Stage Fright! Ghost & Bat Puppets
Make dramatic, colorful puppets, create a stage, and put on a Halloween puppet show that’s frightfully fun!
1. These are just a few ideas about how to make Halloween puppets and a stage. With your friends, invent your own unique characters and setting!
2. Draw bats and pumpkins on Crayola Color Explosion™ black and white paper. Use the Color Explosion Markers to draw details and reveal the hidden colors underneath. Cut out your bats and pumpkins with Crayola Scissors. Glue craft sticks to the backs to create puppets. Air-dry the glue.
3. Make Crayola Model Magic® Fusion™ stands for the puppets. They might look like a hollowed-out tree, pumpkin vines, or fence posts, for example. Fusion dries to the touch overnight and dries completely in 2 or 3 days.
4. Construct a puppet theatre for your Halloween play. To make a stage like the one pictured, have an adult measure and score foam core with a sharp knife. Fold sides so the stage can stand up on its own. Cut and pop out a large center square in the middle to create a stage opening.
5. Cut two pieces of white felt or other fabric for curtains. Fold over the top edge and glue in place over a dowel. Make small cuts on a strip of fabric to create fringe. Glue it to the center edges of the curtain.
6. Cut a large piece of fabric for the background curtain. Cut out a colorful fabric crescent moon and glue to the background. Glue the curtain to another dowel. Air-dry the glue.
7. Have an adult poke holes in the foam core to hold the dowels. Place dowels in holes. Add a small Fusion ball at the end of each dowel to hold the curtains in place.
8. Poke a hole on each side of the bottom of the stage. Insert ribbon and tie back your curtains. Your stage set and puppets are ready for your frightening production!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Adult Assistance is required for this arts & crafts project.
Color Explosion™ Black—Wash hands well with soap and water after use.
Crayola Modeling Materials including Crayola Model Magic®, and Model Magic Fusion™, Crayola Air-Dry Clay, and Crayola Dough—
- Keep away from open flames. Do not use to make candleholders, hot plates, trivets, or other similar objects that will be used or placed near fire and other heat sources.
- Do not put in an oven, microwave, or kiln.
- Do not make into vessels/containers that will hold unpackaged food.
- The use of modeling material to make items that look like food is discouraged for children younger than age 5 to avoid their confusion with real food.
- Unless sealed with a water-resistant glaze, do not make projects exposed to or immersed in water, such as boats or outdoor bird feeders. They would disintegrate when exposed to moisture.
- Crayola Dough—contains gluten (wheat flour) as an ingredient.
- Crayola Air-Dry Clay, Crayola Model Magic and Model Magic Fusion are gluten-free. However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does contain gluten. Although the machines are cleaned prior to the start of each production run, there is a slight possibility that trace amounts of gluten from Crayola Dough may be present in the other modeling compound products. For information regarding specific ingredients or allergic concerns, please call our Consumer Affairs department at 1-800-272-9652 weekdays between 9 AM and 4 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.
Wood—By its nature, wood is rough and may contain splinters or sharp points
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