Simple Christmas Stick Puppets
Come and make some fabulous simple Christmas Stick Puppets with us today. This is not just “any old” printable stick puppet activity – but a design your own, color and make Christmas Stick Puppet. Access our free Stick Puppet Printable and then turn it into all kinds of wonderful Christmas Stick Puppets – what will your little one make? A snowman? And angel? Santa? We had a go at a Gingerbread Man Stick Puppet and an Elf Stick Puppet using the same free stick puppet template!
Doodle and Craft your own Christmas Stick Puppets. Use the free basic stick puppet template to create your own characters and personalise your puppets. This was another lovely craft my daughter did at her library craft session. It works great in a group setting. And if combined with recycled cardboard, is extra thrifty!
We love that children are encouraged to doodle and have fun – to nurture their own creativity and bring their little stick puppets to life!
Teach Creativity
Though it is hard to “teach” creativity, it is indeed possible to nurture creativity. And these days of ai and creative short cuts, these little stick puppet templates are a great opportunity to encourage kids and students to explore their creativity through some doodle fun. Remember there are no “rights or wrongs” in this craft, and students can have a go at designing several stick puppets and “only” finish their favourite one!
Materials needed for your the Christmas Stick Puppets
- Printable – printed onto light card or paper and then glued to recycled card
- Pencils & pens for doodling and coloring (you can also use stickers, googly eyes, paper scraps, small buttons etc for decorations)
- Scissors
- Craft stick
- Tape or glue stick
- The Free Template
How to make your Easy Christmas Stick Puppets
Print out your free Stick Puppet Template.
Think about what you character you would like to make. What features does your character have? We made an Elf and a Gingerbread Man…
For the gingerbread man we added some:
- Eyes
- Mouth and rosy cheeks
- Buttons (these could be stick on buttons too)
- Icing decor around the hands and feet
For the elf we added:
- Eyes
- Mouth and rosy cheeks
- Elf ears
- Elf hair
- Elf hat
- Elf out fit (collar around the neck, a belt, gloves, stripey tights) and
- Pom poms to boots
Once happy with your design, have fun coloring it in.
We found it helpful to go over our pencil marks with a fine black pen at the end.
Roughly cut and glue onto some card – old cereal packets are great! Be “economical” with how you position and glue your figures. Cut out again!
Cut our shapes in more detail!
Glue or tape to a craft stick.
Ta-daaaa. Your little Christmas Stick Puppet is finished.
What character will you make next? I want to make a snowman and an angel!
Happy making!
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