A Book & A Craft: "The Paper Bag Princess" and a Paper Bag Dress

My guest today is Miri of Here We Are Together sharing
one of their favorite books, The Paper Bag Princess, and
how to make your own paper bag dress! It's fun, easy,
and you probably already have everything
you need to make it!

Hi everyone!

I'm Miri of HereWeAreTogether. I am a homeschooling
Mama to three little ones and live on the south coast of
England. We love reading together and today I want to
share one of our favourite stories with you:

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munch

(Our book is the German version of the story.)

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The book is about a beautiful princess who lives in a
wonderful castle with lots of pretty dresses, until one
fateful day a fierce dragon simply scorches all her clothes
and takes her prince away. Not wanting to wait for
someone to help her she gets dressed in the one thing
the dragon did not burn: A paper bag. She sets off to
rescue her prince and defeat the dragon in a smart
and non-violent way and in the end she comes to
realise that you can't judge people by
the clothes they wear.

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Our craft is quick and easy, a decorated paper bag dress.

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You will need:

a large paper gardening bag (those you use to collect leaves)

a pen

scissors

crayons

glue

buttons

ribbons

Everything else you might need to decorate your dress.

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First let your prince or princess lay down on the bag,
their head on the part of the bag that is closed.

Mark the arms and the head so you can cut the holes
into the right place.We also cut a fancy edge around
the other side of the bag.

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Now it's already time to decorate your dress,

we first coloured in the whole bag with crayons,

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then added a few buttons and ribbons, too.

Now all you need to do is put on your dress, maybe
make a matching crown to go with it, and find
some fierce dragons to play with!

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I hope you enjoy this fun little craft.

Some other books that we like are:

The Trip to Panama by Janosch

The Barefoot Book Of Princesses

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Thank you so much, Cassi, for sharing this space
here with us today! Wishing you all a wonderful day!
Miri of Here We Are Together

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