Make A Winter-Themed Paper Bag Book ~ Free Instructions and Printables

Mini-Books From Lunch Sacks!

My daughter and I are enjoying making these little paper bag books! It’s so COLD outside and this project is a great indoor activity. This is the third in a series of posts containing free instructions and printable pages to make your own paper bag books at home or in a classroom setting. Although this is a very inexpensive project which requires only a few tools and materials, it is open to a wide range of creative possibilities!

Here are several more winter-related and Paper Bag Book posts you may enjoy:

Paper Bag Book for The Mitten by Jan Brett Free Instructions and Printables
Thanksgiving Paper Bag Book Instructions and Free Printables (can be modified to be a Thankful book for any time of year)
The Mitten Lapbook
Polar Bears, Penguins, and Snowmen! Winter Seasonal Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten
Winter-Themed Educational Activities For Kids (Free Printables)
Science With Children: Two Experiments With Ice

You can subscribe to this blog to receive notifications of my most recent posts. Many more printables can be found on this site at this link. This craft was partially inspired by the Pumpkin Life Cycle Lunch Bag Mini-Book on TeachersPayTeachers.com.

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Winter-Themed Paper Bag Book

You Will Need:

Lunch-sized paper bags (2 per book)
Hole punch
Yarn, narrow ribbon, or string
Wider ribbon scraps
Computer printer (black and white)
Printer paper (white or colored)
Crayons, colored pencils, or markers
Glue stick
Stapler
Construction Paper (optional)
Winter-Themed Stickers (optional)

For Preschoolers and Kindergartners, I recommend using 2 lunch bags for a four-page book (to stay within their attention spans). They can use the front and back of each page plus the pockets, so the kids will have plenty of space for their coloring pages. You may want to make longer books with older kids. Allowing kids to cut out their own little pages is great scissor-practice, but to save time, you can cut out the little printable pages ahead of time.

Scroll down for free printable PDF instructions and coloring pages!

Pictorial Overview Of The Paper Bag Book

Tie together with ribbon, yarn or string.

Glue on the cover page, and some of the pages in the book.

Insert the remaining pages in the pockets.

Completed Winter Book! Add winter-themed stickers to the cover if you like.

Winter Book Ideas

We love to read! Here are a few of our favorite Winter season books!

Free Printables

Just click on the thumbnail image to open and print! If the PDF files do not look right in your browser, open the document in Adobe Reader first, then print.

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