At a Glance
These 3 Humpty Dumpty popsicle stick puppets are a brilliant nursery rhyme craft for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners - color, cut out and stick them to a popsicle stick, then use the included wall backdrop to act out the rhyme together. Scissor control, fine motor skills, pencil control followed by some storytelling and imaginative play!
Here’s another printable craft for your little learners, that’s perfect for nursery rhyme lovers! Some Humpty Dumpty popsicle stick puppets.
These easy-to-make puppets are perfect for bringing the nursery rhyme to life, encouraging kids to engage in storytelling and imaginative play.
These kinds of crafts can also be a lovely way to strengthen your child’s cutting and sticking skills, and an awesome chance to practice some pencil control and fine motor skills as well!
Like most of the crafts here at Nurtured Neurons, there’s a pre-colored template for quick puppet making, or a plain one if your want to get a bit more creative!
And a super thing is, not only are they get fun to make and your children can practice lots of skills when doing so, but then you have a toy they can play with at the end – and play is just such a great way for children to learn!
Win win!
What Skills Can Your Children Learn And Practice?
When making these Humpty Dumpty puppets, your children will have the chance to practice and develop some skills such as:
- Cutting Skills – if you feel they’re ready, you can let them have a go at cutting out the pieces all by themselves – they’ll need to be careful and have good scissor control if they want to cut out the pieces neatly
- Fine Motor Skills – when they’re sticking and picking up and moving the parts and placing them where they need to go
- Pencil Control – if you print off the black and white version they can practice their pencil control and develop hand strength through coloring.
This simple craft will also give them a chance to practice their concentration and perseverance skills as they may find it tricky to put the puppets together at first.
And when they’re done, they’ll also be able to use their imagination, story telling and social / communication skills when singing along to the rhyme and making up stories!
How To Prepare These Humpty Dumpty Stick Puppets
First you’re going to want to download the puppet templates by clicking on the download button at the bottom of the page – I’ve made a color and a black and white version and there’s a wall included to use as a backdrop!
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Other Materials You’ll Need:
- Safety scissors
- Card stock or craft paper
- Some good glue
- Some coloring pencils or pens / other artsy materials for decorating
- Popsicle sticks
Once you’ve downloaded the templates, you’ll need to print them off onto paper or card.
Then, you can cut them out. Or if you’d like your children to get some cutting practice, you can let them have a go.
When you’re done, you may want to laminate them to keep them in a good condition, before sticking them to some popsicle sticks.
After that you’re all done!
Now it’s time to get singing!
If your little ones liked making these puppets and are after more – you can check out other printable puppet templates here.
Enjoy!
