Fall Leaf People Puppet Craft
We have another fun fall leaf craft to share! If you head to your nearest dollar store and pick up a pack of silk leaves, you can make this adorable Fall Leaf People Puppet Craft! So sweet, so cute, and a perfect kids craft to get ready for fall!
Just gather simple silk leaves and craft sticks along with paint, googly eyes, and ribbon scraps. Mix and match different sizes and colors of leaves, paint colors, and ribbons to create personalized puppets for creative playtime. You can even sneak in some seasonal learning about why leaves turn colors.
Fall Leaf People Puppet Craft
To make these adorable fall leaves, you will need a pack of silk leaves in fall colors, regular wooden craft sticks, light pink and brown acrylic paint, small googly eyes, ribbon scraps in your choice of colors, a black marker, scissors, and a paintbrush.
You will also need either a glue gun or, if crafting with littler ones, glue dots will work just fine, too.
Fall Leaf People Craft Supplies Needed
- Silk leaves
- Craft sticks
- Acrylic paint – light pink, brown
- Googly eyes, small
- Ribbons
- Black marker
- Glue gun or glue dots
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
Fall Leaf Puppet Craft Step by Step Directions
Begin by painting the craft sticks with brown acrylic paint.
Set the sticks aside to dry.
Next, add a pair of small googly eyes to the leaves with a glue gun and glue sticks. You can use liquid craft glue or glue dots for this project, too.
Add dots for the cheeks to the leaf puppets by dipping either a new pencil eraser or the tip of a paintbrush into pink acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry.
Once the pink paint is dry, draw a huge smile on the leaf puppets from cheek to cheek with a permanent black marker.
Then, attach the leaves to the craft sticks.
Tie a variety of colored ribbon scraps into bows and trim any long ends with scissors. Attach the bows to the craft sticks with a glue gun and glue sticks, or glue dots, to finish the leaf puppets.
A few simple steps transform the supplies into a set of fall leaf people puppets, perfect for hours of imaginative play. Such a great family fun fall craft activity!
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More Fall Leaf Crafts for Kids
Need some more fall leaf craft ideas? Check out our Aluminum Foil Watercolor Fall Leaves Craft, Fall Leaf Triceratops Craft, Fall Leaf Butterfly Craft, and our Bubble Wrap Fall Tree Craft to name just a few of our many fall crafts for kids at Our Kid Things!
Fall Leaf People Puppet Craft
Head to the dollar store and pick up a pack of silk leaves to make this adorable fall leaf craft
Materials
- Silk leaves
- Craft sticks
- Acrylic paint – light pink, brown
- Googly eyes, small
- Ribbons
- Black marker
- Glue gun or glue dots
- Scissors
- Paintbrush
Instructions
- Begin by painting the craft sticks with brown acrylic paint. Set the sticks aside to dry.
- Next, add a pair of small googly eyes to the leaves with a glue gun and glue sticks. You can use liquid craft glue or glue dots for this project, too.
- Add dots for the cheeks to the leaf puppets by dipping either a new pencil eraser or the tip of a paintbrush into pink acrylic craft paint. Set aside to dry.
- Once the pink paint is dry, draw a huge smile on the leaf puppets from cheek to cheek with a permanent black marker.
- Then, attach the leaves to the craft sticks.
- Tie a variety of colored ribbon scraps into bows and trim any long ends with scissors.
- Attach the bows to the craft sticks with a glue gun and glue sticks, or glue dots, to finish the leaf puppets.