Wood Spoon Puppets

Wood spoons are dressed up with fabric and yarn and of course googly eyes to make people puppets with free kids crafts.

Good for ages 9 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/wooden-spoon-puppets/

Crafting connections makes spoon faces and even creates a cardboard theater.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftingconnections.net/the-blog/diy-puppet-theater/

Emma owl adds a fabric dress with a ribbon on the top.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.emmaowl.com/make-mom-wooden-spoon-puppets/

Minion Finger Puppets

Minion figures are drawn onto the fingers of yellow activity gloves and cut off to make finger puppets.  Paging fun mums shares the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://pagingfunmums.com/2013/06/25/despicable-me-minion-finger-puppets-includes-easy-video-tutorial/

Bunny Stick Puppets

Popsicle sticks are painted pastel colors and given googly eyes, a teeny tiny pompom nose, pipe cleaner ears and drawn on teeth for an Easter bunny puppet with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/craft-stick-bunnies/

Pipe Cleaner Easter Finger Puppets

Pipe cleaners and pompoms are glued together to make the base of these finger puppets.  Happy hooligans then turns them into Easter chicks and bunnies by adding paper beaks, bunny ears, wings and googly eyes.

Good for ages 7 and up.

 Get the instructions here:
http://happyhooligans.ca/easter-finger-puppets/

Glove Finger Puppets

The fingers are cut off from colorful knit gloves to make animal finger puppets.  Felt, pipe cleaners and googly eyes are added to make the animals look like animals.  Jenni can knit shares the details. 

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://jennicanknit.blogspot.com/2012/07/finger-puppets.html

Ninja Turle Puppets

Green styrofoam balls and popsicle sticks turn into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stick puppets with googly eyes, and colored strips of felt.  One artsy mama shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2014/08/tmnt-turtle-puppets.html

Crafts by courtney uses a toilet paper roll. 

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftsbycourtney.com/how-to-crafts/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-kids-toilet-paper-roll-finger-puppets/

Cupcake Liner Turkeys

Cupcake liners are colored, cut into turkey parts and glued together to make a popsicle stick turkey puppet for thanksgiving from i heart crafty things.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.iheartcraftythings.com/2014/10/cupcake-liner-turkey-puppet.html

http://www.iheartcraftythings.com/2013/11/cupcake-liner-turkey-craft.html 

Raising little superheroes uses brown foam for the turkey body and horizontal striped cupcake liners for the feathers.

Get the instructions here:
http://raisinglittlesuperheroes.com/cupcake-liner-turkey-craft/

Finger Puppet Turkeys

Felt pieces are layered together to make turkey finger puppets from frog prince fairy.  She sews the layers but glue would work well too.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://frogprincepaperie.com/2010/11/tutorial-thanksgiving-turkey-finger-puppets.html

Felt Bat Finger Puppets

Felt is cut into bat shapes, given googly eyes and stuck onto felt rings to make Halloween finger puppets with inner child fun.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://innerchildfun.com/2009/10/five-little-bats-finger-puppet-playset.html

Projects for preschoolers makes bats, pumpkins and ghosts.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.projectsforpreschoolers.com/easy-halloween-finger-puppets/

Pipe Cleaner Halloween Fiinger Puppets

Pipe cleaners are twisted to create a finger puppet and then topped with pipe cleaner pumpkins, spiders, wings, tails and ears to make cats and bats.  Craft jr shares how to make them. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftjr.com/halloween-crafts-finger-puppets/

Halloween Pop Up Puppets

Pompoms turn into Halloween creatures that hide in toilet paper tubes for pop up puppet fun.  Willowday put together all of the instructions including how to make the pom poms, turn them into bats and pumpkins, add a straw to make them a puppet, and house them in the toilet paper roll for pop up fun.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2013/10/halloween-pom-pom-pop-ups.html

Fall Animal Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets

Pipe cleaners are twirled around to make the base for finger puppets of woodland creatures traditionally associated with fall.  Pompoms and googly eyes complete the faces. Craft jr shares all of the details.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftjr.com/fall-kids-crafts-finger-puppets/

Oceanic Finger Puppets

Colorful felt is cut into underwater creature shape such as octopi and whales to let kids make their own under the sea adventure.  Fave crates even includes a template to help with the cutting.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.favecrafts.com/blog/fc/kids-summer-craft-no-sew-nautical-puppets/

Monster Mitten Puppets

Mitten faces, yarn hair and pompom eyes make cute hand puppets with this tutorial from kix cereal.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-mismatched-mitten-diy-puppets/

Frog Paper Puppet

A cootie catcher is reconfigured to make a finger puppet frog and pig with sidetracked sarah.  She adds eyes, tongues and noses.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sidetrackedsarah.com/2012/08/how-to-make-paper-puppets-for-kids/

Cat and Mouse Finger Puppets

Will the cat and mouse be friends or will the mouse chase the cat around the house?  Kids can play games of cat and mouse with these free printable finger finger puppets from cupcakes for clara.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the template here:
http://www.cupcakesforclara.com/finger%20mouse.pdf

Shoe Box Stick Puppet Theater

Turn a shoe box into theater for a fun puppet show.  Purple twig takes stickers, paint, colorful paper and markers to make a theater for stick puppets.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://purpletwig.blogspot.com/2013/10/making-puppet-theaters.html

Flax and twine adds a fabric curtain and castle printouts.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.flaxandtwine.com/2011/07/1001-peeps-playhouse/

Easter Bunny Wooden Spoon Puppets

Found on pinterest (original site no longer linked too) this Easter bunny is make from a wood spoon.  Simply paint the spoon white, stick on paper ears, a pink felt nose, and googly eyes and draw on whiskers, mouth and eye brows to complete the face. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Craft ideas adds a tummy and pretty purple bows to her version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftideas.info/html/spoon_easter_rabbit.html 

Bunny Puppet

Paper and a popsicle stick make a cute Easter bunny puppet show for kids to pretend play.  Add a pink pom pom nose and drawn on whiskers, eyes and mouth to complete the face.  Sunny coast kids shares all of the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://sunnycoastkids.com.au/articles/activities/craft-for-kids/quick-and-easy-easter-crafts/14986/

Wooden Spoon Chick Puppets

Wooden spoons are painted yellow and embellished with googly eyes and an orange felt triangle beak to make a little chick puppet.  Yellow feathers are added to the handle to make the chick fluffy.  Activity village shares all of the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/wooden-spoon-chick-puppet