Puppets for kids

Last weekend, my kids came up with a delightful idea to put on a puppet show. The only catch? We didn't have any puppets. Seeing their excitement, I thought, why not make them ourselves? With a little bit of research and lots of imagination, we set out to create our puppet cast. We gathered old socks, yarn, buttons, and fabric scraps. It turned into a fun crafting afternoon, filled with laughter and creativity. Each puppet began to take on its own character, sparking stories from my kids…

Making finger puppets is a great art and craft activity for children of all ages and even adults. You need to be adventurous and creative to create amazing puppets! Use different colored felts, or maybe add things like ears or a tail. Scroll down for a great collection[…]

These 5 printable Monster Puppets are perfect for celebrating Halloween, craft on a monster party, or put on a puppet show with your kids.

Create a fun paper plate frog puppet!.This is a fun and easy frog craft kids can make from a paper plate with egg carton eyes... ribbit!

These adorable spring animal popsicle stick puppets are the perfect craft for spring! Your toddler will love having a lamb, bunny, and chick to play with throughout the day. Simply download the templates for each animal, cut them out, and piece them together to make cute animals for your kids to add to their imaginative play. All you need is white embossed and colored paper, the template, popsicle sticks, a sharpie, a pencil, craft glue, and scissors to make this fun craft with your kids.

This post is in partnership with Paramount Pictures. As always, the opinions are entirely my own. Sherlock Gnomes is coming to theaters March 23 and it looks soooo funny. Just the name of the movie makes me smile. It's the sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet (I love clever movie names!) and it looks like such a fun family movie to take the kids to see. We put together a fun and simple craft project inspired by the characters in the upcoming film. These Sherlock Gnomes wooden spoon puppets are so…

Here are directions and eight free printable patterns for farm animal stick puppets. Your kids can use these for finger plays, songs, storytelling, and more.

Let's make paper bag puppets today with this fun paper bag craft idea and put on a fun puppet show! Making paper bag puppets is a classic paper craft that

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