Stick Puppets

Craft some animal puppets to play with!

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Craft some animal puppets to play with!

You Will Need

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You Will Need

  • Coloured card (2 different colours)
  • A straw
  • Coloured pens
  • Scissors
  • Cello tape
  • Glue stick

Step 1:

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Step 1:

Cut out a circle from one piece of card.

Step 2:

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Step 2:

Cut out some features from the other piece of card. For this example, cut out a nose, eyebrows, and long ears.

Step 3:

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Step 3:

Glue the eyebrows and nose onto the circle and use your coloured pens to fill in the rest of the details like the eyes and mouth. Fold the ears over too, but don’t stick them to the front.

Step 4:

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Step 4:

Flip the puppet over and tape down the ears so that they ‘flop’ over to the front. Finally, you can tape a straw to the back so that your puppet has a handle.

Complete!

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Complete!

That’s you completed your stick puppet! It’s ready to take to the stage!

Get Creative: Why not try and make some other animal characters like this bee or this fish, or maybe something completely different… like an alien!