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You are here: Home >> Activities by Age >> Kindergarten Crafts & Activities >> How to make a Dog & Frog Hand Puppet

How to make a Dog & Frog Hand Puppet

Shruti Acharya | September 12, 2012 | 6 Comments

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There has been research conducted on the many and varied benefits of using puppets to enhance lessons with preschool and elementary age school children. For kindergarten children, puppets are simple and effective tools for delivering information. Here are two Easy and super cute ideas for making puppets for children for hours of imaginative play

Paper Hand puppets  Dog Frog

You’ll need

  1. A4 size Construction paper – Green , pink, black & light brown.
  2. Googly eyes
  3. Glue
  4. Markers – black

I used high quality construction papers. This gives it a good grip due to its thickness. The thicker the better.

For the basic template

  1.  Use Green construction paper.
  2. Place length wise – shorter edge on top and longer edge on side
  3. Fold into 3 parts such that one edge overlaps the other. Glue in place. This resembles a tube
  4. Fold in half with the glued side up.
  5. Fold in half again side such that the glued sides overlap each other.
  6. Repeat at the other side. now the fold should resemble a ‘W’
  7. Glue the ‘V’ of the sides together as shown above
  8. Now  cut 2 pieces in U shape for the eyes .. add details using a marker. Stick in place
  9. stick in the tongue cut in a long U shape cut from a pink construction paper

To make the dog –

  1. Follow the fold as explained above, this time using brown paper
  2. Cut out ears using black paper
  3. and tongue using pink paper
  4. stick, add details using marker .
  5. Stick on googly eyes.

Do try this simple puppet and don’t forget to share your creations.. Many varieties using the same fold can be found on the net. Its a lot of fun..

Happy faces

Making your own puppets at home is easy and comes with the benefit of a fun craft activity followed by the enjoyment of seeing your kids use their imaginations during puppet play. Help your preschooler make their own puppets with these easy step-by-step instructions. Lots of fun to make and even more fun for kids to play with.

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, Kindergarten Crafts & Activities, Paper Craft, Preschooler Crafts & Activities Tagged With: #CraftClass, #GooglyEyes, Puppets

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About Shruti Acharya

Shruti is a writer, photographer, DIY lover, passionate homemaker, and the chief dreamer at ArtsyCraftsyMom.com . Shruti lives in Bangalore, India with her husband and daughter. She loves showcasing fun art activities, crafts for kids, celebrations, childrens books & all the craziness that is India.

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Comments

  1. Deepthi says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Sooo Cute!!! Thanks for the tute 🙂 I will be teaching this for my kiddo and her friends!!!

    Reply
  2. Life Begins says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:54 pm

    Wow awesome. 🙂

    Reply
  3. Rachana Saurabh says

    September 14, 2012 at 6:38 am

    Sweet!! Good Tuto for kids!

    Reply
  4. Swapna says

    September 17, 2012 at 7:03 pm

    These are awesome and thanks for the templates too. Will surely make some with lil one. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    September 20, 2012 at 11:41 am

    where can i get air dry clay in india? can anyone help

    Reply

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