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Here are puppet crafts projects for kids to create hand puppets and finger puppets with ordinary items from around the house.

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Below you will find puppet crafts projects for kids to create hand puppets and finger puppets with ordinary items from around the house.

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Kids Puppetry / Puppets Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - B

Busy Bee Puppet - Instructions to make a puppet that looks like a bee sitting on a flower.

Bunny Hand Puppet - Hand Puppet Bunny to play with

Kids Puppetry / Puppets Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - C

Cardboard Roll Puppets - Instructions to make home made puppets from cardboard toilet paper roll.

Caterpillar Puppets - Bear shares instructions for making a fun caterpillar using a sock!

CD Daisy Puppet - Make a flower using an old cd, a paper plate, a sock, and a few other supplies.

Cereal Box Puppet Craft - Make a cereal box puppet craft

Chicken Puppet - Make a chicken puppet with a popsicle stick.

Cow Puppet - Instructions for making a cow puppet using a paper lunch bag.

Crawling Spider Puppet - Instructions to make a cool spider puppet using an old glove.

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Do It Yourself Puppets and Theater - Very cute

DoubleHeaders - The fun of making these papier-mâché puppets is twofold -- kids can decorate them to look like their very own twin and then cast their doubles as stars in a show.

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Elephant Puppet - Make this Elephant Puppet out of a paper plate and popsicle stick.

Easy to Make Sock Puppets - These puppets are so cheap and easy to make. You can add all kinds of features to make an endless array of puppets. Save your old socks and socks with no mates or look for used socks and accessories in second hand stores.

Easy to Make Sock Caterpillar Puppet - These puppets are so cheap and easy to make. You can add all kinds of features to make an endless array of puppets. Save your old socks and socks with no mates or look for used socks and accessories in second hand stores. (scroll down) <

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Family Mitten Puppet - The cutest finger puppets - a family

Film Container Finger Puppets - Instructions for making a finger puppets using an empty film container

Finger Puppet Theater - You can make a tiny theater that is useful for putting on shows with finger puppets, popsicle stick puppets, or puppets on a straw. You hold the theater with one hand and use the other hand to move your puppets.

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Garden Glove Puppet - Make a puppet using a glove

Ghost Glove Puppet - A spooky halloween ghost glove puppet.

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Hand Puppet Goblins - Make your own hand puppet goblins with Markers; Yarn scraps of different bright colors; 2 old hankies, plain fabric scraps or felt  approximately 9" x 12", depending on the size of the hand. Beads, buttons, and other trim; Thread; Glue.

If I were a Kangaroo... : Brown Paper Lunch Bag Crafts for Children - This is a paper bag puppet craft. It has been made especially for the song (it has a banner with "You know I'd hop right up to you.").

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Jack and Jill Paper Bag Black Bird Puppets - These puppets can also be used as raven puppets for the story of the ravens feeding Elijah.They would make a great craft to go along with the lesson. (scroll down)

Jumping Spider Puppet - Make a jumping spider puppet with straws.

Kids Puppetry / Puppets Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - K

Kookaburra in a Tree Craft - Instructions to make a puppet that looks like a kookaburra bird sitting in a tree.

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Leprechaun Marionette - Make a Leprechaun Marionette for St. Patrick's Day. When you pull the string, the arms and legs move!

Kids Puppetry / Puppets Arts and Crafts Projects Ideas - M

Make a Clay Bear Finger Puppet - Instructions to make a finger puppet out of clay. Bring story time telling to life with this fun finger puppet.

Make a Set of Halloween Puppets - These are the cutest halloween puppets

Make a Sock-a-Saurus Puppet - Make a dinosaur puppet out of a sock.

Make a Sheep Paper Bag Puppet - This paper bag puppet is adorable...love it. (scroll down)

Musha Dragon Puppet for Tet - Make your own Musha Dragon Puppet for Tet

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Nifty rabbits : Brown Paper Lunch Bag Crafts for Children - Hippity hop! These nifty rabbits jump right into the hearts of everyone they meet! Best of all, they’re easy enough for very young children to make.

No-Sew Benjamin Franklin Paint Stick Puppet - This type of puppet is fairly easy to make but does take some practice. The Styrofoam ball head is attached to a paint stick. The clothes and tricorn hat are made from felt.

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Paper Bag Puppets : Brown Paper Lunch Bag Crafts for Children - Very simple puppets made from small paper lunch bags. You can make a raccoon, dog, cat, rabbit, bunny, mouse, pig, panda, or frog.

Paper Bag Easter Bunny Kids Arts & Crafts Activity Idea - Easy & inexpensive Kids Easter craft. Easter Bunnies made from paper lunch bags.

Paper Bag Puppets : Brown Paper Lunch Bag Crafts for Children- Paper Bag Puppets Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial- Very simple puppets made from small paper lunch bags. You can make a raccoon, dog, cat, rabbit, bunny, mouse, pig, panda, or frog.

Paper Bag Bald Eagle Craft : Ideas for Crafts Activities with Brown Paper Bags - The bald eagle is a great craft to make for a forest or American theme (it is the national bird of the USA).

Paper Bag Bat Craft : Ideas for Crafts Activities with Brown Paper Bags - This is a fun craft to make around Halloween or when doing a "mammals" thematic unit.

Paper Bag Bear Puppet : Ideas for Crafts Activities with Brown Paper Bags - This is a fun craft to make!

Paper Bag Puppet - Clown Craft : Ideas for Crafts Activities with Brown Paper Bags - Sometimes when I go to put together a new craft my brain goes into overdrive and I can think of a million different combinations for doing it.  This was one of those times.  I've tried to give just a few of the alternatives I thought of.

Paper Bag Frog Puppet - We had loads of fun playing with this frog puppet.  I must admit that I hogged him quite a bit.  You'd be amazed at how much better children listen when the frog tells them to clean up a mess than when mommy asks them to.

Paper Bag Hippopotamus Puppet - This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet.

Paper Bag Lion Puppet - This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet.  You can omit template 3 (the mane) for a female lion.

Paper Bag Pig Puppet - They call me MISTER Pig! This is a fun and easy cut and paste paper craft that uses a paper bag as a base to make a puppet.

Paper Bag Princess Puppet - This is a fun cut and paste craft for making a princess paper bag puppet.

Paper Bag Wolf Puppet - This is a very interesting craft to make!

Paper Bag Mouse Puppet - Paper bag Mouse is a cool thing to make!

Paper Chain Caterpillar Toy or Puppet - A simple-to-make caterpillar toy or puppet.

Paper Plate Butterfly Puppet Craft - A simple-to-make paper plate butterfly puppet. Each butterfly is made from two paper plates taped together.

Paper Plate Frog Puppet - He may not be a prince, but this paper puppet is certainly charming.

Playful Popup Pumpkin Puppet - A playful pumpkin figure that is a cinch to make!

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Simple Paper Bag Puppets Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea - Simple Paper Bag Puppets Kids Arts & Crafts Project Idea Tutorial- Instructions for making simple puppets using paper lunch bags.

Sea Turtle Marionette - Make a turtle marionette

Shadow Puppet Stage - Build a shadow-puppet stage with straws, a cardboard box, and more.

Sock Puppets - Learn how to make your own sock puppets

Spoon Puppets - Wild and wacky spoon critters could be hiding in your kitchen! Add some paint, wiggle eyes and imagination to bring your critter to life.

Storybook Finger Puppets - Lend a touch of magic to your storytime with these wonderful finger puppets. Your little listeners will be riveted as you tell Little Red Riding Hood with hand-made animation.

Styrofoam and Drinki ng Straw Puppet Craft - These simple puppets are made from styrofoam trays and drinking straws. You can make animals, fruit, teeth, characters from stories, shapes, vehicles, and just about anything else.

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Uncle Sam Puppet - Make an Uncle Sam Puppet from a cup

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Wooden Spoon Puppet - Serve up some instant entertainment with a cast of spoon-faced puppets.

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