Make your very own felt alligator hand puppet using our free pattern. Very simple to make – just cut felt and glue together. You could hand sew it too, if you wanted.
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.
Alligator Fun Facts
Our Alligator Puppet Sewing Pattern is the pattern of the month! Even though real alligators are quite ferocious looking with all of those teeth, kids love alligators and alligators are featured prominently in children’s books, finger plays and songs. Even though our puppet pattern is called an alligator, it could be used as a crocodile. The main difference between the two reptiles in real life is that the alligator’s mouth is more U shaped at the end. The end of the crocodile’s mouth is more V shaped. In puppet land, I don’t think it makes much difference.
Hippos in Books
In our previous blog article we listed a few links to craft projects featuring hippos that we found around the web. We also had a free download of hippo paper bag puppet pattern.
We are continuing the hippo theme with a list of books that we thought would be interesting and fun to pair with a sloth puppet. We’ve noticed that kids become more engaged during reading when a puppet is used to help bring a book alive.
Hippo Craft Activities
February 15 is National Hippo Day! And even if you missed National Hippo Day, every day is a fun day to create a hippo craft. In this blog we want to share our favorite craft activities that we found on the web. We had so much fun looking for hippo craft activities! In the last blog article we listed some Fun Facts about hippopotamuses. We also had a free download of a hippo coloring page for the kids (or you) to color.
Hippo Fun Facts
Our Hippo Puppet Sewing Pattern is the pattern of the month! The hippo is the largest land animal after the elephant and white rhino. Its closest relatives are the whales and porpoises. Even though they are related to aquatic mammals, they can’t swim or float! They stand and walk on sandbanks underneath the water.
Sloths in Books
In our previous blog article we listed a few links to craft projects featuring sloths that we found around the web. We also had a free download of sloth paper bag puppet pattern.
We are continuing the sloth theme with a list of books that we thought would be interesting and fun to pair with a sloth puppet. We’ve noticed that kids become more engaged during reading when a puppet is used to help bring a book alive.
Free Sloth Felt Hand Puppet Pattern
Make your very own felt sloth hand puppet using our free pattern. Very simple to make – just cut felt and glue together. You could hand sew it too, if you wanted.
Sloth Craft Activities
In the last blog article we listed some Fun Facts about sloths. We also had a free download of a sloth 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. We had so much fun looking for sloth craft activities!
Sloth Fun Facts
Time to celebrate sloths as our pattern of the month! We noticed that sloths are “in” so we went to work and created our Sloth Puppet Sewing Pattern. We’ve gotten a lot of “oooohs” and “ahhhhhs” in response to how cute this puppet is.