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How to Make Easy Forest Animals Puppets {Printable}

October 25, 2018 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: These forest animals puppets are so easy to make, and we’ve even given you free printables. Simply add a craft stick and invite your preschoolers to use them as a prop during circle time!

Using props during circle time is the secret to keeping them engaged.

In fact, I’ve discussed this in my most popular video on YouTube, The Secrets to a Successful Circle Time.

But it’s even more special when the children can put together their own props, such as these forest animals stick puppets.

Easy, fun, and an important part of our forest animals theme!

forest animals puppets

How to Make Easy Forest Animals Puppets 

Using puppets during circle time is a great way to work on language skills! You can use them while reading a book, reciting a fingerplay, or singing a song.

What we used:

Forest animals printables (available towards the end of this post)

Watercolors

Large craft sticks

Tacky glue or strong tape

Painting the forest animals:

Place the forest animals printables on a table with watercolors, brushes, and water.

Puppets with Preschoolers

After reading a favorite book that involves a forest animal, explain to the preschoolers that they are going to paint one at the table.

Puppets with Preschoolers

I invited our preschoolers to choose which animal they wanted to paint, and use whatever colors they wished.

Puppets with Preschoolers

When finished, let dry completely.

Puppets with Preschoolers

Assembling the forest animal puppets:

Cut the background away from the forest animal.

Puppets with Preschoolers

Cut peepholes where the eyes of the animal are, so that the preschoolers can look through their puppets.

Use tacky glue or sturdy tape to adhere the stick to the back of the forest animal.

Puppets with Preschoolers

Once all the sticks are on the animals, they are now puppets that can be used for circle time.

How to Make Easy Forest Animal Puppets with Toddlers

Songs and Books to go with these forest animal puppets:


 

Puppets with Preschoolers

How to Make Easy Forest Animal Puppets with Toddlers

Download the free forest animals color pages to make these forest animal puppets. They can also be used in the writing center with markers or crayons to build fine motor skills.

Click on the graphics below for the free pdf download:

How to Make Easy Forest Animal Puppets with Toddlers

forest animals puppets

 

More props for circle time:

Polar Bear Masks

Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppet

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Jingle Bell Instruments

 
 

Animals Activity Plans

I’ve teamed up with other early childhood teachers and homeschoolers to put together these hands-on animals activity plans for toddlers and preschoolers!

Easy to follow activities that include modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

Note: This is a digital product. That means when you make a purchase, you will be emailed a link to the activities.

For more information, click on the graphics below:

toddler animals lesson plans

preschool animals lesson plans

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About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 20 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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