I made these four puppets from a book called Puppet Mania for my nephew’s first birthday. Really, he’s too young for puppets but we can do the puppets and I think he’ll like watching them move.

The book has a wide variety of puppets all made with “common household items” and basic craft supplies. I personally had none of these things in my house and you just try to find an all-white tube sock these days.

Mostly I learned that I’m not very good with a glue gun as I tend to get things glued on lopsided but since Noah’s only one, he’s not going to be complaining and they’re all cute in a very homemade kind of way. Here are some close-ups.

Sock puppet. This guy has the most adaptable facial expressions which makes him the most fun to play with but finding an appropriate sock was pretty tricky.

Turtle. In a prime example of not gluing things on straight, this poor turtle’s shell isn’t centered over his body. His head can retract though.



“Where did the turtle go?” This was Noah’s favorite puppet, mostly due to the large googley eyes. He kept trying to pull them off.

Generic monster. I don’t know why he has a wedge shaped mohawk. It just worked out that way. This design allows you to use one body with swappable heads but I only made one head so I permanantly attached it.

Rabbit. You put your fingers in the legs for this one. I should have used a longer pile fur as he came out a little threadbare. It’s hard to cut and glue fur and not end up losing a lot of hair at the seams.