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25 Playful Puppet Crafts For Kids

July 5, 2022 Mary Malcolm

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These 25 Playful Puppet Crafts for Kids will give them plenty of stories to tell and be so much fun to make together! Click now!

Telling stories is a huge part of childhood, and so much more fun and easy with puppets.

These 25 Playful Puppet Crafts for Kids will help your kids come up with characters for their stories and stretch their imaginations.

playful puppet crafts for kids
Let’s puppetry go!

Puppet-play is a great way for kids to get crafty and creative with characters. Creating these diy puppets can also be helpful in developing young kid’s fine motor skills. Putting on puppet shows can be helpful in telling stories and language skills. Have fun!

Easy and Playful Puppet Crafts For Kids

1. Making Turkey Puppets out of Cereal Boxes

These turkey puppets by Plum Pudding are made from cereal boxes, kids will definitely love them! they are super easy to make, you just need some cardboard, markers, popsicle stick and scissors!

cereal box turkey stick puppets for kids!
Turkey puppet cereal boxes!

2. Five Little Farm Animal Puppets

Five little farm animals by The Idea Room went out to play…on your child’s fingers (and thumb).

animal finger puppets for kids!
Five little fingers animal puppets!

3. Classic Craft Paper Bag Puppets

These classic paper sack puppets by Kids Activities Blog are super fun and will tell amazing stories. yarn makes for great hair!

classic paper bag puppets for kids!
Paper bag puppets!

4. Cute Stick Crows Puppets

Cute Crow puppets by Kids Activities Blog are funny, easy, and great decorations for Halloween. these little guys can be made following only a few very simple steps and are a ton of fun! just look at their beak!

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Stick crows puppets!

5. Fantasy Wiggly Stick Puppets

These crazy fantasy puppets (unavailable) by Crafts N’ Coffee are wiggly, giggly, and full of silly fun.

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Wiggly fun puppets!

6. Five Little Christmas Tree Finger Puppets

Five little Christmas trees by Simplistically Living on your fingers… The googly eyes truly make these glove puppets great, don’t they?

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Oh, those are Christmas tree puppets!

7. Easy Halloween Popsicle Stick Puppets

Wiggly Halloween stick puppets by Crafty Morning are easy to make and fun to play with the kids!

Halloween popsicle stick puppets for kids!
Popsicle stick puppets!

8. Itsy Bitsy Spider Hand Puppet

The itsy bitsy spider by Lalymom not only crawled up the spout but has four wiggly fingers to help his journey.

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Spider puppet!

9. Adorable Made Kid Puppet

Your kiddo can draw their own character from Kids Activities Blog and turn it into a puppet with this easy craft!

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Beautiful puppet!

10. Minion Finger Puppets

Minion fingers by Kids Activities Blog are up to no good…but boy are they cute!

Minion finger puppets for kids!
Minions!

11. Little Ghost No-Sew Finger Puppets

These ghost fingers by Kids Activities Blog are spooky fun…to play with!

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Spooky puppets!

12. Monster Finger Puppets

And for scary fun, check out these monster fingers (unavailable) by eHow. These are great for a Halloween costume, don’tcha think?

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Monster puppets!

13. Easy and No-Sew Sock Reindeer Puppets

This easy no-sew reindeer by Happy Hooligans is a sock puppet anyone can make.

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Sock reindeer puppets!

14. Make Paint Stick Funny Clown Puppets

Make these funny clowns by Kids Activities Blog using paint stir sticks. You’ll have a silly great time.

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Silly clowns!

15. Fun Paper Dragon Puppet

This dragon puppet by Ruffles and Rain Boots looks like he breathes fire, fly with his wings and can actually talk! this paper puppet is so much fun to make and is one of the coolest puppet projects!

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Pink dragon!

16. Paper Bag Monster Puppet

Crazy monster puppets by I Heart Crafty Things made from lunch sacks are a fun way to get into the monster spirit.

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Monster bag puppets!

17. Paper Bag Halloween Witch Puppet

And this witch puppet by I Heart Crafty Things has wiggly finger hair and will put a spell on you…with her cuteness!

paper bag witch puppet for kids!
Is she scary?!

18. Personalized Photo Finger Puppets

These personalized finger puppets by Still Playing School are a great way to let your kiddo tell stories about their own family.

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Photo puppets!

19. Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets

Make these super easy pipe cleaner puppets by One Little Project next time you have a rainy afternoon and want a fun, simple craft.

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Colorful finger puppets!

20. Printable Horse Finger Puppet

This printable horse puppet by Handmade Charlotte fits over a finger and can shake his horsey main.

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Horsey puppet!

21. Silly Shark Sock Puppet

How adorable is this sweet sock puppet by Kids Activities Blog? Believe it or not, he’s also super simple to make!

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Shark!

22. Stickers Stick Puppets

Want to make some puppets but don’t have much time? These puppets are made from stickers by Totally The Bomb! Smart!

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Stickers puppets!

23. Learn How To Make a Talking Puppet with the Kids

Learn how to make this talking puppet by Molly Moo Crafts. It might look hard, but it’s really super simple.

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A dog talking puppet!

24. Pilgrim and Indian Paper Bag Puppets

These paper sack Pilgrim and Indian puppets by Preschool Crafts for Kids are a great way to talk about Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving bag puppets for kids!
Wow!

25. DIY Turkey Finger Puppet

Have even more Thanksgiving fun with this adorable turkey finger puppet by Handmade Charolotte. Because its made out of a piece of fabric its also comfortable and cute! Gobble, Gobble!

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Turkey!

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  • Silly spoon crafts for preschoolers here!
  • Since Ninja Turtles are a major favorite so why not try these tubular Ninja Turtle crafts for the kids!
  • Go green for today’s art session with these groovy green crafts for preschoolers!
These 25 Playful Puppet Crafts for Kids will give them plenty of stories to tell and be so much fun to make together! Click now!

Which playful puppet craft are you going to do with the kids today?

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