Kids love to sing songs with hand motions or a puppet. The hand motions or puppet give kids something to do with their hands when they sing.  I think puppets give shy kids the  the opportunity to sing with something or through it. It takes their attention off of themselves and gives them something else to focus on. We recently made a triceratops paper bag puppets to go along with fun dinosaur songs.

Since we are home for the summer, we didn’t sing the songs with a group. What we did do was have our puppets was to read each of the songs and then sing them. It was counted as our summer reading time for the day.

How to Make the Puppet

The puppet we made is a tradition paper bag puppet. Green and white pieces of construction paper have been cut out to fit over different areas of a paper bag.

What pieces make up the puppet:

• Long body piece that fits under the the flap on the front of the bag and reaches down the the bottom of the bag. You can trace around this section of the bag onto the green construction.
• Two pieces that are a little longer than the bag’s  flap were cut out. One piece had a pointed end and one was just rounded. Those areas can also be traced on to paper green construction paper
• A fan piece for the back
• Three horns cut of of white paper.
• Two round eyes were cut out of white paper
• Two small black round pieces were cut out

Before the green construction paper pieces were glued in place,we traced their edges with a black marker. Then we sponge painted them with blue, brown, and green paint. Sponge painting gave the triceratops some texture.

When the paint had dried, we were ready to start  gluing the pieces in place. All of the green sections were glued on first. Then the horns and eyes were added. When the glue had dried we were reading to start singing dinosaur songs.

 

Dinosaur Songs

5 Enormous Dinosaurs

Five enormous dinosaurs letting out a roar.

One went away and then there were four!

Four enormous dinosaurs munching on a tree.

One went away and then there were three!

Three enormous dinosaurs didn’t know what to do.

One went away and then there were two!

Two enormous dinosaurs having lots of fun.

One went away and then there was one!

One enormous dinosaur afraid to be a hero.

He went away and then there was ZERO!

 

All Around the Jungle (to the tune of: Wheels on the Bus)

The brontosaurus goes, much, munch, munch.

Munch, munch, munch. Munch, munch, munch.

The brontosaurus goes, much, munch, munch.

All around the jungle!

Repeat with:

• The stegosaurus’ tail goes spike, spike, spike.
•  The triceratops’ horns go poke, poke, poke.
• The pterodactyl’s wings go flap, flap, flap.
• The Tyrannosaurus goes grr, grr, grr.

Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago

(sung to “London Bridge is Falling Down”)
Dinosaurs lived long ago, long ago, long ago,
Dinosaurs lived long ago, That’s prehistoric!

Tyrannosaurus was very mean, very mean, Very mean,
Tyrannosaurus was very mean, That’s prehistoric!

Brontosaurus was very big, very big, very big,
Brontosaurus was very big, that’s prehistoric!

Stegosaurus wore heavy spikes, heavy spikes, heavy spikes,
Stegosaurus wore heavy spikes, that’s prehistoric!

Triceratops had big sharp horns, big sharp horns, big sharp horns,
Triceratops had big sharp horns, that’s prehistoric!

Pterodactyl could fly in the air, fly in the air, fly in the air,
Pterodactyl could fly in the air, that’s prehistoric!

All the Dinosaurs disappeared, disappeared, disappeared,
All the Dinosaurs disappeared, that’s why their prehistoric!

 

All Around the Swamp

(to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)

The Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap,
Flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap,
The Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap,
All around the swamp.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex went grr, grr, grr,
Grr, grr, grr, grr, grr, grr,
The Tyrannosaurus Rex went grr, grr, grr,
All around the swamp.

The Triceratops’ horns went poke, poke, poke,
Poke, poke, poke, poke, poke, poke,
The Triceratops’ horns went poke, poke, poke,
All around the swamp.

Additional Verses:
The brontosaurus went munch, munch, munch.
The stegosaurs’ tail went spike, spike, spike.

The dinosurs went zzz, zzz, zzz,
Zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz, zzz,
The dinosurs went zzz, zzz, zzz,
All around the swamp.
Shhhhhhhh.

The Dinosaur Song

(Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus “)

The tyrannosaurus rex had great big teeth,

Great big teeth, great big teeth.

The tyrannosaurus rex had great big teeth,

When the dinosaurs roamed.

Additional verses:

The apatosaurus had a very long tail……

The diplodocus’ nostrils were on top of his head………

The saltopus was as small as a cat…….

I hope you enjoy making a dinosuar and having him sing dinosaur songs.

Here are some other puppets were have made:

Five Little Turkeys Stick Puppets

Walking Finger Puppets

Five Little Crows Tube Puppets

You will find even more puppet crafts on my Creating Puppets Pinterest board.