DIY Christmas puppets - Mouths of Mums

Here is a wonderful DIY Christmas puppets tutorial that is cheap and easy to make with the kids. These puppets are great to use in role play or to decorate the Christmas tree.
Suitable for ages 6-12 years

You Need

Toilet Roll Tube (Card cylinder)
Polystyrene ball
Sequins
Joggle eyes
PVA / glue brushes / glue pots
Scissors
Felt or black paper
Tinsel pipecleaners

Method

Add facial features to polystyrene ball, either by pinning through sequins and joggle eyes or gluing on with PVA.
Add small piece of tinsel pipecleaner for the nose.
Glue card cylinder body to polystyrene head.
Cut out felt scarf, and either glue or pin to the neck area.
Decorate body with some sequins.
Use felt or black paper to make a top hat from a cylinder and flat circle of felt (or paper).
Cut two different coloured tinsel pipecleaners in half, twist together, bend into candy cane shape and glue down.

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125 Comments

- - mom486197 said
  - 17 Dec 2023
    9:48 am
Oh I love this idea, I might use this on Christmas Eve when we are doing some
Christmas activities

- - mom81879 said
  - 26 Nov 2019
    11:55 am
Oh wow! The cardboard inserts from toilet rolls are also useful to make Christmas crackers

- - Melissa89 said
  - 28 Jul 2016
    5:38 pm
Haha how adorable! These remind me of our decorations as kids

- - dannsbuild said
  - 15 Sep 2015
    11:33 pm
A great creative idea! Thanks for sharing this!

- - Kell said
  - 29 Jun 2015
    10:54 am
very cute with unlimited possibilities

- - curlytops said
  - 19 Jun 2015
    11:36 am
these are so cute and can be adapted for fathers day halloween, easter etc.

- - rachkap said
  - 28 Feb 2015
    11:58 pm
Loads of fun – thanks

- - matildaspice said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    11:57 pm
I love these, they are very cute and creative!

- - GeoEllie said
  - 31 Jan 2015
    5:12 am
What a cute and festive craft

- - mom57522 said
  - 30 Jan 2015
    8:35 pm
Very cute but, I think I’d paint or decorate the toilet rolls first.

- - mom94125 said
  - 03 Jan 2015
    5:32 am
i will try this craft idea with paper towel roll. i have heaps of them because we collect them for craft and for the school. they don’t accept toilet ones, at the school, because of the hygiene factor and i am thankful for that!

- - linda197 said
  - 08 Nov 2014
    7:00 pm
Brilliant always looking for things to do with toilet paper rolls and this ties in nicely with my search for Christmas decorations

- - mom93821 said
  - 31 Oct 2014
    7:37 am
Thanks again for sharing; made and absolutely love! Lots of fun and very cute too!

- - shortaez said
  - 26 Oct 2014
    4:19 pm
Cool finger puppets for the kids to make

- - mom73211 said
  - 21 Oct 2014
    9:44 am
Something to do this afternoon, thanks for the ideas!