Make your own DIY puppet!
Springtime is a wonderful time to explore the natural world, so why not celebrate the end of winter by creating this funny frog puppet? Teach your child about the amazing transformation of a tadpole into a frog while magically folding a piece of paper into a frog that comes alive!
Materials:
- Green construction paper
- Red construction paper
- White paper
- Black paper
- Black marker
- Glue stick
- Scissors
Directions:
- Fold green construction paper horizontally two-thirds of the way up the paper. Take the top third of the paper and use the glue stick to glue the top third to the bottom two-thirds piece
- Fold the paper in half
- Fold the top piece halfway back to the crease, and repeat on the bottom half to create the body of the puppet
- Cut a strip of green paper and make a round cut at one end of this fold & cut in half for eyes
- Bend ends of these two pieces and glue to top of puppet
- Add eyes to the green pieces
- Cut red construction paper in long strip and make a round cut at one end
- Glue the non-cut end on the lower side of the puppet’s mouth
- Make a curl using the black marker for the tongue
- Draw two circles on the end of the puppet for the nose
Literacy Connection: Help to create a culture of literacy in your family with a collaborative reading experience. This National Geographic Kids Co-reader, Tadpole to Frog, is a fantastic way to reinforce valuable skills for a beginning reader. It has a page of adult read-aloud and a page of child read-aloud on each spread. Spend some meaningful time together while discovering the amazing metamorphosis of some very interesting animals, including frogs. Everybody gets to join in the fun to create a shared experience that is sure to be memorable for all.
