Wooden Spoon Puppets!

There are some crafts that are easy enough for me! This is one of them. Do you have 4 zillion wooden spoons in your junk drawer? If so, this is the perfect craft for your family.  And it is especially appropriate for this week since you will need some puppets if YOU win our door frame puppet theater in our giveaway going on right now. Check it all out HERE!


The first thing you will need for your wooden spoon puppet is... a wooden spoon. If you don't want to ruin your precious pampered chef spoons, then go buy a packet of 4 from Wal-mart for less than a dollar. These are cheap puppets!


I decided to give mine a quick coat of spray primer since my first attempt (not pictured) was a flop. The spoons absorb lots of paint!  I filled the table with every crafty thing I could find: pom-poms, ribbon, paints, pipe cleaners, yarn, glue, and some crazy eyes that I picked up just for this project. 

The kids (and special guest Grandma) had lots of fun painting, gluing and designing his/her very own special person.  We all used a little paint, but each puppet is very unique--there is no right or wrong way to  make these! Soon, it was time for a quick puppet show in the door frame puppet theater...

The post-spoon puppet mess!

This was my four-year-old's special spoon! She had lots of fun.

"Introducing... our puppets!"

The End.


Don't forget to enter to WIN THIS FREE PUPPET Theater. There are only a few days left!!! 

Animal Sock Puppets

So, if you win the puppet theater in our Giveaway, you're going to need some PUPPETS to use with it. Tara & I have Puppet Fever this week and are going to share some different creations for
puppet lovers of all ages.

Today we'll kick things off with the ol' classic, the Sock Puppet. Easy, and everyone should have some around to work with, right? Actually, I bought mine after checking my "mate-less" stash in the laundry room first...but they were a little small. Or oddly colored. Or rather worn. Or all three.

Sooo...I left them there and splurged on 3 new pair at the dollar store.

Then I grabbed a few things from around the house...felt, fabric scraps, glue gun, twine,

rubber bands, and buttons.

We had a lot of fun coming up with our animals and making the parts for them. I think my fav is the elephant...his little rubber-band trunk! My daughter's infatuation with mice continues...hence, the pink mouse with purple eyes.

And then we decided on a pig and wolf so we could perform The Three Little Pigs.

They are also great arm-warmers if you find the A/C a little chilly in comparison to the heatwave outside. I think Mr. Elephant will be reading the bedtime story tonight...better go work on my low nasal impersonation.