Crafts with Mittens or Gloves

Let the kids make their own puppets, then put on a puppet show!

Materials

* Paper lunch bags or garden gloves
* Felt pens
* Yarn, pompoms, ribbon, and other items to use as decorations (optional)
* Non-toxic glue or glue gun
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors

Make your own Winter Snow dolls with this Craft for Kids called Snow Folks. These adorable snow folks were designed by Amanda Formaro of FamilyCorner.com

Materials You need:

* Mittens with Large Cuffs
* Rice
* Cotton Batting
* 1-1/4" Dia. Wooden Balls
* Buttons
* Scrap Material for Scarves
* Silk Florals (holiday springs, berries, flowers, etc.)
* Black Acrylic Paint
* Rosey Lipstick
* Black Marker
* Scissors
* Hot Glue Gun

Learn how to make your very own Busy Bee Puppet with this kids crafts idea. Here are this children's arts and crafts project's Instructions to make a puppet that looks like a bee sitting on a flower.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED

# Paper Plate
# Black Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
# Glue
# Wiggle Eyes
# Felt
# 1 Inch Pom-Pom
# Pipecleaner

Hey Kids! Learn how to make your very own Bunny Rabbit Puppet with this cool arts and crafts project for children. This kids craft to make a Bunny Hand Puppet, needs the following arts and crafts materials...A great crafts activity idea for Easter - an Easter Bunny puppet.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Canvas Garden Glove
1/4" dowel stick 6" to 8" long
Craft glue
Assorted buttons, fabric, ribbon of your choice to decorate
Small amount of fiber fill
Orange & green felt
Jute
Fine point black permanent marker
Paint, crayons or fabric markers to decorate

Hey kids, learn how to make a spider hand puppet by using materials found around your house. This Crawling Spider Puppet can be made by children like you with these arts and crafts Instructions to make a cool spider puppet using an old glove.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 Black Stretchy Glove
# 2 Large Black Pom-poms
# 2 Wiggle Eyes
# Glue

Hey kids, you can make your own Hand Puppet from a Garden Glove and it is easy enough that you can make this arts and crafts project all by yourself. This craft for kids is a Garden Glove Puppet... you Make this puppet using a glove and other materials listed below:

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 Garden Glove
# Pom Poms
# Felt
# Hot Glue Gun
# Odds and Ends for Embellishments

Gardening Gloves Kids Arts & Crafts Poject Idea Tutorial - Kids can make these gardening gloves with this fun & easy arts & crafts activity tutorial.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Sturdy, solid-colored cloth gloves (find out the correct size to fit your gardener), sketch paper, pencil, waterproof (oil base) felt-tip pens or acrylic or oil paint and brush or felt and fabric scraps and needle and embroidery thread.

Glitzy Gloves Children's Arts & Crafts Activity Idea - The perfect arts & crafts project idea for the little girl who loves to look pretty. Winter gloves with beautiful painted fingernails and dazzling rings!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* White stretchy winter gloves
* Tulip paint - 1 gold glitter, 1 pink or red
* Paintbrush
* Faceted craft jewels
* Small amount of plastic wrap

Kookaburra in a Tree Arts & Crafts Project Idea For Kids -Aarts & crafts activity instructions to make a puppet that looks like a kookaburra bird sitting in a tree.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Brown Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
* Glue
* Wiggle Eyes
* Felt
* 1 Inch Pom-Pom

Adorable Snow Folks Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Create a group of carolers or a sleighful of happy winter friends with your mismatched childrens mittens, wooden balls, and lots of imagination. The sky is the limit!

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
children's mittens
rice
cotton batting
11/4" diameter wooden balls
buttons
mismatched infant or children's socks
small pom poms
scrap material for scarves
silk florals (holiday springs, berries, flowers, etc.)
sleigh or basket
tiny black plastic eyes or black acrylic paint
rosey lipstick
black marker

A Snowball Fight Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Create this cute winter pal with your mismatched childrens gloves. Much like our Snow Folks, all you will need is gloves, wooden balls, and lots of imagination.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
child's glove
cotton batting
11/4" diameter wooden ball
mismatched infant or child's sock
gold cord
small white pom poms
scrap material for scarf
silk florals (holiday sprigs, berries, flowers, pine, etc.)
tiny black plastic eyes or black acrylic paint
rosey lipstick
black marker

Crawling Spider Puppet Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial- Instructions to make a cool spider puppet using an old glove.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* 1 Black Stretchy Glove
* 2 Large Black Pom-poms
* 2 Wiggle Eyes
* Glue

Handprint Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - Make a handprint of your child using Plaster of Paris. You can hang this cute decoration on the wall.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Plaster of Paris
* Large plastic bowl (like a big cottage cheese container) and stirrer (to mix the plaster)
* An aluminum pie plate or a plastic lid
* A large paper clip
* Disposable plastic gloves
* Permanent marker

Spooky Spider Gloves Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial - These are adorable and spooky at the same time.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
black fabric gardening gloves
black medium-tip marker
eight 10" chenille stems, any color
craft glue
3" plastic-foam ball
scissors
straight pin
white soft-foam sheeting

Frozen Flowers Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial

The nice thing about a break in the weather that occurs around Memorial Day is the beginning of the growing season. You can celebrate the gift of flowers in your life by making these unique floral arrangements that are “frozen” in time.

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
* Newspaper or plastic
* Latex gloves and protective clothing
* Glazing dip
* Disposable cup
* One dozen dried roses or summer flowers with stems
* Glass vase (Use one with a wide opening and wide base for best results.)
* Decorative glass pieces or marbles (optional)
* Floral-arranging gel
* Saucepan of hot water

Unmasking the Mask: Who Am I? Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Almost any materials can be used for this project. Use whatever is available to you, including egg cartons, shells, bottle caps, cans, twist-ties, brushes, rags, buttons, lids, dried flowers, empty milk cartons and soda bottles, old screening, nylons, rope, cardboard, paper plates, gauze, stamps, string, rubber bands, paper, beans, noodles, paint, crayons, pictures, pencils, glue, tape, flour, papier-mache or newspaper.

Beanbag Buddies Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
1. Old mitten
2. Felt and fabric pieces
3. Glue (for attaching fabric)
4. Dried beans or rice

Easter Bunny Puppet Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea Tutorial

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.

I have two versions of this bunny puppet. The first version should either be made by an adult or a child with adult supervision. The second is more suitable for a kids craft. Feel free to mix and match different elements of both sets of instructions to make your bunny unique

CRAFTS MATERIALS YOUR KIDS NEED TO MAKE THIS CHILDRENS' ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITY:
Adult Version
Materials:

* One white cotton work glove, it may or may not have a colored wrist band; Do Not use a knit glove
* Orange felt; 4" square
* Green felt; 1 1/2" x 3"
* Powdered blush*
* 1" pink pompom or a cotton ball
* Fabric paint in squeeze bottles in pink, yellow, orange, green and black
* Hot glue gun

When working with your glove, the palm side will be the front of your bunny.

* If you don't have powdered blush, you can use a pink crayon.

Kids Variation:
Materials:

* One white cotton work glove, it may or may not have a colored wrist band; Do Not use a knit glove
* Orange felt; 4" square
* Green felt; 1 1/2" x 3"
* Powdered blush or pink crayon
* 1" pink pompom or a cotton ball
* Hot glue gun or heavy duty double sided tape
* White glue (tacky or Elmer's)
* Black button thread
* 1/4" pink pompom
* Ultra fine tip black permanent marker
* Two 10mm googly eyes