DIY Puppet Crafts: Make your own Clown Hand puppet!

Did you know you can create your own clown circus at home? All it takes is some paper, tape, markers, and a little imagination! But don't forget to check out our show this Saturday: Clown Circus! Get inspired by the singing, dancing, and story-telling, and then put on your own show!

Clown Circus
performed by Resident Artist Brad Shur, created by Paul Vincent Davis
Saturday August 22nd
10:30am and 1pm

MAKE YOUR OWN CLOWN HAND PUPPET: RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 3 TO 6

MATERIALS
Construction paper
Tape
Coloring utensils (Markers or Sharpies work best)

STEPS
1. Fold a piece of construction paper lengthwise into thirds, leaving about an inch between the outer fold and the edge and tape the top flap down like so:

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2. Fold this piece in half.

3. Fold the two ends towards the center fold...

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4. The result should be a W shape. The two ends should serve as slots for your hand.

5. Use coloring utensils to design a clown face...

6. A clown mouth...

Open wide! 

Open wide! 

7. And body!

8. Put on your own clown circus! :)

 
 

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Puppet Showplace Theater is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and the Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.