How to Make a Hand Puppet Like an Ant

Hand puppets can be used to put on puppet shows and plays and can be customized to resemble different creatures, such as ants. If you are creating a puppet show about the insect world, you might decide to add a few ant puppets. You can construct ant puppets out of simple materials, such as socks, craft glue, pipe cleaners and buttons. It is important to follow a few basic guidelines to ensure that they resemble ants.

Things You'll Need

• White sock
• Red fabric dye
• Stock pot
• Water
• Sink
• 2 buttons
• Thread
• Needle
• Spoon
• 2 red pipe cleaners
• 2 small red pom-poms
• Craft glue

Instructions

1. Fill a stock pot half way with water.

2. Heat the water on the stove until it starts to boil.

3. Add one package of red fabric dye and mix the dye with a spoon.

4. Submerge a white sock into the water, and reduce the heat.

5. Simmer the sock in the red dye bath for 15 minutes.

6. Rinse the sock well with cool water until all excess dye has been removed.

7. Dry the sock in a clothes dryer.

8. Thread a needle and sew two buttons onto the top of the sock around 2 inches from the toe.

9. Insert two pipe cleaners 1 inch into the sock, around 1/2 inch above the buttons.

10. Curl the ends of the pipe cleaners under so that they will be secured in the sock. These will be the antennae.

11. Apply glue to the tops of the pipe cleaners.

12. Place a small pom-pom onto the tops of each pipe cleaner.

13. Once dry, insert your hand into the sock to use as an ant puppet.