Stage a pet puppet show starring friends and family with the help of this personalized puppet menagerie. Here's how to get started:
| Prep Time: About 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| 2-inch styrofoam ball
Acrylic paint Craft foam Scissors Glue | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: styrofoam | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | Use a pen to poke a hole in the bottom of a 2-inch
Styrofoam ball; rotate it to create a space large enough for a
finger. |
| 2. | Paint the ball with acrylic paint and let it dry. |
| 3. | Cut out the head of your animal of choice from craft foam.
From a photograph, cut out the face of a friend or family member.
Glue the photo to the front of the head.
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| 4. | 4 On the top of the ball, use a butter knife to create a slot deep enough for the edge of the head to sit in. Squeeze a little glue on the back bottom edge of the head and place it in the slot |
| 5. | Attach beads to 3-inch lengths of pipe cleaner to make arms and legs. Twist an additional pipe cleaner into a tail shape. Poke all of them in place in the ball and let the show begin! |
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Use a pen to poke a hole in the bottom of a 2-inch
Styrofoam ball; rotate it to create a space large enough for a
finger.

