Cupcake Liner & Paper Bag Parrot
Coming at ya with a super fun, tropical themed kid friendly parrot craft tutorial that is perfect for you and your little one to make today!!!
Not only is this Paper Bag Cupcake Liner Parrot Puppet super simple and really inexpensive but it’s also the perfect DIY craft activity to make in honor of your favorite rainforest themed book or movie!!!
Then display your finished piece as is or use it for fun pretend play in the living room! So much fun to be had, so let’s flap our feathers together, gather our craft supplies and make some one-of-a-kind rainbow colored bird puppet pieces today! You can find ALL the details you need to know, in the full how-to parrot craft tutorial below!
Happy crafting, my friends!!! Please don’t forget to share pictures of your paper bag parrot friend on our Facebook page to admire from a far! I can’t wait to see how awesome it turns out! #gluedtomycrafts
PAIR YOUR PARROT PUPPET WITH —> Cupcake Liner Bunnies
Parrot Craft Supplies:
- Large White Paper Lunch Sack Bag – one per parrot craft
- Small Paper Plate
- Red Craft Paint
- Paint Brush
- Paper Plate
- Kid Friendly Paper Scissors
- Yellow/Black Colored Cardstock Paper
- Colorful Cupcake Liners – 12 total
- School Glue
- Hand Held Office Stapler
- Large Wiggle Eyes – two per parrot craft
- optional materials – glitter glue, rhinestones, feathers
The How-To Directions:
- First squirt some red paint on a paper plate.
- Have children paint their paper bag completely red. This will be the body of their parrot.
- When done painting, set the paper bag aside to let it dry completely.
- While that is drying, have children pick out and flatten/fold in half 12 cupcake liners.
- Once done, go ahead and divide them into three piles.
- Staple each set together to look like feathers. Two of your sets will be the wings of the parrot, while the last set will be placed on the parrot’s head.
- Now grab your cardstock paper.
- Go ahead and cut out a triangular beak from the yellow cardstock as well.
- To finish off the Paper Bag Cupcake Liner Parrot craft, simple glue/staple on the cardstock pieces, the wiggle eyes and the cupcake liner “feathers” in their appropriate places on the paper bag and finish off with any other embellishments you see fit {like beautiful glitter and rhinestones.}
- Then display/play with your parrot puppet proudly for ALL to see!!!
PAIR YOUR PUPPET PUPPET WITH —> Cupcake Liner Fish Card
Don’t you just love our Paper Bag Cupcake Liner Parrot Puppet craft idea?! I sure hope so!
If you by chance are looking for a few more “tropical” crafts to conjure with your young crafter today, you should also check out our Paper Plate Parrot and Popsicle Stick Parrot kid craft ideas!
Both of which are super great to pair with today’s parrot paper bag puppet tutorial – hint hint! #gluedtomycrafts
Paper Bag Parrot Puppet
Instructions:
- First squirt some red paint on a paper plate.
- Have children paint their paper bag completely red. This will be the body of their parrot.
- When done painting, set the paper bag aside to let it dry completely.
- While that is drying, have children pick out and flatten/fold in half 12 cupcake liners.
- Once done, go ahead and divide them into three piles.
- Staple each set together to look like feathers. Two of your sets will be the wings of the parrot, while the last set will be placed on the parrot’s head.
- Now grab your cardstock paper.
- Go ahead and cut out a triangular beak from the yellow cardstock as well.
- To finish off the Paper Bag Cupcake Liner Parrot craft, simple glue/staple on the cardstock pieces, the wiggle eyes and the cupcake liner “feathers” in their appropriate places on the paper bag and finish off with any other embellishments you see fit {like beautiful glitter and rhinestones.}
- Then display/play with your parrot puppet proudly for ALL to see!!!
