Paper Bag Parrot Puppets

Its no secret we love creating puppet crafts.

I find them so beneficial for preschoolers for a variety of different reasons.

My favorite reason is the play aspect children get after making their puppets.

Adult with their hand inside the paper bag parrot puppet showing how to move the beak open and closed.

Did you know there are over 372 different species of parrots?

Read our easy step-by-step instructions below for how to make your own paper bag parrot puppets.

double-check to watch our how-to tutorial video inside this post before you get started creating too.

Close up side angle view of paper bag parrot puppet with a hand inside it opening the parrot beak.

Supplies needed:

Instructions:

1.

Cut out each of the pieces from the template.

We used 24 lb.

Four image collage showing printed out parrot template, adult tracing child’s hand on colored paper, the cut out handprints and adult gluing parrot body onto paper lunch bag.

Cut out all six of the traced handprints.

verify to lift the flap at the top and glue the piece all the way at the top.

Cut off the excess of the paper bag at the bottom of the puppet.

Four image collage showing an adult cutting off the excess at the end of the paper bag puppet and then gluing on the parrot beak, eyes and head feathers onto the bag.

Then add glue on the top half of the underside of the second beak piece.

Add eyes & top hair

Glue the eyes on your puppet above the beak.

Finish with adding tail

Turn your parrot puppet face down.

Four image collage showing adult gluing the handprints together to make parrot wings and then gluing them on the inside of the parrot puppet, then gluing crepe paper on the back of the puppet for tail feathers.

These make flowy tail feathers for your parrot puppet.

Completed paper bag parrot craft laying flat on a pink background.

Vertical two image collage with both images showing a hand inside the parrot puppet with the words “Parrot Puppet” in the center between the two images.