How to Make Animal Glove Puppets

If you have a glove without its mate, you can put it to a new use as a colorful craft. By making an animal glove puppet, you can add an inexpensive toy to the toy box that also encourages creative play. Choose animals from a favorite story or follow a theme, such as jungle animals, to make the puppet even more enjoyable. The best part of making a this puppet from a glove is that it gives you five puppets in one.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Glove
• Pom-poms
• Felt
• Scissors
• Fabric markers
• Fabric glue

1. Glue a pom-pom to the tip of each finger of the glove and allow to dry for 10 minutes. Use pom-poms in colors that will coincide with the animal that you are making.

2. Cut the eyes, nose, ears and mouth of each animal out of felt. Draw any details, such as pupils, onto the felt pieces with your fabric markers.

3. Glue the face pieces onto the pom-pom that goes with each animal. Allow the glue to dry for at least 10 minutes.

4. Cut out arms for each animal and glue to the side of each finger under the pom-pom. Use additional felt pieces or fabric markers to add any other details, such as stripes or spots. Once the glue is dry, the puppets are ready for play.

Tips & Warnings

• Have an adult cut out the pieces so that a child can assemble it.
• Sew on the felt and pom-pom if giving to a small child to avoid choking hazards.

References

• More information on making finger puppets