Here’s another one of those fun made up holidays: July 12 is Paper Bag Day for reasons unknown. But if your household is like mine, you probably have everything you need to celebrate this holiday every day. I think I bought a bag of paper lunch bags when my daughter was in preschool and we still have some (she’s about to turn 14!).
The first thing you probably think of to do with paper bags is to make puppets (we actually had a craft kit once that was all paper bag crafts, but you can design your own too). Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Handprint bird paper bag puppets: Our Kid Things
- Paper bag people: Kids Activities Blog
- Printable Grogu (Baby Yoda) puppet: Simple Everyday Mom
- Paper bag bear puppets: Messy Little Monster
- Paper bag turkeys: Made with Happy
- It’s not quite a puppet, but the jellyfish from No Time for Flashcards is another fun option in a similar vein
Another thing I liked to do was to make little books out of paper bags. There are instructions at Kitchen Table Classroom for how to do it. You can cover the “pages” with scrapbook paper or construction paper and kids can draw, journal, collage or whatever they want, and the ends of the bags are still open so they can slide little things into them, too.
Paper bag kites are another fun and easy craft to make with kids, because they’re fun to decorate with paint, stickers, drawings or whatever the kid wants to do. Check out the instructions at Somewhat Simple.
Make a whole little town of paper bag houses and buildings with this cute idea from In the Bag Kids Crafts.
And if you’re looking for an activity that goes a little beyond crafts, this guess the scent activity is low prep and lots of fun. Check it out at Raising Lifelong Learners.
