Creative Craft Challenge: Paper bag puppets

Sorry I missed an update, everyone! It's been an unusually busy month for me. Anyways, there are no submissions to the paper bag puppet challenge yet- but there's still two weeks left! I hope to be seeing some cute and creative puppets soon!



The Creative Craft Challenge is a monthly feature where we introduce our members to different crafts. Every month I’ll give you a little background on a craft that you might not have heard of and show you a few great tutorials to encourage you to give it a try and show us your work.

So join me every month and put your skills and creativity to the test with lessons and tutorials, examples, and a place to show off your work. Your submissions will be featured in our favorites gallery and in this very blog!

Remember, the aim of the challenge is to introduce you to crafts that you might not have heard about or tried before. They won't require any expensive materials or years of training and expertise to complete. The idea is to challenge you to go out of your usual field of work and try something new!

This challenge is NOT a contest or a display of professional work, but a fun opportunity to broaden your crafting horizons. NO prizes are involved and everyone will be featured!

To clear up a question a few people have asked: The ArtisanCraft gallery folders and favorite folders are not linked- you can submit the same piece to both the gallery and the favorites if you like, no problem. Also, the two deviations per month limit does not apply to favorites folders, so please feel free to add as many submissions as you would like.



At the end of every month one participant will be chosen as ArtisanCraft's Member of the Month and will be featured on our profile page for the entire next month. As there was no challenge last month, there is no new Member of the Month for July.



As promised, this month's challenge is easy, simple, and fun! All you have to do to make a paper bag puppet is find a paper bag, turn it upside down, and get to decorating! It could be as simple as just drawing on the bag, or you could add accessories, hair, outfits, wings- anything you can think of!


This craft is so simple, I couldn't really find any tutorials beyond specific ideas for designs you could try. If you want to find some cute designs, just search "Paper bag puppets" and you should find plenty of fun ideas!


A whole bunch of examples to give you a little inspiration:




Now it's your turn to try your hand at making paper bag puppets! Have fun!

Every Friday I'll update this journal to feature our member's creations.

To submit your models:
Go to the ArtisanCraft homepage, click on "Faves" (down along the left), click [Link] (CCC 37- Paper bag puppets)  (along the left side), then click the "Suggest a Favorite" button (top right), and you're in!

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about the monthly Creative Craft Challenge, this craft, or anything else, please feel free to comment here, on the Creative Craft Challenge of the Month blog, or by sending me a note to me, Animus-Panthera.