Groundhog Paper Bag Puppet

Groundhog Paper Bag Puppet 

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Monthly Idea Book: February

Lincoln’s Beard and Hat 

Make a top hat from black construction paper 

measuring 22” x 8” and tape to form a 

cylinder. Cut a large circle from paper about 

14” in diameter. Cut a smaller circle inside. 

Cut the notches around the inner circle and 

fold upward to fit inside the cylinder. Use tape 

to hold in place. 

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Children will love dressing 

up like Lincoln, especially 

on February 12th. 

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Cut 

this beard 

pattern from 

black construction 

paper. Curl the 

ends around your 

ears to hold in 

place. 


Three-Cornered Cap 

Cut three hat patterns from blue or black construction 

paper. Staple the corners together to form a threecornered 

hat, much like the one worn by George 

Washington. 

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Glue a yellow 

paper star to 

each corner of the 

hat for decorations. 



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Jack Frost! 

Jack Frost is an imaginary elf that supposedly 

creates the lacy patterns of frost 

on windows, trees, and just about everything 

in the cold, winter outdoors. 

He’s found in countless nursery rhymes and 

children’s stories, often nipping people’s noses 

with the cold. Jack Frost is often said to appear 

only after we have gone to sleep. He then darts 

from window to window, painting lacy crystals or 

frost on each pane. 

Children might like to write creative stories about Jack 

Frost, or descriptive poems after observing Jack’s 

beautiful icy creations. 

Cut this Jack Frost 

from colored paper. 

Color with markers or 

crayons. Use brass fasteners 

to assemble at the dots. 

Teachers: You might like to 

award one pattern piece of Jack 

Frost for each act of good behavior or 

completed assignment. Children can then 

assemble the pieces together when they have collected 

all six pieces. 

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Winter 

Mobile 

Each child can make 

his or her own 

Winter Mobile by 

cutting these pattern 

pieces from 

construction paper. 



Hang with kite string or heavy 

thread. 

These snowflake patterns can 

also be used as winter 

nametags or bulletin board 

decorations. 



Snowman Pattern 

Award one pattern piece to each child as assignments are completed. 

Start with 

the larger 

bottom section, 

next the 

middle section 

with arms and 

then the scarf. 

Next, add the 

head, mittens, 

broom, hat and 

finally the carrot 

nose. 

Children can 

glue their snowman 

pieces to a 

large sheet of 

dark blue construction 

paper. 


When all the pieces 

are in place, the students 

can add their 

own jolly faces with 

crayons or markers. Display the 

snowmen on the class bulletin board. 

Monthly Idea Book: January

Name 


Name 


Snowman Wheel 

Cut Out 


Cut Out 


Copy the "Snowman 

Wheel" onto heavy 

index paper. Cut out 

and assemble with 

brass fasteners. Cut 

out the two boxes, 

as shown. 

Make one for each 

child in class. 


Add your own math 

problems or word 

contractions to the 

wheel. Move the 

broom to reveal the 

correct answer. 


FOLD 

My 

Winter 

Book 

Name 




Matching Mittens 

Make several copies of these mittens from 

colored construction paper. Use them in a 

variety of matching activities such as letter 

recognition, math facts, opposites, words 

and definitions and so on. 

Children can match the pairs and pin 

them to a clothesline in the classroom. 

Creative writing ideas can also be 

written on the mittens. 


Cut designs 

on both sides 

of the pie-shaped 

piece. Unfold the 

paper to see your beautiful 

new snowflake. 

Snowflake Pattern 

They say that no two snowflakes are alike. See how many different 

snowflakes your class can make using this simple pattern. 

Cut the circle from white typing paper and fold in 

half. Fold again in thirds, as shown. 

FOLD 


FOLD 

FOLD 


Glue both pieces to a small paper lunch 

bag and color. Short sections of black 

string can be glued in place for whiskers. 


Walrus Puppet 

Cut this walrus puppet pattern 

from colored construction 

paper. 


Stand-Up Penguin 

Cut 

from 

white 

paper. 


FOLD FOLD 

Cut the feet and beak 

from orange paper. 

Cut these penguin patterns 

from colored paper. 

FOLD 


Glue the white pattern 

to the black pattern. 

Fold the feet patterns 

forward and paste to 

the body, as shown. 

Cut from black paper. 


Fold and paste the 

penguin's beak. 

Fold back the two 

large flaps and stand 

your penguin on a 

table top. 


Snowman Mobile 


Cut these patterns 

from construction 

paper and assemble 

with strings. 


Write your own 

"beary" good comments 

on each print 

and display them with 

student papers. 


Bear 

Paw 

Prints 

Cut bear paw 

prints from 

brown and 

white paper. 



Bear 

Pattern 


Sleepy Time! 

Cut 


Cut the bed and 

sleeping child from 

colored paper. Slip 

the child into the slot 

to put him to bed. 


Use those Winter Patterns to 

create mobiles, awards, 

nametags, calendar symbols or 

matching activities. 


Winter 

Patterns 


Snowman 

Math 

Start the holiday season with this clever math idea. 

Cut several snowmen from white paper. Label 

each one with a different math problem. Tape 

the snowmen to popsicle sticks and write the 

answers on the bottom of the sticks. 

Decorate a shallow box with holiday wrapping 

paper. Cut slits in the box with an art knife and 

insert each stick so that the answer is hidden. 

Students can solve the math problems and then 

pull the snowmen to check their answers. 


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You can also create several matching activities 

for young children by making several copies of 

the snowmen and coloring them different colors. 

Ask the children to match the snowmen that 

have blue hats or red mittens, etc. 


Elf Wheel 

Cut out and assemble this 

“Elf Wheel” with a brass 

fastener. Cut out the two 

rectangles, as shown. 

cut 

out 

cut 

out 


Add your own 

math problems 

and answers 

to the wheel 

on the next 

page. Move 

the candy 

cane to reveal 

the answer. 


Make one for each child in 

class. They will love learning 

their multiplication tables with 

“Mr. Elf.” 



Santa Puppet 

Cut this Santa puppet from white construction 

paper. Glue Santa’s head to 

the folded bottom of a small paper 

bag. Place Santa’s beard under the fold 

and glue in 

place. Glue his 

body under the 

beard. 

Finally, 

attach 

Santa’s arms 

to the sides of 

the bag. 



Santa 

Puppet 



Radical 

Reindeer 


Have each student frame their holiday 

creative writing assignments in 

brown construction paper. Cut the 

reindeer patterns and four long 

strips from brown paper. Fan-fold 

the leg strips and assemble as 

shown. Children may like to write 

vocabulary words down the reindeer’s 

legs. 


Mouse 

Topper 


Color 

and cut 

this mouse pattern from grey, brown or white 

construction paper. Place the mouse at the top of 

your next creative writing paper. Glue the tail to the 

bottom of your paper. 


Christmas Tree 

Puppet 

Paste the tree patterns 

to a small 

paper bag. Children 

can decorate their 

tree any way 

that they 

wish. 



Nativity 


Children can color and cut out these nativity 

patterns. Have each child paste the scene 

onto a sheet of construction paper. 


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Draw presents 

under this tree 

and the tree’s 

decorations. 

Color the 

tree. 


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