Posted on September 29, 2009 - by Estate Manager

Where The Wild Things Are Puppets

And when he came to the place where the wild things are they roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.

This week we have been celebrating the release of Where The Wild Things Are. The Bird and I picked a copy of the book and then decided to make puppets to use while reading the story. To make a Wild Thing puppet you will need:

1. Brown Paper Lunch Bags
2. Construction Paper
3. White School Glue
4. Scissors
5. Markers
6. Cupcake Liners
7. Large Googly Eyes

First cut out your big and small shapes – we started with the fur, for around their faces. Then we worked on the horns, the stripes for his shirt, his nose and teeth, and finally, the tail. When everything is cut out, then glue all of the shapes, googly eyes, and cupcake liners to the bag. The cupcake liners we used for scales, and if you have the small ones, they’re fine as is. You can also just cut out some circles instead of the cupcake liners.

The fun thing with these puppets is that they’re monsters, so they’re not SUPPOSED to be perfect: claws, fangs, horns, fur and other bits can be placed wherever to make them unique.

After our puppets were complete, it was time for a puppet show. We used a baby gate, and blanket to create out stage. Here’s The Bird’s presentation of “Where the Wild Things Are”.

Here’s a look at all the steps and some of the fun we had making them.