Variety Show Puppets

Created by Susan
Materials needed:
  • Colored construction paper 
  • Crayons or markers 
  • 2 Thin white paper plates 
  • Pencil 
  • Scissors 
  • Glue
  • Stapler
  • Anything else you may want to decorate your puppet with.


1. Get 2 whte paper plates.  Cut a small rectangle out of one.
2.  On the opposite side of the plate you would eat on, decorate your face however you want.
3. After the face is decorated staple the 2 parts that you would eat on to face each other.
4. Place your hand in the slit.
5. Now you can start your puppet show, or continue making puppets until you have all of the characters you need to put on your own variety show.

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