How to make puppets with sticks and wool or panniers with children

Do you like crafts? Here you have fabul a fabulous activity for the little ones of the house. It is very simple to do and has numerous benefits, among them, those of stimulating the imagination and exercising the final psychomotricity. As if that were not enough, they will also improve spatial orien

Do you like crafts? Here you have fabul a fabulous activity for the little ones of the house. It is very simple to do and has numerous benefits, among them, those of stimulating the imagination and exercising the final psychomotricity. As if that were not enough, they will also improve spatial orientation. What is it about? The activity consists in creating 'panoletas'

, puppets based on sticks and wool. You want to try? Material:Sticks

Colored wool

  • Pipe cleaner
  • Eyes for sticking and glue
  • Tip: Let the children choose the wool they want to use, the arms they want to make and the eyes their puppet will have.
  • How to make puppets with sticks and wool, step by step
1. Cover the sticks with colored wool. Let your child choose the color and change and mix different colors. You can also use fabrics.

2. Cut the pipe cleaners in half and use them to make the extremities. How? Surrounding with the pipe cleaner the 'body' of the puppet. They can do all the arms they want.

3. All that remains is to roll your eyes ... and that's it! They have fantastic puppets. Now play with them.

Explanatory video of how to make puppets with sticks and wool