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Jack and the Beanstalk Craft – Make Your Own Giant Beanstalk!

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Jack and the Beanstalk Craft – A giant construction paper beanstalk hangs from the ceiling tiles, making for a whole-class creation that adds a touch of magic to the room!

jack and the beanstalk craft

After it’s put together, kids can have fun re-telling the story of Jack And The Beanstalk using character puppets made out of construction paper and popsicle sticks!

Materials:

  • large sheets of green construction paper
  • scissors
  • green glitter
  • green sequins
  • glue
  • green yarn
  • markers

Instructions:

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  1. Start out with a piece of large green construction paper.

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2. Use a green marker to draw a spiral outward, starting in the center of the construction paper.

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3. Cut around the spiral shape and cut off the edges of the paper with scissors. Make a crevice where the kids will begin cutting into the spiral.

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4. Pour a tiny bit of glue over the paper and sprinkle it with some glitter for an extra magical effect! Leave overnight to dry.

5. Cut out leaves, beans, and sprigs. Make curly sprigs by cutting thin strips of green construction paper. Wrap them around a pencil, slightly unrolling afterward.

6. Create leaves by cutting football shapes out of the green construction paper. Curl these around a pencil slightly. Beans are just slightly elongated football shapes.

7. Students can cut out their own leaves, but it may be helpful to place some precut leaves out on the tables for inspiration.

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8. Kids begin by cutting along the spiral until they have a long curvey beanstalk.

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9. Next, glue on some paper leaves, beans, and curly sprigs!

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10. Hole punch the end of each beanstalk and tie a small loop of yarn to the end of each one.  String a longer piece of yarn through the yarn loops on the individual beanstalks and attach the whole thing to the ceiling tiles by this string.

11. Now all you need are some kindergarten-made character puppets and kids can use their imaginations to re-enact the story of Jack And The Beanstalk!

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A Couple Pictures of The Finished Product:

Jack and the Beanstalk Craft – Make Your Own Giant Beanstalk!

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A Lion Puppet Craft – Inspired by the book Dandelion by Don Freeman

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This craft is inspired by the book Dandelion by Don Freeman, a book about a lion who nobody recognizes! For this craft, you will use brown and yellow construction paper to make a lion puppet that is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. 

Lion Puppet Craft Image

Materials:

Directions:

  1. Download the Lion Face And Mane Template PDF
  2. Print the Lion Face Template on yellow construction paper. This page has two lion faces on it so you will only need half as many copies of the Lion Face Template.
  3. Cut the paper down the middle so there is one lion face on each half and one for each student.
  4. Download and print the Lion Mane Template onto light brown construction paper.
  5. Cut out the mane piece and snip carefully around the edge towards the middle, to create the look of fur.
  6. Cut out the lion’s face and glue the face onto the mane.
  7. Finally, tape a straw onto the back side to complete your lion puppet!

Dandelion by Don Freeman Book

Rocket Ship In Outer Space Craft

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Make a fun outer space scene with a rocket ship, planets, and stars!

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Materials

  • Black and yellow construction paper
  • Additional construction paper and scraps of various colors
  • Glue Sticks

Directions

  1. Assemble the space ship, using various shapes of construction paper.
  2. Decorate the background by cutting out planets and stars and gluing them onto the black construction paper (space stickers would also work well for this part.)
  3. Glue the space ship onto the background. 

Note: You can prepare different shapes ahead of time that kids can use to “build” their space shuttle. 

Check out my Outer Space Crafts and Activities Board on Pinterest for more Space-Themed activities!

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Construction Paper Worm Craft

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This construction paper worm craft includes a moveable pebble that hides in the grass!

construction paper worm craft

Here is what you’ll need:

  • glue sticks
  • scissors
  • construction paper
  • markers

Directions:

  1. First, draw an outline of the worm on a piece of pink construction paper. You can use the picture above as a guide if you want. Cut out the worm’s body.
  2. On another piece of pink construction paper, draw an outline of the neck. This piece makes it look more worm-like, and less like a snake. Cut out the neck piece and glue it onto the worm’s body. Set the worm aside.
  3. On the brown construction paper for the background. Draw dots and speckles on the brown construction paper with a marker to make it look like dirt.
  4. Cut a 3-inch strip of blue construction paper for the sky and glue it to the top of your paper.
  5. Next cut a 1.5-inch strip of green paper and snip it along the side to make grass.  Line it up and glue the bottom of the grass to where the brown construction paper meets the blue construction paper.
  6. Glue the worm over the dirt area.
  7. Cut out small gray ovals and glue them onto the brown background to make pebbles. Draw dots and lines to make them look more realistic.  Make a bigger pebble and tuck it into the grass – no need to glue it down, and it’s fun to move around!
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