Daily Discovery: Storytime in the Home – Over in the Grasslands Zebra Puppet Craft

Follow along with FCMoD’s live stream Storytime in the Home: Over in the Grasslands– On an African Savanna. Then gather your supplies to make a zebra puppet from a paper bag!

Supplies:

• White paper lunch bag
• Black construction paper
• White craft paper
• Black crayon
• White crayon
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Googly eyes (or use paper to cut out eyes)

Instructions:

1. Place all your supplies on a clear surface with plenty of room to work.
2. Put the paper bag on the table with the bottom of the bag facing up (see the picture). You will want to be able to put your hand inside and move the bottom of the bag like a “mouth”.
3. Cut out an oval shape from the black construction paper and glue it to the folded edge of the bottom of the lunch bag to make the zebra snout. Use a white crayon to draw a mouth and nostrils.
4. Draw two triangles on the white craft paper with a black crayon. Use the scissors to cut them out and then glue them to the bag where the zebra’s ears will go.
5. Cut out a rectangle shape from the black construction paper and cut fringe on one side for the zebra’s mane. Glue it between the ears.
6. Tear strips of black construction paper and glue them to the bag to make stripes.
7. Then glue the googly eyes above the snout where the eyes should go.
8. Put your hand in your zebra puppet and imagine you are on the African Savanna!