How Do You Make Wooden Spoon Puppets?
This is a wonderful rainy day project that your children can play with any time of year. My daughter carries a couple of these in her purse and engages children to play no matter where we travel to during the day. Paint the spoons all over and this will be the skin tone. My daughter even has a group of alien men that are purple and green. Paint on eyes and a mouth. You could use buttons or glue on other objects you have loose around the house. Paint thin and it will dry faster. You can go over it again or use a hair dryer. Nothing kills a child’s fun like waiting for the paint to dry. Cut the yarn to any length you care to and glue it. One of the spoons my daughter has she swirled the yarn around gluing it as she went. This is grandma with her hair up in a bun. You can make clothing for your spoons. The best way is to cut them out in the shape of a body outline and glue them to a piece of paper. The paper works to starch the fabric and make it stand up. Glue the paper to the handle of
