Clown Puppet Craft for Kids

Enjoy a goofy and fun craft with your kids: CLOWN PUPPETS made from paint sticks!⁠ ⁠ You will need:⁠ Paint stir stick⁠ Paint: white, purple, yellow⁠ Cardstock: pink and red⁠ Scrapbook paper in colorful patterns (polka dots and stripes work great!)⁠ Buttons⁠ Yarn⁠ Pom poms in various sizes⁠ Tools: fine point black marker or pen, scissors, white glue.⁠ ⁠ Directions:⁠ Paint one end of the paint stick white, enough for the head and neck. Mine were rounded on one end, so I used that end. Some paint sticks are square on both ends, so just pick one.⁠ ⁠ Next paint the rest of the paint stick purple (yellow for the other), leaving 2-3 inches at the end unpainted. This allows you to hold your puppet while decorating without getting paint on your fingers.⁠ ⁠ Cut a mouth from pink and red card stock. Use black marker to draw the smile on the mouth.⁠ ⁠ You can use yarn for the hair on one, and pom poms for the other. For yarn, cut it into 1.5 inch pieces and glue to the top sides of the white end of the stick.⁠ ⁠ For pom pom hair, glue three medium sized pom poms together in a triangle and let them dry. Cut a small strip of cardboard and glue it to the back of the head so that it sticks out on the left and right of the head, attach the pom poms to the ends that are sticking out. This will keep them from falling off.⁠ ⁠ Use the pattern pieces to cut out the rest of the decorations for the clown’s outfits and glue in place. Use red pom poms for noses.⁠ ⁠ Attach buttons to the front of the paint stick body with white glue. Allow everything to dry before having your clown puppet show!