The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is a perfect back to school book for Kindergarten and First Grade. It’s a story about a raccoon named Chester who is worried about starting school.
We are sharing how we created our raccoon craft with newspaper because we love creating with newspaper but you could easily make it with gray cardstock as well. This post contains affiliate links to the products mentioned. Read our disclosure policy for more information.
Supplies needed:
raccoon craft template (optional) <—- Purchase in our shop newspaper black and blue cardstock black pom googly eyes glue
Tutorial:
1. Cut out raccoon pieces
Begin by cutting your raccoon pieces out of your newspaper. You’ll need a triangular raccoon face, a half circle body shape, a tail and two triangle ears. You can also purchase the raccoon pattern in my shop for each prep!
2. Cut out face details
From your black cardstock cut out a strip for an eye patch, two small triangles for the inside of the ears and three tail stripes.
3. Glue those pieces
Glue your black pieces onto the coordinating newspaper pieces.
4. Glue tail & body to the card
Lay your blue cardstock out horizontal and glue your tail onto the right side of your paper. Glue the raccoon body overlapping the tail a bit and ending at the left side of your paper.
5. Finish the face & glue it to the body
Glue the triangle ears on the back of the racoon face and then glue the face in the middle of the raccoon body.
6. Add google eyes & black pom
Finish your The Kissing Hand Craft by gluing on your googly eyes and black pom.
