DIY No Sew Hand Puppets!

Here's our hand puppets to go along with our DIY Puppet Theater we made a couple days ago. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!!! I have a feeling it'll be another long night of shows...

Supplies

socks

assortment of felt

pompoms

buttons

glue gun/Elmer's craft glue

scissors

cardboard

*Elmer's craft glue and buttons not shown

Directions

Take your sock and cut a mouth piece. The picture below illustrates the length. From there you can cut up and/or down in a circular cut depending on how big you want it's mouth to be. Be careful not to cut the mouth too wide. I made this mistake and couldn't fit the cardboard into it's mouth (lengthwise). So definitely measure before you start cutting to make the mouth bigger.

Next, cut out a mouth piece from your cardboard.

We had a glue gun malfunction right in the middle of gluing, so if you have one, use it, but if you don't, Elmer's Craft Glue will do the job. Make sure it's the craft bond tacky glue.

Let it dry. After it's done drying, stick it through the bottom of the sock and up to the mouth opening. Line it up with the "lips" of the opening. It will overlap with the felt mouth piece you've glued together.

Get creative and add a tongue, teeth, or maybe even a lollipop! You can get creative with the eyes and accessories too! Our son chose buttons for his dino's eyes and our daughter chose felt eyes with pretty eye lashes :)

After your mouth piece is done drying, add the eyes. Our daughter wanted to add a heart nose, earrings, and a flower in her puppet's ear, but I didn't have a sewing kit to sew those on. So we just had to agree on adding a nose. 

Meet Princess Rosie...

(Princess Rosie's nose is missing in this picture, but you can see it on the first picture above)

And meet Rexy the T-Rex...

The day we made the DIY Puppet Theater, the kids refused to get out of it! It was passed 9pm when they finally agreed to come out. Now that they have puppets, I can only imagine what tonight will bring!! Literally hours of fun!