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Make Your Own Puppet Show

IDEA PROMPT:
Ready to create your own puppet show? Gather some socks or paper bags and use markers and colored pencils to give your puppets silly faces and bright outfits. Make a stage using a recycled cardboard box and decorate it with drawings for a fun backdrop. Let the show begin!

Ages: 4 and up, Under 4, 8 and up, 6 and up

Haley Martino
Supplies/Tools Directions Staff Tips

Create It Yourself

Supplies Needed

Gather all the supplies needed to bring your craft ideas to life! ...

  • Colored Pencils
  • Construction Paper
  • Markers
  • Model Magic
  • Cardboard
  • Wooden Dowel

Steps

  • Use our creative moment ideas as a spark—then let your imagination take it from there.

    Follow your curiosity. See where it leads.
    No step-by-step instructions needed - just your own way of thinking, making, and exploring.

Crafts

CIY Staff Tips

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TALK ABOUT IT - Conversation Starters:

  • Imagine a story that you could tell using puppets. What characters would be part of your play?
  • What might happen to those characters and how could they make an audience laugh?

LOOK FOR IT - Observations:

  • Look for a cozy place where the homemade puppets will hide behind the scene and pop up when it is time for them to talk to the audience.

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