We’re always on the hunt for fun ways for kids to express themselves creatively and use their imaginations.

This adorable squirrel puppet craft is perfect for just that! Kids will have a blast making their furry friends from a simple paper bag. They’ll have lots of fun using their squirrel puppet in stories, skits, and imaginative adventures. 

And don’t forget to explore even more animal crafts for kids to keep the fun and learning going.

Squirrel Paper Bag Puppet

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It’s a fantastic way to encourage storytelling and creativity, all while developing fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Download the free template and grab a paper bag to help your little ones create this cute squirrel ready for adventure.

Supplies

• Brown paper bag
• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Squirrel template (unlock the free template at the end of the post)

Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this squirrel to life!

First, guide your child to create the squirrel body by gluing the body onto the main portion of the brown paper bag.

Place the belly in the center of the orange paper and glue it in place.

Next, glue the lower face to the bottom portion of the head.

Position the eyes below the eyebrows and glue them in place.

Now, help your child glue the inner ears on the sides of the outer ears.

Glue the head to the flap portion of the paper bag.

Attach the acorn to the center of the belly.

Next, glue the acorn top to the top of the acorn.

Now, glue both arms to the sides of the acorn.

Finally, encourage your child to glue the tail to the back and left side of the body, between the two sides of the paper bag.

Check out our other paper bag puppet crafts while you’re here! There are so many fun ideas!

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Forest Animal Themed Ideas

If your little adventurers are wild about forest creatures, you’re in for a treat! We’ve gathered a collection of paws-itively fantastic forest animal themed ideas that will promote curiosity and keep kids happy and engaged.

There’s something here for every eager explorer, so don’t forget to save the ideas that will have your kids excited to create and learn. Read below for a honey hole of new books, creative DIYs, and activities that will keep your kiddos’ imaginations soaring and their hands busy!

Woodland Books For Kids

One of our favorite things to do whenever we start a new unit is to begin with books. Grab these popular books from your library or grab them from Amazon to add to your home collection!

Bear Can’t Wait– If your child loves the Bear series of books, they’ll want to read the newest one where Bear plans a special surprise for Hare!

A Walk Through the Woods– This beautiful and intricate children’s book will keep children engaged and wanting to turn the page!

Owl Babies– Kids will relate to the message of this cute little book. In it, owl babies are waiting and worrying, will Mommy return? There’s a great resolution and fun illustrations as well.

Kids’ Woodland Animal Crafts

Owl Shape Craft – Kids will help this owl shape up by assembling it with various shapes like triangles, circles, and rectangles. They’ll love assembling these feathered friends, and for younger kids, we have a color, cut, and paste version that’s easy and fun.

Related: Forest Animal Coloring Pages

Easy Bear Craft – Get your little ones engaged by making a simple bear out of paper. It’s a creative way for young kids to practice cutting, pasting, and assembling their cuddly bear. This fun project will get them excited to create!

Fox Puppet Craft – Your kids’ creativity will run wild when they play with the fox puppet they made out of a paper bag! It’s a fun and easy project where they’ll enjoy crafting their own sly fox and using it for imaginative play.

Skunk Paper Plate Craft – Your little ones will have a blast painting and crafting their skunk using a simple kitchen staple! Kids will make this adorable critter come to life with creativity, a paper plate, and our free template.

Animal Kids’ Activities

Kids will love learning with these fun bald eagle worksheets! They’ll complete the letter maze by following uppercase and lowercase ‘Ee’s and boost letter recognition and problem solving skills.

Then, they’ll sharpen their vocabulary and scissor skills as they label parts of an eagle. Finally, kids will practice writing the letter E and the word eagle by tracing over each of the dotted lines to form the letters and words.

Grab the crayons and these fall color by sight words coloring pages for some fall fun! Instead of color by numbers, kids will color apples, a fox, rabbit, mouse, leaves, and pumpkins while learning sight words.

Try this Fork Painted Eagle Craft

This activity is great for kindergarteners practicing their sight words or for preschoolers looking for a challenge. These sheets feature over 30 different sight words, and they’re a playful and interactive way to build early reading skills while bringing cute fall scenes to life!

This free printable forest animal emergent reader book is a fun way for preschoolers or homeschoolers to learn color sight words. The repetitive text will help kids master colors and animal names while they color each page.

This is a great activity to boost fine motor skills while also making reading extra fun! Kids will feel proud of creating their very own book and will want to read it repeatedly. It’s a win-win for learning and creativity!

These M Is for Mouse printables are packed with engaging activities to help preschoolers learn all about the letter M! These worksheets include counting, tracing, scissor skills, and coloring. Each activity strengthens their motor skills and literacy.

Hedgehog Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Kids will love guiding the mouse through mazes, labeling parts, and exploring fun mouse themed tasks. Combining story time and art projects makes learning even more exciting, so dive into these printables for a playful way to teach your little ones about mice and the letter M.

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