Paper Hand Puppets

"Let the hunt begin!" As an introduction to synonyms, second graders generate a list of word pairs that have similar meanings. The words pairs are written on sentence strips, cut apart, shuffled, and distributed to class members who must...

Students create "paper bag puppets" using basic art supplies, construction paper, and their imagination in this awesome early-elementary Art activity. The lesson includes a resource link and suggests teaching a short history of puppetry...

Students create hand puppets using basic art supplies, paper cups, cotton balls, and yarn in this 1st and 2nd grade Art lesson. Emphasis is placed on the history of puppets and puppetry. The lesson includes a short vocabulary list.

Students make puppets from recycled materials. In this puppetry and recycling activity, students investigate different types of puppets and their uses. They make puppets using mostly recycled materials such as old socks, CD's, dry lint,...

Students explore animal characteristics by creating an animal puppet. For this polar bear lesson, students utilize a paper bag and polar bear work sheets to create a hand held paper bag puppet of a polar bear. Students color in their...

In China, an emperor created an entire army of terracotta figures. Your class can explore why he may have done this by engaging in a fun art activity that builds hand-eye coordination and attention to detail. Pupils use felt to make...

Ease children's back-to-school jitters with this primary grade lesson based on the book The Kissing Hand by Ruth E. Harper. Starting off with a singing of the song "I Wish I Had a Little Red Box", children go on to discuss and create a...

Even the littlest learners can get into the story of Rama. They'll put on a Balinese shadow puppet show using the amazing cut out puppets included in this activity. You simply get some brads, print the colorful puppets, and then put them...

Students practice drawing skills by sketching an example of a three-dimensional puppet design. This lesson is Part One of a three part unit geared towards the creation of a 3-D puppet for the theatre arts.

Second graders read the book, All the World Loves a Puppet and create puppet shows. Their stories include beginnings, middles, and ends that present problems and solutions.