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Puppet Activities

These hand puppets are fun for the whole family. Learn how to make a puppet and put on a show with your kids! From hand puppets to paper bag puppets, your kids will have a blast making their own characters come to life. There are even instructions for constructing a variety of at-home puppet theaters. Puppets are a great learning tool for students; children can learn social skills through puppet role play, and they can practice storytelling skills by writing their own script. Add some fun to your home or classroom with these puppet activities.

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Bunny Puppet
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Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!
Kindergarten
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Leprechaun Puppet
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Your child can create his own colorful leprechaun paper bag puppet for St. Patrick's Day in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.
Kindergarten
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Santa Shadow Puppet
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This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.
4th Grade
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Make a Puppet Theater
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In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.
Kindergarten
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Papier-Mâché Puppet Wizardry
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Guide your middle schooler through making his own papier-maché witch or wizard puppet. Move over Harry Potter!
Middle School
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Paper Bag Puppet People
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This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!
1st Grade
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Create an Easy-Store Puppet Stage
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Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!
Preschool
Reading & Writing
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Make a Bunny Paper Bag Puppet
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Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!
Preschool
Social Studies
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Halloween Witch Hand Puppet
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...This easy Halloween craft is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Puppet play can help your child to develop important cognitive, social, and emotional...
Kindergarten
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Snowman Paper Bag Puppet
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... of puppetry with this snow-themed art activity. Puppets have been around for centuries as a means of telling stories, and this Snowman Paper Bag Puppet will encourage...
Preschool
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Produce a Vegetable Puppet Play
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... vegetables while creating an fun veggie puppet play about nutrition! Want a creative way to get your kids eating more vegetables? Put on a veggie puppet play starring...
Kindergarten
Science
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Chinese Shadow Puppets
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Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!
5th Grade
Social Studies
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Wayang
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Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.
4th Grade
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Dragon Dance
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Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.
1st Grade
Social Studies
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Easter Egg Toppers
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Keep your boiled breakfast egg cozy and warm on Easter morning with a bright chick egg topper. This craft can also double as a puppet!
5th Grade
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Make Pop-Up Puppets
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...Everyone enjoys puppet shows, and now your child can host his own! Using plastic cups, dowels, and fabric, you can make a fun puppet that pops up out of its cup...
1st Grade
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Praying Mantis Anatomy
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... research and finding a good template for her puppet, work on her fine motor skills while cutting out the puppet parts and fastening them together, and learn about...
Preschool
Science
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Create Spectacular Shape Stick Puppets
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... fun by introducing her to a simple puppet-making activity. Large craft sticks can easily be formed into shape puppets of the characters in The Three Little Pigs, so...
Preschool
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Halloween Spider Decorations
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... puppet. Halloween spider decorations give your house a creepy vibe on All Hallow's Eve! While creating these little spiders, your child will learn how to create...
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Papier-Mâché Characters
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...Help your child create his favorite characters out of papier-mâché, for hours of craft and puppet show entertainment! Do you ever wonder what excites your child...
2nd Grade
Reading & Writing
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What Were the Ten Plagues?
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... Plague of the death of the firstborn Assign an equal number of plagues to each child for puppet-making. Then, hand each child the corresponding number of sheets...
1st Grade
Social Studies
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Sock Rabbit
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... into a happy smile.   sock rabbit, rabbit sock, sock bunny, bunny sock, sock puppet, sock rabbit puppet, spring cleaning, spring, Easter...
4th Grade
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Make Popsicle Puppets...and Practice Communication
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...; if the argument is about a toy or game that both kids want. Get started! You don't need fancy puppets to have a puppet show. Kids can make puppets at home...
Preschool
Social Studies
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Crab Craft
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... they eat dead fish and clean up the environment. crab craft, crab puppet, sea creature, ocean craft, under the sea craft, crab activity...
1st Grade
Science

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