How to make a puppet

How to Build a Quality Puppet: The Muppets have had a huge impact on our culture. So much so that the Smithsonian has an exhibit detailing how the Muppets have impacted our world. The creations of Jim Henson have certainly impacted my life. Because of the Muppets, I have a lov…

When I tuck my kids in at night, I often find myself making shadow puppets with my hands in the light from their bed lamps. The kids inevitably want to try to make the same shapes with their hands. Sometimes a kind of wall-based puppet show develops in which shadow monkeys and birds fight and […]

A tutorial on how to make a marionette the easy way with just some simple materials.

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Kids absolutely love creating their own puppets and set up their own plays! There are endless possibilities of creating lots of paper finger puppets in just a little time! Today I’m going to show you how to make finger puppets the super-easy way and you can create this fun and cute finger puppets craft at home or in class. #easypeasycreativeideas #fingerpuppets #papercrafts #kidscrafts #craftsforkids

I think we've established that I am bad at keeping a blog. Whelp.... Here's some more of the sock puppet tutorial. Now, that copy of the mouth pattern in card stock is for the inner mouth. It'll be too big to comfortably fit inside the mouth of the puppet so it'll need some trimming. I just set it inside the puppet and marked the over hang. When you trim it down there should be a little bit of sock past all sides like this: Then, you hot glue fabric onto the card stock like so: I didn't get…

Learn how to make this adorable animal hand puppet! He is an animal, right? From the Jim Henson company! Enter to win a DIY puppet kit too! Yay! #puppets #puppet #worldpuppetryday #diy #crafts #kidstuff #kids #artsandcrafts #craftsforkids #handpuppets #handpuppet #thejimhensoncompany #jimhenson #Clods