Glove puppets

In creating my puppets, I had planned to refer to several books on my shelf; I own a small library of books on the topic of building puppets and also a couple of books on making Waldorf dolls, but none of my books offered much help when it came to creating a glove-puppet with a Waldorf style doll-head. When making a glove-puppet, it is usual to have space inside the head for the fingers of the puppeteer; however, on a traditional Waldorf doll-head, it would be very difficult to create a…

My gloves puppet, chicken

Rooster hand glove puppet is just a perfect puppet for ages 3yrs to adult. 10" Tall Perfect tool for hours of educational and interactive story telling.

Who loves turtles? Here's an easy way to turn an old glove into a cute turtle puppet! My youngest son loves puppets of all sorts, so I whipped this turtle puppet up during naptime. Here's how I made it! Super Easy and Cute Turtle Puppet Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means I make a small bit of change when you purchase items through the links. Thank you for your support and the grocery money! For my full disclosure policy, click here. Materials Needed: Old glove Felt (We used…

These Hand Puppet Knitting Patterns are perfect for children and will help them create their own custom hand puppets to play with.

Remember that Rapunzel wig that I made for Kate's best friend's birthday in the previous post? Well, this is gift #2 - the one...

I wrote a fun Winter Glove Puppet tutorial that is featured over at Whip Up. This is a great craft for the kids to do or help with. We have been singing “Old Macdonald” all day! I bought these winter gloves at Wal-Mart at $1.47 for two pair and they come in lots of colors. … Continued

Before you know it, it’s going to be glove season, and if you’re like me, you dig and you dig and you dig to find a matching set from years’ past, only to come up one glove short. Don’t throw the glove away…no, no no. It’s the perfect base for many-a-craft. Think turkey for Thanksgiving, […]

I just love being back east and being with all of my family for Christmas, but I don't like the travel and I really don't like the germs. We managed to bring back with us some lovely east coast germs. Little Moose took it the hardest and still is a little bit sick. Anyways, I finally got the chance to get back onto my computer and I just have to share with you what my sister-in-law made for us. There are a bunch so I'll share one every day this week! I love the bright colors of the fishes…