Easy puppets
May 28th, 2008 by Alicia
Here’s an easy way to make puppets for the kids and use up some of the millions of cheap stuffed animals that may have accumulated at your house.
Take a small, unwanted stuffed animal and cut a slit across the back. Pull out most of the stuffing (you may want to leave the head and a bit of the legs stuffed). If you want these to last a long time and want to leave stuffing in parts, you can stitch across the stuffed parts, iron it sealed with fusible tape or use fabric glue. We never did this step though. You can also just cut straight across at the midsection to make a standard puppet you insert your hand into and remove all stuffing.
Show the children how to insert their hands in the back and put two fingers in the arms to move them. Ta da! Instead puppet theater.
Here’s a photo of my girls making puppets many moons ago…
