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Paper Finger Puppets

Your fingers are the legs (or trunk) of these simple paper puppets.

Material

1 stiff paper, like thick construction paper or even thicker paper
scissors
markers or crayons
optional - printer, googly eeyes, glue, cotton balls

Method

Using stiff paper, either print out a puppet template or draw your own.
Cut out the finger puppet and the finger hole(s).
Decorate the puppet with crayons or markers.
Optional: glue on googly eyes and cotton-ball or yarn hair.

Notes

You can make the entire cast of a nursery rhyme or fairy tale in just a few minutes, and then put on your own show.

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- kjgarner
- 27 Mar 2014
  8:39 pm

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 15 Oct 2020
    2:36 pm
and the best bit is that they are recyclable and cost nothing to make!

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- - Mummyofone77 said
  - 19 Jan 2020
    6:27 am
We used to love these a simple kids, will have to try again now

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- - MrsA said
  - 28 Jan 2019
    10:06 am
Very cute, I would definitely need to print one though!

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- - mom111059 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    11:09 am
I can see a puppet play coming up. “Casper the homemade ghost”. Great project. Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom111059 said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    11:09 am
I can see a puppet play coming up. “Casper the homemade ghost”. Gread project. Thanks for sharing.

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- - mom93821 said
  - 30 Dec 2017
    7:51 am
So simple and easy and yet so effective for craft play.
- mom93821 replied
  
  31 Dec 2017 , 4:41 am
  A rainbow of colours can also be used for this activity.
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- - mom112217 said
  - 04 May 2017
    2:33 pm
A great idea to make for my nephew!

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 25 Oct 2016
    9:19 pm
Old school fun. Reckon it’s great to bring these crafts back!

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- - mom109229 said
  - 28 Sep 2015
    9:01 pm
Very cute! I’ll try this with my toddler!

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- - Kell said
  - 22 Jun 2015
    3:28 pm
these will go well with the stage.

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- - keeleynme said
  - 13 Dec 2014
    6:03 pm
Awesome, going to make these over the holidays, my kids will love them.

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- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    10:41 am
my daughter just made some finger puppets last night
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 10:59 pm
  cheers for posting finger puppet ideas.
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- - ginoula5 said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    10:20 am
these are fabulous, so many ideas to make all types with kids, thanks so much for sharing

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- - maureen3 said
  - 25 Jul 2014
    4:57 pm
children can create their own puppets lots of fun

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- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 29 May 2014
    8:51 pm
Another puppet version, creative and fun. Never seen them before.

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- - colleen b. said
  - 27 May 2014
    9:18 pm
What a simple idea, I never would have thought of that.

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- - missmel said
  - 27 May 2014
    9:07 pm
My little boy would love this. Thank you!

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- - adriennetraynor said
  - 27 May 2014
    2:01 pm
Paper finger puppets, what a cute tutorial.

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- - bambi28 said
  - 26 May 2014
    11:07 am
very cute idea love it

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- - scottie said
  - 24 May 2014
    8:51 pm
Love these…what a fun project

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