Hanuman Puppet

Materials

Brown paper lunch bag
1 Sheet light colored cardstock (for printing templates)
Brown construction paper (for head)
Light brown construction paper (for mouth)
Dark Brown construction paper (for hair and tail)
Small piece of black construction paper (for end of tail)
Gold Foil*(for गदा, gadaa)
Black Marker
2 Googly eyes
Gold sequins

*If using gold foil for the gadaa, glue the foil onto a piece of sturdy cardstock first. This will provide nice stability. After gluing it onto cardstock, trace the template and cut out.

Directions

Print the template below onto light colored cardstock.

1. Cut out template pieces and trace them onto corresponding colored construction paper. Cut out.
2. Glue mouth onto head. Draw mouth and nose.
3. Glue head onto bag.
4. Glue hair onto head. Decorate with sequins
5. Glue eyes. Draw eyebrows.
6. Glue tail onto bag.
7. Glue the gadaa.

Click on image below for full-page view. Print.

©This project is dedicated to Gurudev. For personal use (or use in Balavihar classrooms) only.