Puppet Pals – Jack O’ Lantern

Craft Steps

  1. Open your brown paper lunch bag.
  2. Carefully take out all of the pieces inside of the brown paper lunch bag.
  3. Place the lunch bag right side up with the small bottom rectangle facing away from you.
  4. Glue or tape down the large orange rectangle to the large brown rectangle of the lunch bag that is the closest to you.
  5. Glue or tape down the smaller orange rectangle to the smaller brown rectangle of the lunch bag that is the furthest from you.
  6. Glue or tape down the small brown rectangle on the back to make the stem.
  7. Glue or tape down the various black pieces to make your Jack O’ Lantern face.
  8. Take a ruler and draw lines in either orange marker, crayon, or colored pencil one inch apart to make the pumpkin ridges.
  9. With your finger or a pencil wrap the small green rectangle around your finger or a pencil until it curls.
  10. Tape down the curly green rectangle below the stem and just above on of the eyes to make the vine.
  11. Enjoy your brand new Puppet Pal by reading Pumpkin Jack by (JE Hubbell), Pumpkin Day, pumpkin night by (JE Rockwell), Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by (JE Dean), or visit our non-fiction section to learn more about your new friend (JNF 394.2646).

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