Popsicle Stick Halloween Puppets

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This easy popsicle stick plate craft is perfect for Halloween. Make these adorable a popsicle stick Halloween puppets with your kids this Fall!

How to Make Popsicle Stick Halloween Puppets

Pumpkin Puppet

  1. Cut five popsicle sticks in half.
  2. Tape them together on the back and paint the front orange. Set it aside to dry.
  3. Cut out a brown stem, green leaf and face from brown, green and black construction paper, respectively. Curl the pumpkin leaf around a pencil.
  4. Once the paint is dry, glue the stem and leaf to the back and the face to the front.

Frankenstein Puppet

  1. Tape four popsicle sticks together on the back.
  2. On the front, paint the bottom half purple. Paint the section right above green and the top silver-gray or black. Set it aside to dry.
  3. Cut out two small circles and two strips from black construction paper. Glue them on to the front. The circles as buttons and the strips as a mouth and eyes.
  4. Cut out two small circles from white paper. Draw black circles in the middle for eyes. Glue it on to the black strip on the face.

Mummy Puppet

  1. Tape four popsicle sticks together on the back.
  2. Paint them white on the front. Set it aside to dry.
  3. Cut strips of white paper about 1 inch thick. Wrap them around the craft sticks. Glue the ends down.
  4. Draw two eyes on the front.

Vampire Puppet

  1. Tape four popsicle sticks together on the back.
  2. Paint the bottom half gray on the front. Set it aside to dry.
  3. Trace the top part of the craft sticks on a piece of black construction paper. Cut it out and glue it to the top of the popsicle sticks as hair.
  4. Cut out a white triangle and glue it to the front of the popsicle sticks.
  5. Cut out a large triangle from red construction paper and a bow tie from the same red construction paper. Glue the triangle to the back of the popsicle sticks upside down as a cape and the bow tie to the front just above the white triangle.
  6. Cut out two small circles for eyes. Colour in the black iris and glue them to the face of the vampire.
  7. Use a pen to draw a month with fangs.

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Age Suitability

This activity is good for kids 5 years old and up. My kids are 4.5, 4.5 and 8 years old.

Mess Level

The mess level for this activity is MEDIUM.

Difficulty to Create 

Easy.

Skills Developed

Language development, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.

Supplies 

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  • Popsicle stick
  • Construction paper
  • Acrylic paint
  • Pen
  • Scissors
  • Glue

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