Take your students under the sea with this fun and easy Jellyfish Paper Bag Puppet Craft!
This printable craft is ideal for kindergarten and young ESL learners. Students colour their jellyfish, carefully cut it out, and glue it onto the front of a paper bag to create their very own ocean-themed puppet.
How to Make

1. Colour the jellyfish using crayons, coloured pencils or markers.
2. Carefully cut out the jellyfish.
3. Glue the jellyfish onto the front of a paper bag.
4. Allow the glue to dry.
5. Your jellyfish paper bag puppet is ready to play!
   Learning Benefits
   This craft gives young learners an enjoyable opportunity to practise:
   • Fine motor skills
   • Cutting and colouring
   • Hand-eye coordination
   • Following simple instructions
   • Creativity and self-expression
   • Ocean and sea-life vocabulary
   Great For
   This resource works particularly well with:
   • Ocean and sea-life units
   • Under the Sea themes
   • Kindergarten ESL lessons
   • Craft and activity lessons
   • Vocabulary reinforcement
   • Role-play and speaking activities
   • Classroom displays
   The finished puppets can be used for simple role-play, speaking practice and vocabulary games, giving students a chance to use their new sea-life vocabulary in a fun and meaningful way.
   A simple, low-preparation craft that combines creativity, fine-motor practice and language learning — perfect for little ocean explorers!

Credits & Copyright
© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited and arranged as part of this original educational work.