How To Make Simple Finger Puppets For Kids

Last Updated on: 19th April 2021, 08:55 pm

Finger Puppets For Kids

Here is a little craft that you can print off for yourself and help the kids to make. You can print off as many copies as you like so its perfect for nursery, or another kids club that you do. Finger puppets for kids help to encourage imagination play and using scissors help with hand coordination. So as well as making this a learning activity, it is also fun for kids and grown ups.

Making The Puppets

First, you need to print the finger puppets off. you will find the link for it further down. You can either print them in colour and they are ready to go. Or print them in black and white to save using coloured ink, and get your child to use their own creativity and colour them in. There are 5 little finger puppets for kids, so one for each finger.

What You Need

• Scissors
• Sticky tape or glue. The glue will obviously take longer to dry, so we used tape for convenience.
• A printout of the finger puppets for kids.
• Optional coloured pens

Getting kids to cut them out themselves helps with developing fine motor skills. They learn the proper way to cut paper. Cutting with scissors requires the skill of hand separation, which is the ability to use the thumb, index, and middle fingers separately from the pinkie and ring fingers. There are lines around each of the puppets so that you don’t cut too close to the animal. Wrap the puppet around your finger and secure with sticky tape or glue. Now you are ready to play.

Dino Finger Puppet PDF

So here is the Print off, It is in a PDF file for easier printing, but I can also provide a PNG file if you get in touch. The links to contact me are at the top of the page. Just hit the download button

When you have made them, share them on social media for a special Dinosaur Competition, where we will send a lucky winner some Dino goodies. Share on social media using the hashtag #DinoFingerPuppets. The last date of entry is 20th May.