Puppet activities for kids

Handprint People Puppets is a fun and easy craft and a great way to talk about diversity at home or school! Great for all ages!

Click to print the free template and then make these adorable clothespin puppets! These are an amazing fine motor pincer grasp activity and craft for expression, moods and managing big emotions, a great literacy craft, and a great idea for learning music #finemotor #pincergrasp #papercraft #puppets

I completely underestimated how much the girls would enjoy playing with shadow puppets. Whenever something so simple makes them so happy, I can’t help but smile!! And this was SUPER simple. Added bonus — the perfect entertainment for whenever a power outage occurs. Our little shadow puppet theater was made from an empty cardboard box […]

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!

Set up an invitation to create after school or during open-ended play and invite kids to create their own paper bag puppet.

Easy love critter puppets kids can make. This is a fun kids craft idea for Valentines Day which makes a DIY toy to inspire imaginative play.

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Keep the kids busy and happy with some new stay at home activities like these simple to make shadow puppets with lots of fun animal patterns. #thingsforkidstodo #kidsactivities #puppets #shadowpuppets

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…

I love, love when we do a craft that is not only open-ended but is one the entire family can join in on. We made these paper bag monster puppets last week and

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 paper plate cookie monster puppet kids craft is super cute. Your kids will enjoy feeding it paper cookies. Perfect craft for elementary kids.

My three-year-old is really into puppets right now. When his big sister made a puppet for a school project, he wanted to make puppets, too! Knowing his attention span for arts and crafts is about 10 minutes at the most, I put together this quick, low-mess stick puppet art invitation for him. With simple craft … Continued

Visiting the zoo is one of my preschooler’s most favorite outings. She loves to sit and observe all of the animals and ask lots of questions.

These free printable paper hand puppets are super fun to create and even more fun to play with afterwards! They are excellent for encouraging