Puppet Theater

With a puppet theater kids can do a lot of creative things.

They can make puppets to use in the theater, write stories or plays for the puppets, and manipulate the puppets for an audience.

Puppets can be made out of almost any kind of material, and your child can spend many happy hours making and dressing puppets.

Use these creative ideas to get your youngster started. He or she could also film a puppet show and watch it later. What a great gift for a grandparent!

Tabletop Puppet Theatre for Under $5

Create a tabletop puppet theater for under $5 using a cardboard box and colored electrical tape. Or you could use spray paint.

Medieval Puppet Theater

This Medieval puppet theater is made with styrofoam, felt and fabric. What a great way to showcase your dragons, knights, and princesses!

Puppet Theater and Flannel Board

Craft this puppet theater and flannel board from a bookshelf. The puppets can be stored on the shelves.

Cardboard Box Puppet Theater

Craft a cardboard box puppet theater by cutting the sides and top of a window in a cardboard box. Add a dowel for hanging the curtains.

Puppet Out of a Stuffed Animal

This great tutorial shows how to make a puppet out of a stuffed animal. It's a great idea for unused stuffed animals.

Plastic Spoon Puppets

Another clever idea for making puppets is this plastic spoon puppets tutorial. Kids can easily make these themselves.

Finger Puppets

There are no instructions for these felt Thanksgiving finger puppets, but it is easy to see how they were done. Create finger puppets for every holiday to use with the puppet theater above.

Finger Puppets

These cute animal finger puppets will be quickly made and will work well with the puppet theater.

Finger Puppets

Make easy finger puppets by folding paper and drawing a face.

Royal Stick Puppets

Make royal stick puppets to use in the puppet theater. Cut out pictures of any animals or people to make more stick puppets.

Stick Animal Puppets

Make cute animal faces and attach them to the end of craft sticks. These stick animal puppets will be fun to use in the puppet theater.

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