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 Giant,
Fantasy Stick Puppets
Designed
By: Kathleen George
Typical
Project Completion Time:
1-2 hours
(does not include drying time)
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MATERIALS
NEEDED:
STYROFOAM*
Brand Products:
Ball, 6"
Other
Materials:
Wooden dowel, 7/16" x 30"
Acrylic craft paint, assorted colors
Craft foam: assorted colors
Construction paper, assorted colors
Embellishments (optional): 1", 2" and 2-1/2" balls
of STYROFOAM brand foam; yarn; buttons; ribbons; trims; wiggle eyes;
chenille stems; drinking straws; tissue paper; toothpicks; candy
cups; pom poms; felt
Paintbrush, 1", firm
Wooden skewer, pencil or chopstick
Wide mouth jar
Scissors
Thick, white craft glue or low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
| INSTRUCTIONS: |
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Insert skewer, pencil or chopstick in foam ball to use as handle.
Paint foam ball color of your choice. Let dry. |
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Place head on large mouth jar and get ready to decorate! Blue
puppet sports spiral hair cut from orange craft foam; ears made
from a foam ball cut in half; a nose made from a foam ball;
and mouth, cheeks and eyes cut from craft foam. His green tie
is made from craft foam and decorated with foamie polka dots.
The purple teddy bear has a muzzle, nose and ears made from
foam balls; her hairbow and collar made from craft foam, as
are her eyes and cheeks. |
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Hair: insert pieces of yarn, drinking straws or chenille stems
into top of head. |
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Eyes and nose: Cut from craft foam or construction paper, or
glue on foam balls, wiggle eyes, candy cups, buttons, pom poms. |
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