I was overly ambitious for Puppet Camp last week. My plan was to have the children experience a wide variety of puppet making. I quickly realized after day one, that I would have to tone it down a bit. After-all, I am working with four-years-olds. For the last day I planned a pop-up cone type puppet (kind of like one of these), but again...too ambitious. The night before I thought up this simplified version and was thrilled how easily they came together.
Supplies:
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wool felt
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chop-stick
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1.25 inch wood bead with hole on one side
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glue
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rubber bands
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(needle + thread optional)
I drew up a rough pattern sheet...nothing fancy...but it could easily be printed off. The large oval is the body, the circle the collar (cut it fringe like, or scalloped...depending on how you like it) and the triangle is the hat.
Fold the hat piece in half and stitch (or glue) up the side. (Here's a nice blurry version of me doing that)
Next, take a rubber band (or elastic) and wrap it securely about one inch below the pointy side of the chop-stick.
Assembly is easy after that...simply slide on the body piece, then the collar, then the head, glue on hat and you're done!
The kids were playing with them in minutes.
