DIY in minutes: hand puppets

Here's a great little project for kids who love amphibians or playing out stories of princesses being kissed by frogs. Even better - get your child to put on a show for dad once they have made their puppets. Also, once you understand the basic pattern for making the puppet, you can make puppets into all kinds of characters.

Things you will need:
* Sheet of Green Construction Paper
* Two Green Pompoms, 1 inch
* Two Googly Eyes
* Red Paper, 4 by ¾ inch
* Glue
* Scissors

Step by step instructions:

1) First, the green paper needs to be folded into thirds, lengthwise. Keep the paper folded and then fold the length in half. Next, fold each half back onto itself. Your paper should now look like an accordion square. The side that has two folds is the front of your puppet.

2) Glue on the two green pompoms on the top of the puppet near the center, side-by-side. Glue a googly eye onto each pompom facing the side with the two folds.

3) Cut a triangle out of the bottom of the red paper and glue the tongue into the mouth of the puppet. All you need is a little glue on the back end so the tongue can still flop around.

-DeeJay

For more information on how to make the frog puppet, please visit www.OneMinuteCrafts.com/PaperPuppetFrog.html and you can watch a video to show you how to do the folds.

You can also find instructions on how to make a bunny rabbit as a paper hand puppet at www.OneMinuteCrafts.com/PaperPuppetBunny.html. To do a tortoise and hare puppet show, you can make the bunny rabbit puppet and just make the frog puppet without the tongue.