she could reenact parts of the story.

And I’m sharing them with all of you today!

Farm Animal Paper Bag Puppets

Read on to see how you can get these cute puppet printables free!

And if you want to share more farm activities with the kids, try our farm animal flashcards or our easy farm shoebox diorama craft!

These adorable farm animal paper bag puppets are such a fun way to learn about barnyard animals with the kids!

How to Assemble the Printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets

To make these farm paper bag puppets, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Brown paper lunch bags (One per puppet)
  • Crayons
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Liquid glue
  • A copy of our free Farm Paper Bag Puppet printables (Details below)
  • Pick up a copy of Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown to make this a storytime activity!

Printable Farm Puppet Faces

First, you’ll need to print the paper bag puppet faces out.

Farm Puppet Printables

Give the kids some crayons and let them color them in!

We did traditional farm animal colors, but let the kids use whatever colors they want! If they want to make a purple cow, so be it.

Farm Paper Bag Puppet Printables

After you color in the puppet faces, use a pair of child-safe scissors to cut them out as one piece each.

Making a Farm Paper Bag Puppet

Flip a paper bag upside down so that the bottom is at the top. Leave it folded.

Then spread liquid glue over the folded bottom. That’s where you’ll paste the puppet face.

Making a Pig Paper Bag Puppet

Stick the puppet face on the bag bottom and hold it down to glue it securely.

Making a Farm Paper Bag Puppet for Kids

Cut another piece of printer paper in half and color it to match the puppet face.

Then glue it onto the paper bag body directly under the puppet face. Be sure to flip the bottom up so that you can fit the paper onto the bag.

Completed Pig Paper Bag Puppet

When you’re done, the puppet should look like this.

Keep reading to pick up the printable template for these farm animal puppets!

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How to Use the Farm Paper Bag Puppets for Storytelling

DIY Farm Paper Bag Puppets

Repeat the process with the other puppet printables to make a cow puppet, a chicken puppet, and a pig puppet.

Since we were reading Big Red Barn, we wanted to make one of each.

Using a Paper Bag Animal Puppet

But you could also print three pig puppets to go along with The Three Little Pigs or print several cow puppets to go with Click, Clack, Moo.

There are plenty of great children’s books about farms to use these with!

Making a Paper Bag Puppet

To make your puppets “talk”, just have the kids put their hands inside the bags and place their fingers into the folded bag bottom (the same place where the face is).

They can move their fingers up and down to make each puppet speak!

Playing with a Farm Paper Bag Puppet

Using lunch bags is the easiest way to make sure that the bags will fit your little ones’ hands.

But if you want to make adult puppets, you might want to get bags that are a little bit bigger.

Playing with a Pig Paper Bag Puppet

“Oh, Mr. Pig, you’re so funny!”

These were so much fun for storytelling! And they’re great for pretend play too!

Scroll down to get your copy of our Printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets free!

Have even more farm fun with the kids!

Make counting practice fun with this five in a row printable farm game! Great for early math centers!

These fun farm books for kids are perfect for reading about farms, learning about farm animals, or doing a farm unit study!

Super Easy Farm Shoebox Diorama Craft

 

 

To get your copy of these printable Farm Paper Bag Puppets, just click the image or the link below to download them to your computer!

 

Farm Paper Bag Puppets
 

>>> Farm Paper Bag Puppets <<<

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These farm animal paper bag puppets are a perfect craft for spring! Use them as an extension for books about farms!

 

 

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Filed Under: Crafts, Homeschooling Printables, Teaching Printables Tagged With: crafts, crafts for preschoolers, farm activities

Comments

  1. Nitza M Espaillat says

    November 4, 2018 at 8:23 am

    great pictures

    Reply
  2. Joan says

    April 24, 2022 at 4:09 pm

    Thank you for the paper bag puppet template, it is just what we needed.

    Reply

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