Woo-Hoo! I Can Thank You!

Here is a very simple craft that will let your preschooler "thank" those community helpers that serve around you day in and day out.  Using paper bag puppets will let a child think about who is it that is "helping" our community and how we could tell them thank you!

You only need these very simple supplies:  paper lunch bags and crayons!

First, let you child make a puppet of himself!  Try to let them add as much detail as they can.  Their eye color, hair color, even the blue and yellow stripe shirt that they are wearing.  And all preschoolers love to color their mouth under the flap of the bottom of the lunch bag!

Next, pick a community helper.  Maybe a policeman.  Talk with you child about what a policeman wears as you make a police puppet.  Blue uniforms and a badge may be what your child will associate with him.  As you make this puppet, talk about what that person does to help those in your community.

Now you can let your child use the puppets to "thank" those community helpers!  If you have the opportunity to thank them in person, this activity helps eliminate some of the shyness that may keep your child from talking to the policeman or fireman, since they have all ready "practiced" at home!