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Three Little Pigs – Story Retelling Pieces Craftivity

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For this Three Little Pigs Activity, kids create their own re-telling puppets and houses out of construction paper and popsicle sticks, then re-tell the story with their creations. See the pictures below for inspiration & follow the instructions to get started with your own set!

three little pigs retelling pieces craft

Materials:

  • Construction Paper
  • Popsicle Sticks
  • Tape
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Markers
  • Laminator (optional)

Instructions:

Make Three Little Pigs Puppets

Cut circles out of pink construction paper to make each pig’s face and body.

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Add rectangles for legs. Add eyes, ears, and curly tails made out of a thin strip of curled construction paper.

Tape a popsicle stick to the back of each puppet.

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Draw pupils, nostrils,  and mouths with a black marker.

Make The Big Bad Wolf Puppet

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Make The Three Little Pigs’ houses.

House of Straw. Take a piece of yellow construction paper and cut out a window and a door.  Decorate it with an orange marker so it looks like a straw house.

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House of Sticks. Use a piece of brown construction paper to make a house made of sticks.  Add details with a brown marker.

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House of Bricks.  Cut out a chimney and draw on bricks with a red marker. Add a doorknob and shutters with a black marker.

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4. Retell & Play – Kids introduce the characters to the set and play.

The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf Puppets

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Black Cat Craft

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For this 3D cat craft you will need one piece of black construction paper, a half sheet of pink construction paper, some small pieces of scrap construction paper for the eyes and a little bit of white for the whiskers. You will also need a bottle of glue, and a stapler for this craft. To attach it to the wall you will need a tack, some string or dental floss and a small nail.

Start by making a fortune teller out of construction paper. Here are some directions for making a fortune teller.

Staple the top and bottom sections together to create a mouth that only opens in one direction.

For the Eyes: When you want to make two shapes of the same size, fold a piece of paper and cut your shape out once. You will then have two identical shapes. You can use this technique to make the eyes and ears for your cat. For the eyes, fold a small piece of green paper in half and cut out a small circle to make 2 green eyes. Fold a small piece of black paper in half and cut out the shape to make 2 cat’s pupils. (If anyone knows what the shape of a cat’s pupil is called, please let me know!) Glue these onto the eyes and then glue the eyes onto the face.

For the Ears: Fold a piece of black construction paper in half and cut out a triangle to make two matching ears. Attach the ears by gluing them to the back side of the face.

Cut out two smaller pink triangles using the folding technique. Glue these onto the ears.

For the Nose: Cut out a pink triangle and round off the edges.  Then glue it in place.

For the Mouth: Cut out four red triangles that will fit into each section in the mouth. This part can be a little tricky but you can do it! Once you make one triangle that fits you can use it as a template and cut three more in the same shape.

For the Teeth: Cut out small white triangles and tuck them under the red paper in the mouth.  Fold them so they are not sticking straight out.

Whiskers:  You can make whiskers by cutting very thin strips of construction paper.  Glue the ends of the whiskers to the cat’s cheeks. When you are done with your cat, you can attach some string to the back and hang it on the wall.  To do this, push a small nail through one of the folds on the back of the fortune teller to create an anchor. Place a loop of string or floss on the nail and attach to the wall with a tack.

Construction Paper Pig Craft

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construction paper pig

Materials

For this craft, you will need glue bottles, construction paper in a variety of colors, and scissors.

Instructions

Cut out a yellow circle for your sun. Cut clouds out of white or blue construction paper. Arrange the sun and the clouds in the background and glue them in place.

For the pig, cut three circles out of pink construction paper. Arrange the circles in order from biggest to smallest on the background. Take a strip of construction paper and fold it into a “Z” shape. Glue the head onto one side of the “Z” and then glue the other side of the “Z” to the nose. This creates a 3D effect of the nose popping out from the face. Do this again to connect the body to the head. You may need to use a fatter strip of paper to connect the head to the body.

The eyes are made by cutting small circles out of white construction paper. The pupils are made with black construction paper. If you fold a small piece of black construction paper in half and then cut out a very small circle, you will have two pupils of the same size.

Cut out the nostrils in the same manner and glue them into place.

Cut out a mouth shape with black construction paper and glue it into place.

Make ears by cutting diamond shapes out of pink construction paper and rounding the side edges. Glue these to the back of the head so that they are poking out a bit.

Make the tail by cutting a long, thin piece of pink construction paper and rolling it up around a pen to make it curly. Tuck the tail behind the body to complete the pig.

Add construction paper grass by taking a long, thin strip of green construction paper and snipping it along one side. Try to cut about halfway through. If you accidentally cut the grass in half, that’s okay – just paste it onto your paper in two pieces. Finally, add some crows or other details to complete the farm scene!

3D Pig Craft – A Construction Paper Creation

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Instructions to make a 3D pig craft that you can hang on the wall or use as a puppet!

3 D pig craft
Make three and have a Three Little Pigs puppet show. Need a big bad wolf? Modify the black cat template.

Materials:

  • construction paper
  • a bottle of glue
  • a stapler
  • a wooden cylinder-shaped block
  • a pencil

Directions:

Start by making a fortune teller out of construction paper. Click here for some directions on making a fortune teller (sometimes also called a “Cootie Catcher”).

Staple the top and bottom sections together to create a mouth that only opens in one direction.

To make the pig’s nose: Glue a piece of construction paper around a cylinder-shaped block.  Hold the paper around the block until the glue dries.

Cut a triangle shape out of the end of the nose piece and attach it to the fortune teller with some glue. Hold the construction paper in place until the glue dries.

Your pig is going to look like an elephant at this point.  Trim the nose to make it shorter like a pig’s nose would be.

Trace around the end of the wooden cylinder block to make a circle that is the same width as the opening on the nose.  Add two small tabs to either side of the circle and cut this shape out. The tabs can be bent and dotted with glue and then carefully placed inside the nose to help it stick.  Glue on two small black construction paper nostrils.

Cut out triangles from red construction paper and glue them on the inside of the mouth as shown in the picture. This part can be a little tricky as you need four triangles to fit nicely in each section of the mouth. When you make one that fits you can use it as a template and cut three more in the same shape. Glue these pieces inside the mouth.

Cut two triangles to make ears and add smaller triangles to those to complete the ears. Glue the ears onto the back of your pig’s head.

Cut out two pink squares and glue them to the back of the fortune teller to make cheeks. Trim off the excess paper with scissors.

Create eyes by cutting out two small circles of white construction paper.  Cut two smaller black circles to make pupils.  Make eyelids with half circles of construction paper. Glue the pupils onto the eyeballs and then glue the eyelids on.

Make the eyelashes by cutting out a small black rectangle and snipping very thin strips almost all the way down. Curl them by rolling them around a pencil. Cut them in half so you have two sets of eyelashes and then carefully glue them onto the eyelids.

Finally,  push a small nail through one of the folds on the back of the fortune teller to create an anchor. Place a loop of string or floss on the nail and attach it to the wall with a tack.

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