Stuffed Paper Bag Whale

• 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).