What You’ll Need:

paper plates
pencil
crayons or markers
scissors
glue
tape

How to Make It:

On the front of a paper plate, draw, color, and cut out a whale and water spout, as shown.
Make a fin from the scraps. Glue it on.
Place the whale on the back of another plate, lining them up at the bottom. Trace around the tail fin, and cut out a section above and below it as shown, making another tail fin. Color the second tail fin, water, and sky.
Glue together the center parts of the two plates. When the glue dries, bend back the bottom edges, and stand the plates up. If necessary, tape a scrap on the back below the whale’s tail for balance.

Paper Bag Whale

Written by Camilla Stringer

Thursday, 13 March 2008 22:30

http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagwhale.htm

DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Stuffed Paper Bag Whale

This is a classic craft that we've likely all made when we were young. It continues to be loads of fun for the kids!

Materials:

	paint - blue or grey (tempra, poster or acrylic paints all work well)
	paper lunch bag
	newspaper
	blue construction paper
	elastic band or masking tape
	scotch tape
	glue
	black marker
	optional: wiggly eyes

Directions:

stuff paper bag with shredded newspaper, leaving about 3 inches unstuffed

Scrunch the top together and wrap an elastic band or masking tape around to seal.

	The stuffed part is the body of the whale.
	The end (top of the bag) is the tail.

paint the paper bag, including the tail, a whale color (blue or grey) or even black and white for an orca whale. I never paint the bottom of the whale (the tummy)

While your bag is drying...

Cut out flipper shapes from the blue construction paper

Cut a rectangle from the blue construction paper and cut slits in it (see the dotted lines below)

Roll the piece around a pencil and tape it to make a tube (the spout of the whale)

Once the bag is dry:

	Scotch tape or glue the flippers to the paper bag (I usually glue them to the tummy).
	You can poke a hole in the top of the bag with a pencil and squish the bottom of the spout in there and then apply scotch tape as needed.
	Use a black marker to draw on eyes and a nose (or use wiggly eyes or round stickers).