3 Summertime Activities to Keep Boredom at Bay
Now that it’s summer…here’s a few puppet making activities you might want to have your kids do to get their creative juices flowing.
1. Make paper-bag puppets & put on a puppet show
Make them characters from your favorite nursery rhyme or book
Use lunch-size bags, crayons, markers, buttons, yarn, & glue
2. Make grocery sack ‘puppet’ heads you can wear & put on a play or a
skit with them – cut holes for eyes & slits for arm holes.
e.g.: You can make a cute ladybug costume from a large paper grocery bag.
You can also make antennae by wrapping two pipe cleaners onto a plastic headband.
Supplies needed:
* 1 large paper grocery bag
* Scissors
* Red tempera paint
* Black marker or black tempera paint
A. Cut a large paper grocery bag open along the seam (this will be the back of the costume).
Then cut a neck hole in what was the bottom of the bag.
B. Cut an arm hole on each side of the bag.
C. Paint a large red circle (using red tempera paint) on the front on the bag. Let the paint dry.
D. Draw or paint a black line down the center of the circle and draw black spots on both sides.
E. To make cute antennae, wrap two pipe cleaners on a plastic headband. Make loops at the top.
3. Make sock puppets, use old socks, felt pieces for tongue, buttons for eyes,
cut the plastic rings that hold soda cans together for ‘glasses’, cotton balls,
etc. Put together a skit or play with several puppets.
Bonnie Terry, M. Ed., BCET
