Monster Bag Craft: Cut and Paste Worksheet
This worksheet builds fine motor skills by having children cut out monster features — eyes, teeth, horns — and glue them onto a paper bag to design their own imaginative monster face. For three- to five-year-olds, the open-ended nature of choosing and arranging the features also encourages creative decision-making, since there's no single correct way to build the monster.
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Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
This is page 28 of the pack. Ages 6-7 · Grade 1Ages 6-7 · Year 2Ages 6-7 · Class 1Ages 6-7
Curriculum
- Art & Craft > Arts & Crafts
How to use this worksheet
Have your child cut out each monster feature piece from the sheet provided, such as eyes, a mouth, and horns. Lay a paper bag flat on the table and let your child arrange the pieces on the front before gluing anything down, trying out different combinations. Once they're happy with the design, glue each feature into place on the bag. Let the glue dry fully before opening the bag back up into its 3D shape.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Paper bag
Extension activities
- 1Make a second monster bag with a completely different combination of features for comparison.
- 2Use the finished monster bags for a pretend trick-or-treat game around the house.
- 3Give the monster a name and make up a short story about where it lives and what it eats.
- 4Add extra details with crayons or markers, like scales, stripes, or a color pattern.
- 5Use the monster bag as a puppet, opening and closing the bag's fold like a mouth while telling a story.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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