Pig Craft Activities

In the last blog article we listed some Fun Facts about pigs.  We also had a free download of a pig coloring page for the kids (or you) to color.  In this blog we want to share some of our favorite craft activities that we found on the web that are simple and fun to do.  There was so much to choose from – it was hard to make a decision!

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Pig Fun Facts

Our pattern of the month is the Pig! No barnyard assortment of puppets would be complete without the pig. And who could forget the fable of The Three Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf? And no children’s book library would be complete without the Elephant and Piggy series by Mo Willems. In our upcoming blog article about books featuring pigs we’ll share our favorite book in that series.

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Triceratops in Books

In our previous blog article we listed a few links to craft projects featuring triceratops that we found around the web. We also had a free download of triceratops paper bag puppet pattern.

We are continuing the triceratops theme with a list of books that we thought would be interesting and fun to pair with an triceratops puppet.  We’ve noticed that kids become more engaged during reading when a puppet is used to help bring a book alive.

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Triceratops Craft Activities

In the last blog article we listed some Fun Facts about triceratops.  We also had a free download of an triceratops coloring page for the kids (or you) to color.  In this blog we want to share our favorite craft activities that we found on the web that are simple and fun to do.

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Alligators in Books

In our previous blog article we listed a few links to craft projects featuring alligators that we found around the web. We also had a free download of our alligator paper bag puppet pattern.

We are continuing the alligator/crocodile theme with a list of books that we thought would be interesting and fun to pair with an alligator puppet.  We’ve noticed that kids become more engaged during reading when a puppet is used to help bring a book alive.

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New Pattern! A Squirrel!

We haven’t created a new pattern in quite a while.

A friend, Cindy, was telling us that she needed a squirrel puppet to go with a story she was writing.  She also mentioned that she was having trouble turning a sock puppet into a squirrel.  It just wasn’t working out the way she envisioned.  We wondered if we could create a squirrel puppet.

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Alligator Craft Activities

In the last blog article we listed some Fun Facts about alligators.  We also had a free download of an alligator coloring page for the kids (or you) to color.  In this blog we want to share our favorite craft activities that we found on the web. Alligator crafts are so popular, it was hard to narrow the field.  For crafting and puppet purposes, the alligator and crocodile can be interchangeable.

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