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Fun Finger Puppets

Jan 4, 20133,962 views
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by TurkeyMom in Crafts

Ages3–8 yrs
Prep5 min
Activity30 min
Leveleasy
MessLow
Works for1:1 · Small group · Class

Cut fun pictures from old magazines, glue them to thick cardstock or cardboard, cut out the outline and punch two finger holes to make puppets that walk on your fingers. They make great story-telling props for pretend play and literacy activities.

⚠️ Safety first

  • Adult cuts or punches the finger holes, since thick cardboard is hard to cut and the holes are small.
  • Supervise children using scissors.

Before the kids arrive

  • Collect old magazines with fun, large pictures.

Steps

  1. Look through old magazines and choose your favorite pictures.

  2. Cut out the pictures you picked.

  3. Glue each picture onto thick cardstock paper or cardboard.

  4. Cut around the outline of the picture.

  5. Adult: mark two finger-size circles near the bottom of each puppet and punch them out.

  6. Put your fingers through the holes so they become the puppet's legs.

  7. Act out a play or tell a story with your puppets.

Tips

  • It's as simple as CUT, STICK and CUT! It cannot get any easier than this.from the author
  • You can create unlimited puppets for all the imaginations. Any magazine picture can become a new character.from the author
  • Finger puppets are fantastic story-telling props and can be used for any number of literacy activities.from the author
  • Puppet play is a great tool to foster team play and creative thinking.from the author

Make it your own

  • Use the puppets as props to retell a favorite story for a literacy activity.
  • Make a set of characters together and put on a team puppet show.

The story behind it

By TurkeyMom · January 2013
Finger Puppets
Puppet play is a great tool to foster team play and creative thinking. Puppets are a child's best play pal for all ages.
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Fun Finger Puppets: the original post

Puppet play is a great tool to foster team play and creative thinking. Puppets are a child’s best play pal for all ages and this craft activity will show you how to create unique and simple finger puppets with unlimited possibilities. Creating these fun finger puppets is as simple as CUT, STICK and CUT !

  • Old magazines
  • Cardboard
  • Glue.
  • Scissors

make your own finger puppets-blogmemom Cut out some fun pictures from old magazines, Glue them to a thick cardstock paper, Cut out the outline and punch out holes for the fingers. puppet hows-blogmemom Just put your fingers in and act out the play. It cannot get any easier than this. It allows you to create unlimited puppets for all the imaginations. The great thing about finger puppets is that they are fantastic story-telling props and in turn can be used for any number of literacy activities.

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  1. andiejaye · Jan 2013

    we love finger puppets! and i just wanted to let you know that i'm featuring you in this week's kids co-op at crayon freckles :)

  2. thejennyevolution · Jan 2013

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  3. Jen Fischer · Jan 2013

    I love puppets and these are great!

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