Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon Paper Stick Puppet Craft (Free Printable Template)

lenapodesta
Nov 11
2 min read

In the third grade, my friends and I pretended we had best friend pegasuses or pegasi (what is the plural of Pegasus, anyway?). We flew all around the kingdom (otherwise known as the playground), through the mist — I'm not sure why were always in the mist except I was obsessed with mist. It seemed romantic and didn't you know that pegasi are always flying through the mist? I digress. The important thing wasn't the mist, it was the adventures we had together.

When I first read Melissa Marr’s manuscript for Baby Dragon, Baby Dragon, it reminded me a little of those adventures way back in those mist covered imagination days of the 1980s. How magical to have a baby dragon or a pegasus for a best friend — to fly with them everywhere!

What kinds of adventures would you have with a dragon friend (or a pegasus friend? Also, would you rather have a pegasus or a dragon for a bestie?

Well, you might not have a pegasus for a best friend, but you can make this fun baby dragon paper puppet craft to fly around your kingdom with you! You just need a few simple supplies and this free printable baby dragon template. It’s a super easy, low-mess, rainy day craft for any young dragon tamer or fantasy-loving kid.

🖍 Materials Needed for this Baby Dragon Paper Puppet

Free Baby Dragon Puppet Template 👇 (download below) 👇
1 sheet of white card stock or thick paper
Scissors
Crayons, pens, or colored pencils (whatever you like to color with)
2 brads (paper fasteners)
2 popsicle sticks
Hole punch
Glue or tape

✂️ Step-by-Step Instructions: How to Make this Baby Dragon Paper Stick Puppet Craft

Download the Baby Dragon Template and print it full-page onto card stock or thick paper.
Have fun coloring your dragon in any magical colors you like.
Cut out your dragon along the dotted lines.
Punch holes where each of the four dotted circles are.
Attach the head to the front of the body by fastening the brad through the two holes.
Attach the tail to the back of the body the same way.
Glue or tape a popsicle stick to the back of the tail.
Add the second stick to the back of the dragon’s head, just behind the mouth.
Have fun flying your baby dragon puppet!