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June 15, 2018 By Chelsey 2 Comments

Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft for Kids with Free Printable Template

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Make this adorable paper bag sea otter craft for kids using our free printable sea otter template. You can add details to your sea otter, like our free printable baby sea otter or even a sea star or some tissue paper kelp.

Follow our Ocean Crafts and Activities Pinterest board for even more ideas!

 

Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft for Kids with free printable sea otter and baby sea otter template- fun ocean or sea life craft

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Looking for a super cute sea otter craft? You’ll love this stuffed paper bag sea otter! You can make it as easy or as detailed as you like. Simply stuff a paper lunch bag and add the sea otter template pieces to create your otter. You can add details to your otter like a sea star, baby sea otter, tissue paper kelp, or any other ideas you might have. This is an easy craft to add to your ocean or sea life unit.

 

sea otter paper bag craft for kids with baby sea otter and tissue paper kelp, includes free sea otter template printable

 

Sea otters are some of our favorite sea animals to observe and learn about- so many interesting facts about them. (Plus, they’re just so cute!) Check out this website to learn more about sea otters and observe some in action.

 

See How to Make it Here

 

 

Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft for Kids

Materials for Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft

  • Brown paper lunch bag
  • Newspaper or other material to stuff your lunch bag
  • Rubberband
  • White cardstock and brown crayon or colored pencil (or paper bag colored cardstock)
  • Scissors
  • Glue (I like Tacky glue or glue dots for this project.)
  • Free Printable Sea Otter Template
  • Optional: Green tissue paper for making kelp (I used this light green and this dark green.)
  • Optional: Printable Baby Sea Otter

free printable sea otter template

free printable baby sea otter template and coloring page

 

 

Directions for Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft

1. Stuff a brown paper lunch bag about 2/3 full with newspaper or other material (shredded paper, fiberfill etc.)

stuff a brown paper lunch bag to make your sea otter craft

 

2. Gather the bag together below the stuffing and rubber band it together.

rubberband the bag together

 

3. Cut the bottom of the paper bag (below the rubber band) into two, creating two sea otter feet.

cut the bottom portion of the bag apart to create the sea otter legs

 

4. Print out the sea otter template. If printing it out on white cardstock, color your sea otter brown. If printing it out on paper bag colored card stock, you can add some brown details or leave it as is.

print out the free sea otter template printable PDF

 

5. Cut out the head, two arms, and two feet.

print out the free sea otter template printable PDF

 

6. Glue or staple them onto your stuffed paper bag.

sea otter paper bag craft for kids with free printable template

 

 

7. Optional: Make seaweed or kelp using tissue paper to go with your sea otter. Cut long strips of green tissue paper and twist them. Glue on some paper leaves to finish your kelp.

how to make tissue paper kelp or seaweed

 

sea otter paper bag craft for kids with baby sea otter and tissue paper kelp, includes free sea otter template printable

 

8. Optional: Add some details to your sea otter craft. Print out the baby sea otter and glue him to his mother sea otter. Or color and cut out starfish from our baby sea otter template or get larger starfish from our easy starfish craft post.

sea otter paper bag craft for kids with baby sea otter and tissue paper kelp, includes free sea otter template printable

 

 


 

Paper Bag Sea Otter Craft for Kids with free printable sea otter and baby sea otter template- fun ocean or sea life craft

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: Crafts for Kids, Elementary, Ocean Tagged With: brown paper bag, ocean, sea life, sea otter

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Comments

  1. Lisa says

    January 3, 2020 at 7:43 am

    Chelsey, Thank you for this adorable craft with the templates and detailed instructions included. It’s adorable! We’re creating a whole under water environment in my speech/language therapy room and my students are very excited to add sea otters to the display!

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      January 6, 2020 at 4:32 pm

      I love hearing this!!! Have fun- sea animals are my favorite!!

      Reply

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