Make a Puppet 

Make Bag Puppets

Make an Owl Puppet  Some owl paper bag puppets.  These were easy to put together - construction paper triangles and circles for the face, button eyes, furry felt bellies and pipe  cleaner feet, and fall leaves for wings. This puppet is from Amy Glassenberg's blog  Scroll down on her page for a larger photo of the puppet

Owl and Turtle Puppets  These cute puppets are from Origami n' Stuff 4 Kids

Make a Cow Puppet

Bear Puppet  This is from DLTK

Make a Polar Bear Puppet Learn about the polar bear and make a polar bear puppet

Puppets to Make Make an elephant, cat, monkey, and a bunny puppet. Instructions and patterns to download at this site

Frog Bag Puppet from abcteach.com

Spider Bag Puppet from abcteach.com

Make Paper Bag Puppets Several animal bag puppet ideas at this site. (no patterns)

Paper Bag Puppets for Preschool and Kindergarten   Fifteen animal bag puppets from firstschool.ws (Animals include alligator, eagle, panda, and more)

Paper Bag Puppets from DLTK 24 different paper bag puppets at this site. Most are animals and are printable in color or black and white

Dog, Pig, and Lion Bag Puppets These cute puppets are from marthastewart.com with printable parts

Lion Bag Puppet This puppet is from abcteach.com

Boomer Bear Puppet

Cow Paper Bag Puppet Template  

Bird Paper Bag Puppet These are really cute. We did these with kids when we were on a mission trip. I glued the feathers on ahead of time. These are from pacon.com

Bunny Paper Bag Puppet

Little Red Hen, Cat, Dog, and Mouse Bag Puppets

Beaver Paper Bag Puppet

Insect Bag Puppets

Ladybug, Dragonfly, or Bumblebee Puppet These cute puppet patterns are from JoAnn.com. They are made from Fun Foam

Butterfly Bag Puppet from abcteach.com

Other Bag Puppets

Boy Puppet    Girl Puppet   Add arms and clothes to these puppets if you wish

Scarecrow Puppet Children can color the scarecrow

Super Tooth Puppet Use this bag puppet when teaching dental health

Snowman Paper Bag Puppet This puppet is from pacon.com

Paper Bag Puppets Imagination is the keyword! Puppets can beanything: people, animals, ormade-up creatures.

Make Sock Puppets

Sock Puppets from Family Fun Crafts

Sock Puppet Ideas  Some cute sock puppet ideas here

How to Make a Sock Puppet  These are really cute sock puppets and are easy to make. They use ping pong balls for eyes

Making a Sock Puppet Directions for making a sock puppet

Make Hand Puppets

Super Simple People Puppet Pattern This free pattern is from puppetsforministry.com

Pattern for a Simple Hand Puppet Make this puppet out of felt or fun foam

 Mother Hen and Chicks Puppets  Here is a cute idea for a mother hen and chicks felt puppet. Activities to use with this puppet are here

Felt or Foam Animal Hand Puppets This site has some basic animal shapes to cut from felt. Foam is more colorful. Use some imagination to decorate the puppets

Make a Huggie Lamb Puppet This puppet is from Bible Kids Fun Zone. You could use the lamb head here for a paper bag puppet. Add legs and arms, and cover the body lower bag) with cotton or cotton balls

Make a Dog Puppet The pattern is here 

Bear, Frog, Cat, and Owl Puppet Patterns These puppets are sized for pre-school children. The patterns will need to be enlarged for older children

Bunny and Chick Hand Puppets
 

Make Stick Puppets

Paper Dragon Puppet

Dragon Parade Puppet from Crayola

Princess Pinky

Make a Wooden Spoon Puppet (video)This is a cute idea and easy to do

Stick Puppy Puppet

Make Finger Puppets

Animal Finger Puppets

Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets These are really cute and are from sparkplugging.com.  You just need pipe cleaners, various size pompons, wiggle eyes, and a glue gun

Batty Finger Puppets

Paper Finger Puppets

Finger Puppets from Enchanted Learning

Fox Finger Puppet Pattern and Instructions This free pattern is from puppetsforministry.com

Cute Animal Finger Puppets This is a Japanese site and will need translation. Click on the first pdf links under the second row of pictures for patterns and the pdf files blow those for diagrams and folding instructions. The pattern will probably have to be enlarged after printing These look like they would have to be made by an adult

Elephant Finger Puppet from Crayola

Make Marionettes

Foam Cup Marionette

Make Shadow Puppets

Make a Shadow Puppet Theater

Hand Shadow Puppets (free downloadable book) If you've ever wondered how to make some shadow figures on a movie screenor wall, this book is for you. It has drawings of the hand positions for different animals and people

Custom Search

Other Puppets, or Sites with Several Kinds of Puppets to Make

Puppet Resource Center Information about puppets, writing puppet plays and puppet manipulation. Links are on the left

How to Make a Moving Mouth Puppet  This is an excellent series of videos about how to make a moving mouth puppet

Teddy Bear Puppet Make an ordinary teddy bear into a puppet

Spoon Puppets

Make a Chicken Puppet from a Paper Plate

Make a Rod Puppet

25 Puppet Pals A variety of puppets to make from Family Fun

A How To Kit for Puppet Making This pdf file has instructions for making basic hand puppets, sock puppets, stick puppets, paper bag puppets, and finger puppets

Talking Heads Six homemade puppet ideas from Family Fun

Puppets and Marionettes A variety of ideas for puppets at this site

Puppet Patterns to Sew

Bible Puppet Dot Com  Purchase an inexpensive puppet pattern and ebook here. A variety of puppets can be made from one pattern

Puppet Patterns Inexpensive puppet patterns for talking puppets, stuffed puppets, simple hand puppets, and finger puppets. Receive a free finger puppet pattern via e-mail

Puppet Scripts

*Not all of the scripts on these sites may be suitable for your church or ministry. I do not have time to read all scripts all the way through. Please read scripts carefully.

Plays for Sunday School

Noah's Story

Noah and the Ark

Free Puppet Scripts Search by word or phrase

Puppet Scripts 

Free Puppet Scripts for Ministry

Puppet Scripts Free Bible based scripts for one leader and one puppet

Puppet Resources  Puppet Scripts by category

Large Collection of Puppet Scripts

Puppet Scripts

Stone Soup from PBS

Zoom Playhouse A large collection of scripts. Some could be used with puppets

Fairytale Puppet Scripts

Readers Theater Scripts

Puppet Scripts from Legends and Lore

Free Puppet Scripts from CCES (scroll down)

A Doorway Puppet Stage This is an easy way to make a stage for classroom use and small puppets. It can be put up and taken down easily. Simply put an adjustable shower curtain or tension rod across a doorway. Tighten, and hang a sheet or dark material over the rod.

A Tablecloth Puppet Stage - We went on a Mission Trip this past summer and used sock puppets and a plastic tablecloth for a stage. Two people held the cloth as there was no place to tie it. We did put eyelets around the out side edges just in case we could tie it to something. We also carried some thin rope to use if needed. It worked well and was easy to carry

Other Puppet Resources 

20 Ways to use a Puppet Some excellent ideas for using puppets in a variety of ways

Puppet Resource Center A great site with a variety of ideas on making and using puppets

Fellowship of Christian Puppeteers A nonprofit, nondenominational, Christian organization dedicated to promoting the arts in ministry

Puppets Help Teach A Memory Verse Twenty ways a puppet can help teach a memory verse