Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon Paper Stick Puppet Craft (Free Printable Template)
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In the third grade, my friends and I pretended we had best friend pegasuses or pegasi (what is the plural of Pegasus, anyway?). We flew all around the kingdom (otherwise known as the playground), through the mist — I’m not sure why were always in the mist except I was obsessed with mist. It seemed romantic and didn’t you know that pegasi are always flying through the mist? I digress. The important thing wasn’t the mist, it was the adventures we had together.
When I first read Melissa Marr’s manuscript for Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon, it reminded me a little of those adventures way back in those mist covered imagination days of the 1980s. How magical to have a baby dragon or a pegasus for a best friend — to fly with them everywhere!
What kinds of adventures would you have with a dragon friend (or a pegasus friend? Also, would you rather have a pegasus or a dragon for a bestie?
Well, you might not have a pegasus for a best friend, but you can make this fun baby dragon paper puppet craft to fly around your kingdom with you! You just need a few simple supplies and this free printable baby dragon template. It’s a super easy, low-mess, rainy day craft for any young dragon tamer or fantasy-loving kid.
🖍Materials Needed for this Baby Dragon Paper Puppet
- Free Baby Dragon Puppet Template 👇 (download below) 👇
- 1 sheet of white card stock or thick paper
- Scissors
- Crayons, pens, or colored pencils (whatever you like to color with)
- 2 brads (paper fasteners)
- 2 popsicle sticks
- Hole punch
- Glue or tape
✂️ Step-by-Step Instructions: How to Make this Baby Dragon Paper Stick Puppet Craft
- Download the Baby Dragon Template and print it full-page onto card stock or thick paper.
- Have fun coloring your dragon in any magical colors you like.
- Cut out your dragon along the dotted lines.
- Punch holes where each of the four dotted circles are.
- Attach the head to the front of the body by fastening the brad through the two holes.
- Attach the tail to the back of the body the same way.
- Glue or tape a popsicle stick to the back of the tail.
- Add the second stick to the back of the dragon’s head, just behind the mouth.
- Have fun flying your baby dragon puppet!
That’s it! Wishing you and your dragon many epic adventures together. 🌈✨ Sorry, no pegasus template yet — but maybe you can create your own!
If you’ve finished this craft, but still want to color more dragons, check out these free Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon coloring pages.
