This article tells you how your students can make puppets for a class puppet show.

Steps

  1. Buy a bag of popsicle sticks at the craft store. These will be enough to make many puppets.
  2. Draw a face on one end of the popsicle stick. You can glue on small wiggly eyes, if you have them. Feel free to use large wiggly eyes too!
  3. Add hair, arms and clothes using yarn, pipe cleaners, colored paper, and fabric scraps. A pom-pom could be used for the puppet's hair. Think of alternate things you could use items for, too-fur for hair, a small plastic cup for a skirt.
  4. Make several Popsicle characters and put up a mini-puppet play!
  5. Glue leftover Popsicle sticks together to make a mini puppet area. Use a piece of fabric for curtains and you can put on a show anywhere.

Things You'll Need

  • Popsicle sticks
  • markers
  • wiggly eyes
  • pom-poms
  • colored paper
  • pipe cleaners
  • yarn
  • fabric scraps
  • glue