Kid Crafts Magazine

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Featured & New Crafts

As promised, this week we have more finger puppets. I've included a few that are Halloween crafts. It's almost that time of year and a lot of you have started planning already. Next week will be the Halloween issue. Until then... Happy Little Kid Crafting!

• Hand Print Spider/Finger Puppet - This is a cute Halloween idea for using a child's handprint to make a spider finger puppet.

• Halloween Finger Puppets - Templates and instructions to make a ghost, cat, pumpkin, and witch finger puppet out of scraps of felt. The templates are in color, so you can also adapt them to make paper puppets. Print the template, cut it out, and glue a strip of paper around the back to go over finger.

• Tweenies Finger Puppets - I'm personally not crazy about the Tweenies, but my oldest likes them. These are simple print, cut, and glue finger puppets.

All the puppet patterns below can be used with paper, foam, or felt, depending on the skill of your little crafter, and how much time you want to put into the project. The finger puppets below are my own originals, with some suggestion help from a visitor. The templates aren't perfect, but the kids don't seem to mind too much. I hope you enjoy them!

• Bear Finger Puppet - Simply print out the puppet parts and assemble according to the directions. This pattern can be used for any kind of bear, ie. polar bear, brown bear, panda bear. Just change the color of the paper or how you color it.

• Mouse Finger Puppet - Print the template out and color any way you want. Cut out all the pieces and glue together according to the directions. Draw on the face.

• Puppy Finger Puppet - Print the template out and color any way you want. Cut out all the pieces and glue together according to the directions. This one is cute with wiggle eyes.

• Cat Finger Puppet - Print out all the cat parts. Color and cut out. Glue together according to the directions. You could also use this for Halloween by making it a black cat and gluing wiggle eyes over the printed eyes (they won't show up on black paper anyway).

• Rabbit Finger Puppet - Print the puppet template on white or pink paper. Cut out and glue together according to the direction on the template. Glue a cotton ball on the back for a tail.

• Robin Finger Puppet - Print the template on brown or tan construction paper. Cut out all the pieces. Color the robin's breast red, pink, or orange. Glue together according to the direction on the template.

• Baby Chick Finger Puppet - Print the puppet template on yellow paper. Cut out and glue together according to the direction on the template. Glue a couple of feathers to the top of the head.

In case you were wondering, it's not too late to send in your kid recipes. We're accepting the kind of recipes that kids like to eat, the kind that they can craft with, and the kind that they create edible projects. All your ideas are welcome!

Several of you have asked about Halloween Party ideas... Check this site out.