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Mittens and Gloves Crafts and Decoration ideas and projects for kids. Find out how to decorate, draw on, personalize, and customize your mittens and gloves with the following instructions, patterns, and activities for children

Paper Weights with Old Gloves

Making Paper weights out of gloves

Now you can make a really cool paper weight out of one of your old gloves....or from one of your Mom or Dad's old gloves. Trace the glove on a piece of cardboard....cut it out. Now insert it into the glove so that it keeps its shape. Now Fill the thumb of the glove with something heavy such as sand or stones. Now sew up the base of the thumb with a few quick stitches of thread. Now you are done with this handy-hand paper weight. When someone has a message for you, they can just stick it under the thumb. It is an adorable paper weight for anybody's desk. This would make a great gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or a birthday.

Transform Gloves into Octopus Puppets

Transform Gloves into Octopus Puppets

These turn out to be adorable octopus puppets. You need a glove...purple works out great...but any color will do. Cut cuff from your left glove. Then cut off the thumb & 1st 2 fingers from the glove as shown in illustration a. Now slip the middle finger of your left glove on top of the small finger of your right glove. Then sew the seams together so that your finger will still fit into it (see picture b). Now filll other finger and thumb of your left glove with filler or cotton and sew to your right glove (see picture c). Now cut another finger from left glove and stuff with cotton. Sew it between the thumb and forefinger on the right hand glove (illustration d). Now cover a styrofoam ball ( 1 1/4" in diameter) with some of the of the left glove cuff and then sew on righf hand glove (see x on sketch e). Now your octopus puppet is done...see if it fits on your hand...then play with it.

Making Spooky Spider Glove Puppets Spider Glove Puppets - And do the same project to make a spider glove puppet.

Stuffed Animal Puppets Make Hand Puppets with Stuffed Animals - Make these adorable hand puppets with an old stuffed animal toy and an old glove. All you do is sew the glove inside of the stuffed animal. Find out with the following illustrated tutorial.

Finger Puppets from Gloves Make Finger Puppets from Old Gloves - The tips of old gloves are perfect for making little figures / characters - like tiny little puppets. Learn how to make these.

More Ideas for Crafts with Glove & Mittens

A
  Snowball Fight  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids A Snowball Fight   - Create this cute winter pal with your mismatched children's gloves. Much like our Snow Folks all you will need is gloves, wooden balls, and lots of imagination.

Adorable
  Snow Folks  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for KidsAdorable Snow Folks   - Create a group of carolers or a sleighful of happy winter friends with your mismatched children's mittens, wooden balls, and lots of imagination. The sky is the limit!

Alien
  Costume  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Alien Costume   - This cosmic costume -- complete with Ping-Pong tentacles and a third eye -- is literally out of this world!

Alien
  Encounter Costume  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Alien Encounter Costume   - An alien costume ranked so high, you might say it was out of this world. According to Ryan, age nine, "It should have curvy black eyes and wear a robe."

Alien
  Puppet  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Alien Puppet   - Aliens, a favorite of most little boys. Help them grow their imaginations by creating their own out of this world creature, five of them to be exact.

Armored"
  Gloves  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids "Armored" Gloves   - This project will allow you to make a flexible, lightweight "armored" glove suitable for light, short-term use on stage, RPG or for Sci-Fi/Fantasy conventions.


Big-mouthed
    Bird  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Big-mouthed Bird   - You know what they say about a bird in the hand. Here is a fun way to make a bird to put on your hand.

Bloody
  Punch with Floating Hand  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Bloody Punch with Floating Hand   - This wickedly refreshing party punch, made of sweet apple, cranberry and grape juices and fizzy cola, is sure to chill your guests at your next Halloween bash.

Boy
  and Girl Glove Dolls  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Boy and Girl Glove Dolls   - – Here’s something that little girls will love playing “pretend” with. It’s not hard to make a pair of these craft project, let us show you how.

Bunny
  Hand Puppet  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Bunny Hand Puppet   - – If it’s all about bunnies, we are pretty sure that your little ones will like it. Just follow our easy guide and pretty soon they’ll be off to a fun-filled day.

Busy
  Bee Puppet  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Busy Bee Puppet  - This craft shows how to make a puppet that looks like a bee sitting on a flower.

Candy
  Cobs  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Candy Cobs   - Filled with hard-shelled candy or after-dinner mints, these miniature corncobs add a sweet finish to your holiday meal.

Chicks
  in a Basket  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Chicks in a Basket   - Putting all your eggs in one basket is a bad idea, of course, but put all these chicks in a basket, and you've got one very cute centerpiece.

Christmas
  Mitten Card  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Christmas Mitten Card   - Warm the hearts of family and friends with this cheerful card.

Cobweb
  Remover  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Cobweb Remover   - Here's how to make a very useful cobweb remover from a garden glove and a broomstick. After you use this practical cleaning helper just once, you'll wonder how you managed without it!

Colorful
  Severed Hands for Halloween  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Colorful Severed Hands for Halloween   - Make these colorful "severed hands" to use at your next Halloween party for holding up table decorations and propping up bowls of food.

Country
  Mitten Feather Tree  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Country Mitten Feather Tree   - Antique feather trees can still be found at antiques stores and flea markets across the country.

Cozy
  Mitten Stockings  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Cozy Mitten Stockings   - Cozy mitten stockings are just as handy for holding goodies as socks are. 

Chipmunk
  Softie  : Gloves and Mittens Crafts for Kids Chipmunk Softie   - Gloves (like socks), while born to be part of a pair, often end their days in lonely solitude, separated from their mates by the forces of the universe that conspire at every turn to pull them apart. Alone, they sadly serve little purpose (aside from the occasional show biz appearance for only the most sparkling among them), and are left to languish in the backs of a drawers and bottoms of closets — that is, if they're not disposed of all together. Ah... but it's a new day.

Crawling
  Spider Puppet   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Crawling Spider Puppet   - This craft makes a cool spider puppet using an old glove.

Create
  a Winter Wonderland   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Create a Winter Wonderland   - These place-setting decorations are so cute, this year the kids may volunteer to set your holiday table.

Dazzling
  Dusters   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Dazzling Dusters   - Make spring cleaning a snap with a pair of whimsical work gloves.

Easter
  Bunny Puppet   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Easter Bunny Puppet   - Adults and kids alike will have fun making these bunny puppets from work gloves.  They are easy and quick to craft for Easter or anytime.

Easter
  Chick Kid Craft   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Easter Chick Kid Craft   - This is a very cute project that your children will enjoy showing off.

Felt
  Magnetic Bookmarks Craft Kit   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Felt Magnetic Bookmarks Craft Kit   - These cute felt mittens are tied together by a decorative ribbon. However, magnets keep your page warm.

Felt
  Mitten and Ice Skate Ornament   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Felt Mitten and Ice Skate Ornament   - Personalize your evergreen with these playful felt mitten ornaments, perfect for the ice-skating enthusiast.

Felt
  Mitten Ornament For Christmas   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Felt Mitten Ornament For Christmas   - Inexpensive to create, these Christmas ornaments have a wintry snowflake design and are made from easy to use felt. Felt ornaments make a perfect choice for kids Christmas crafts and ornament construction for adults too.

Flutter
    Bye   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Flutter Bye   - Let your imagination fly away with this fun puppet.

Foam
  Mitten Wreath Craft Kit   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Foam Mitten Wreath Craft Kit   - Colorful mitten wreath greets visitors at the door!

Garden
  Apron and Gloves   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Garden Apron and Gloves   - Cultivating a green thumb takes practice, patience, and a few handy accessories -- like this personalized apron and glove set.

Garden
  Glove Bunny   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Garden Glove Bunny   - This Easter bunny crafts idea is great for kids of all ages as it is easy, inexpensive and very cute and different.

Garden
  Glove Halloween Witch   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Garden Glove Halloween Witch   - These are really fun to make! No sewing is needed- just your kit, scissors and glue.

Garden
  Glove Puppet Craft   : Gloves and Mittens Crafts Ideas for Children Garden Glove Puppet Craft   - n thinking of creative ways to use the entire glove don't forget the back of the hand. Perhaps you will want to keep the "good" characters on the front of the glove and attach the "Bad" evil characters to the back of the hand, hiding in the shadows ready to surprise the children at the appropriate place in the story!

 Glitzy
  Gloves  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Glitzy Gloves - An ideal wearable craft project for all little glamour girls. Turn your plain gloves into pretty mittens, complete with beautiful painted fingernails and dazzling rings. This craft is perfect for the fall and winter seasons—don't forget to share the glitz by making one as agift for your friend.

Glove
  Bunny  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Glove Bunny - Isn't this cute? Make a bunny out of glove and some left over craft supplies.

Glove
  Bunny Puppet  : Crafts with Gloves and MittensGlove Bunny Puppet - A few folds and tucks are all it takes to turn a pair of gloves into a cuddly Easter rabbit puppet.

Glove
  Dolls  : Crafts with Gloves and MittensGlove Dolls – Why spend a fortune buying dolls when you can make your own? This easy to follow craft guide will teach you how to make a dozen of this cute glove dolls in no time.

Glove
  Monster Tutorial  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Glove Monster Tutorial - That’s all there is to it, really. If you get stuck, your monster will tell you what to do. Just ask it.

Glove
  Puppets  : Crafts with Gloves and MittensGlove Puppets - Using an inexpensive garden glove, colored felt and pom poms you can create wonderful hand puppets that can make any storybook come alive for children of all ages!

 Gobbler
  Has Fun Covered  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Gobbler Has Fun Covered - Have your kids create an easy turkey craft to decorate the Thanksgiving table.

Gourd
  Turkey  : Crafts with Gloves and MittensGourd Turkey - At the first Thanksgiving, turkey was actually a side dish, taking second billing to venison. But set this pretty bird center table and it's guaranteed to steal the show.

 Graveyard
  Ghouls  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Graveyard Ghouls - Try your "hand" at making these ghoulish Halloween ghosts this Halloween to display in your home. Watch out for more ghosts lurking in the background of the Rattlin' Bones Graveyard.

 Hats
  & Bats Puppets  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Hats & Bats Puppets - What’s your favorite sport? Design your own team of athletic puppets! Try either one of these ways to create puppets, or invent your own.

Halloween
  Monster Gloves  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Halloween Monster Gloves - This is more craft than art, but Halloween can be a great time to challenge your creative muscles. Instead of buying that awful ready-made stuff in stores this craft teaches you to create your own without spending money.

Halloween
  Treat Bags  : Crafts with Gloves and Mittens Halloween Treat Bags - Easy, inexpensive and fun, this handy Halloween treat bag craft is fun for kids to make and give away.

Handmade
  Puppet  Craft Handmade Puppet Craft - Lost mittens and winter go together like Al Roker and the weather forecast. This means you’ve got about a dozen right-handed mittens; while your kid only has one right hand. Next time he loses a mitten, don't get mad; get creative! Have your kid turn his spare mitten into a monster doll. Chances are, by the end of winter he'll have enough mitten monsters to give the Muppets a run for their money!

Handy
  Bug Puppets Handy Bug Puppets - Turn garden gloves into incredibly entertaining insects for your kids to play with.

Insect
  Finger Puppets Insect Finger Puppets - With just a few basic supplies, you can transform a stray glove into an assortment of whimsical toys that will provide your children with hours of amusement.

Jingle
  Bell Mitt Jingle Bell Mitt - This craft teaches kids how to make jingle bell mitts to play music.

 Keychain
  Mittens & Beanie Keychain Mittens & Beanie - – If you are prone to misplacing your keys, then worry no more for you can tag it along each time you go out of the house. This keychain mittens and beanie craft project is really a lifesaver!

Kid
  Glove Toys Kid Glove Toys - Not sure what to do with lonely, cast-off gloves? Turn them into toys with this fantastic craft.

Knit
    Wits Knit Wits - Turn gloves into palm-size pals.

Kookaburra
  in a Tree Craft Kookaburra in a Tree Craft - A puppet that looks like a kookaburra bird sitting in a tree.

Light
  Bulb Penguin Light Bulb Penguin - This cute little fellow is all bundled up for those arctic winter mornings at the North Pole! Help this little cutie get warm and cozy by placing him in your lighted Christmas tree this year.

Make
  Spooky Hands Make Spooky Hands - Dismembered hands add the perfect touch to spaces in your haunted house where bigger props won't fit. They also make great effects when mixed in with other props.

Merry
  Mittens Merry Mittens - No one will mind bundling up for the cold with these delightful mittens to keep hands warm. With these ideas to inspire you, each pair you make can be one-of-a-kind.

Mitten
  Angel Mitten Angel - – This is quite simply an adorable little angel.

Mitten
  Bookmark Clip Mitten Bookmark Clip - This cute project is fun to make for it uses minimal supplies and also makes a greatgift. You can use it as a bookmark or a fridge magnet to hold your favorite art work and pictures. While this craft is probably more appropriate for older children, your little ones will love to help decorate.

Mitten
  Clips Mitten Clips - These mittens won't warm chilled hands, but they will generate good cheer when clipped togift tags.

Mitten
    .pngt Tags Mitten gift Tags - Add a personalized touch to holidaygifts with these handy homemade gift tags.

Mitten
    &quot.pngt Wrap" Mitten & "Gift Wrap" - This felt mitten makes a festive cover-up for a jar of homemade jelly, bubble bath, a chunky candle or even a flashlight.

Mitten
  Sun Catcher Mitten Sun Catcher - The wintry colors of blue and white are captured in this fun and colorful project. Hang this catcher in your kitchen or bedroom window for a lovely window decoration all winter long.

Mitten
  Weather Mitten Weather - Kids love the first snow of the winter. Celebrate the season's arrival with a colorful mitten drawing. Or keep cool with this idea any time of year.

Mitten
  and Glove Puppets Mitten and Glove Puppets - Lost a mitten or glove? Don't fret! Make its orphan into a cute animal puppet.

Mittens-on-a-String
  Pillow Mittens-on-a-String Pillow - A folksy running stitch creates the design on this super-quick project that's the perfect seasonal complement for a child's room. The finished pillow is 20 inches square.

Monster
  Gloves Monster Gloves - Recycle those old garden gloves into spooky monster hands.

Monster
  Hands Monster Hands - You'll have a howling good time wearing these gloves.

Monster
  Mittens Monster Mittens - On chilly days, slip kids' hands into mittens you've decorated to look like ferocious beasts. Try a pair of fire-breathing dragons for maximum toastiness. If it's bitingly cold, however, our shark works best. Lion mittens are especially good when the wind roars. To create them, simply sew features cut from felt to fleece mittens. Buttons and embroidery will complete the face.

Mr
  and Mrs Snowman Mittens Mr and Mrs Snowman Mittens - Although this pair of snowman figures was made with a pair of infant mittens (and are therefore small enough to hang from the tree) you could make larger versions, using bigger mittens and wooden balls, for other Christmas decorating.

Never-Melt
  Snowman Never-Melt Snowman - Brrrr! It’s time for building snowmen! If it’s too cold to go outside or if there’s no snow on the ground, no problem! Make this cute textured snowman to decorate your home.

No-Sew
  Plump Snowman No-Sew Plump Snowman - This plump little snowman makes a great centerpiece, is easy to put together and makes a cuddly pal for the kids. With some very simple items you can put this craft together inexpensively and quickly.

Quadropus Quadropus - Got a single glove and no hope of finding its match? Some easy sewing will transform it into a four-legged octopus.

Puppet
  Gloves Puppet Gloves - Young children love to count, sing action songs, and do fingerplays---all on their fingers. Here’s a greatgift to make for a toddler or preschooler you know.

Reindeer
  Garden Glove Reindeer Garden Glove - Sooooo cute! This adorable reindeer is made from an ordinary glove!

Reindeer
  Hat Reindeer Hat - Your child will lead the pack in true Rudolph style with this cap whose fanciful antlers are made from a pair of basic knit gloves.

Rubber
  Glove Finger Puppets Rubber Glove Finger Puppets - These cute finger puppets are so simple and appealing. What a great end for that left over rubber glove.

Santa
  Garden Glove Ornament Santa Garden Glove Ornament - – Here is one great craft project idea for the Yuletide season. Put Santa in your little hands and bring some spark to the Holidays.

Scarecrow
  Patch in a Pot Scarecrow Patch in a Pot - If you are looking for a truly unique and great idea for your Halloween decorations, why not try making this easy craft project? Our scarecrow patch in a pot guide will show you how.

Sea
  Monster Glove Puppet Sea Monster Glove Puppet - Okay now this “looks” like an octopus but with just five little fingers around it, we decided to call it our little sea monster puppet. If you’d like to learn how to make one of these, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Snazzy
  .pngt Card Holder Snazzy gift Card Holder - Givinggift cards for the winter holidays? Make unique holders for them that will please the recipients as much as the cards do!

Snow
  Family Finger Puppets Snow Family Finger Puppets - This adorable snow family will give your kids hours of puppet time fun! All you need are some inexpensive knit gloves and a few simple supplies to put together this cute project.

Snow
  Folks Snow Folks - – Your winter decorations is not complete without snow people in the mix. This craft project will teach you how to make some snow folks to add to your collection and liven up your porch.

Stuffed
  Glove Turkey Stuffed Glove Turkey - This darling little turkey is made from a pair or dollar store gloves and makes the perfect centerpiece! Who could resist the charms of this little Thanksgiving Day cutie pie?

Stuffed
  Thanksgiving Turkey Craft Stuffed Thanksgiving Turkey Craft - Get the kids involved with your Thanksgiving decorating by having them craft this stuffed turkey table decoration. It's an unusual way to make use of odd socks and mittens.

Sweater
  Mittens Sweater Mittens : How to Decorate Mittens Craft - After years of wear, a sweater is usually retired to an attic box or the back of a drawer. But you can give an old sweater new life by using the material to fashion a charming pair of mittens.

Sweater
    Mittens Sweater Mittens : How to Decorate Mittens Craft - These mittens -- made from old sweaters that have been "felted" (shrunken into a dense, nonraveling material) -- are soft, toasty and very colorful.

Thanksgiving
  Centerpiece Thanksgiving Centerpiece - – This craft project actually serves two purposes- first as a toy and second as a Thanksgiving centerpiece display.

The
  Gloveable Bunny The Gloveable Bunny - You’ve heard of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Now you can pull one out of your gloves!

The
  Not-so-Scary Dragon The Not-so-Scary Dragon - Don't be fooled by the fiery breath; this guy is a softie.

The
  Witch and Her Cauldron The Witch and Her Cauldron - This menacing matriarch, with her bubbling cauldron, is guaranteed to give your Halloween visitors an unhealthy dose of spook juice.

The
  Wonder Mitten The Wonder Mitten : How to Decorate Mittens Craft - This is a super fast and easy Kid Craft, The Wonder Mitten. Made from micro fiber cloth it is both durable, multi functional and kids love them. Because microfiber cloth is super soft and lint free it can be used for just about anything gentle enough to be a kids wash cloth and can do chores like dusting, washing dishes, etc, in a snap.

Tissue
  Paper Mitten Craft Kit Tissue Paper Mitten Craft Kit : How to Decorate Mittens Craft - Hanging mittens each have an unique tissue paper pattern. Hang on classroom windows to create a colorful display!

Turkey
  Centerpiece Turkey Centerpiece - Made from a disposable glove, this turkey will get chuckles from your Thanksgiving guests.

Turkey
  Gloves Turkey Gloves - What a fun project to put together for that festive holiday, Thanksgiving. Help your child make a pair and show off to the whole family!

Turkey
    Puppet Turkey Puppet - Here's a project kids will be happy to lend a hand with -- crafting a gobblin' puppet from a garden glove.

Witch
  Crash Witch Crash - This witch may have failed driver's ed., but she's still got a few tricks up her sleeve -- namely, the ability to provoke hysterics in every trick-or-treater who sees her.

Wicked
  Witch Wicked Witch Puppet Craft - Let your kids enjoy some real "witchcraft" and create this fun puppet.

 Winter Glove Puppets Winter Glove Puppets - Plain winter gloves make a great backdrop for creative finger puppets. A great project that all kids can do … here goes.

Winter
  Garland Winter Garland : How to Decorate Mittens Craft - This project is so easy to make and looks wonderful hanging up.

Wooden
  Winter Mittens Wooden Winter Mittens - This is a fast and easy wood craft and a cute decoration for your door or walls in the wintertime. This project is great for novice crafters as the pieces are quickly sawed out and painted.

 


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