Preschool Puppets

Fun and Educational Puppets for Kids

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Preschool Puppets

Preschool puppets can help encourage imaginative play for preschoolers. There are many educational puppets for kids. There are animal puppets that teach children about different farm animals, pets and animals in the wild. Kids love to make animal sounds and touch the different textures of fur, feathers, or scales that different animal puppets have.

There are people puppets that come in all different types of occupations like a doctor puppet, a policeman puppet or a construction worker puppet. People puppets let children pretend and get to know about different jobs and people in their community. There are other characters that children love that can be puppets too like a princess puppet or a fairy godmother puppet.

Some fun preschool puppets are the Gund puppets series of Sesame Street character puppets. There are educational puppets like the Baby Einstein puppets which are featured in the Baby Einstein series of DVDs and videos. Preschoolers can watch along with the DVD or video and play with their puppets too.

As you can see there are many puppets for kids to choose from. Playing puppets with your baby or preschooler is a great way to interact with your child and help them learn. The different colors, shapes, sizes and textures of preschool puppets are exciting for children. The movements and voices that you make with the puppets can teach children language development, social interaction and understanding emotions.

There are many wonderful stories that you can tell with puppets that teach morals and values to children.

You can also use preschool puppets to teach the alphabet or numbers. You can also use puppets to teach helpful behaviors like eating healthy foods, brushing your teeth and potty training.

Puppets can also help children with difficult issues like fear of the dark or separation anxiety or adjusting to having a new sibling. A puppet can be a child’s favorite toy to carry around or at bedtime or naptime too.

There are many ways to enjoy puppets that you and your child will discover as you fill their childhood with educational fun.


It’s Springtime and time for Passover and Easter!  Puppets are a festive way to celebrate the spring holidays and the change of season.  Easter puppets are a great addition to any Easter Basket and give your kids something to do over the spring break.

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There are rabbit puppets and little chick puppets and lamb puppets which signify spring and rebirth.  They can be hand puppets or finger puppets.  A plush rabbit puppet makes an excellent Easter gift and the smaller Easter finger puppets are fun to put in Easter baskets or even hide inside plastic eggs for an added surprise.

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Folkmanis White Rabbit, Bunny Puppet

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Folkmanis Chick Finger Puppet

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Folkmanis Lamb Puppet

These faith-based Easter puppets feature the characters who were with Jesus and his disciples at the time of the crucifixion and resurrection and can help teach the true Easter story to young children.  These are a nice addition to a Sunday School lesson or youth ministry.

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He Lives! Easter Finger Puppets

These Passover puppets are also a great way to teach the bible story of Exodus and Moses.  These Passover finger puppets represent the ten plagues on the Egyptians and teach this bible lesson to children in a humorous way.

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Passover "Ten Plagues" Finger Puppets Judaica

Whether you go traditional or contemporary, puppets are a fun way to engage babies, preschoolers and older children during the spring holidays.

A Turkey for ThanksgivingThanksgiving is a time for families to gather together to give thanks for all their blessings.  It’s also a wonderful time for preschool and school age children to learn about our nation’s history. 

A fun way to teach children about the Pilgrims and their trip to the new world in the Mayflower and that first Thanksgiving is to use puppets. 

Here is a set of Thanksgiving puppets that includes Pilgrims and their ship, Indians (Native Americans) and a turkey puppet. 

Thanksgiving Puppets
 
This is a wonderful plush puppet set. 

You can also make your own paper Thanksgiving puppets of the Pilgrims and Indians and tell the story of the first settlers to America and how thankful they were after their long journey and that first harsh winter to finally discover the promise and plenty that this new land held.

Here is another wonderful plush Thanksgiving turkey puppet that makes a great gift for Thanksgiving and can also be used to tell a fun Thanksgiving puppet story like A Turkey for Thanksgiving that tells the story of some animal friends who want to have a turkey for Thanksgiving but not to eat, instead he becomes the honored guest at the harvest feast.

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You could also act out a Thanksgiving scene with these cute Thanksgiving turkey pilgrim finger puppets.

Here are some puppets I made for a senior project in college. I got them out again for my kids and we put on a puppet show. I’m glad I get the chance to play with them again with my preschoolers.

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Here is a picture of the princess with her ball by the well.

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This is a picture of the frog sitting on top of the well.

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This is a close up of the frog puppet. Here is really a prince. Can you see the lace on his neck?

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Here is a picture of the well prop. I made it from a plastic tub for margarine or something like that. It is painted to look like a well in a garden. There is a hole in the middle for the frog to peek out of and the ball to fall down into the well.

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This is the king puppet. He is dressed in gold and mauve.

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This is the princess puppet. She has a pink and gold dress and a little bit of mauve on her headpiece.

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This is the maid puppet. She works in the palace.

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Here is the handsome prince, who was once the frog.

Here is a video of the puppet show we did with these fairy tale character puppets. It’s the story of the princess and the frog and how the princess makes a promise to the frog and what happens next. You can make or buy these fairy tales character puppets and put on a puppet show of your own with your preschoolers.



Melissa and Doug make some great puppets. Here’s one that is a make your own princess puppet.

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Have fun!

paper bag puppet How to Make Paper Bag Puppets for PreschoolersHere’s a video tutorial that shows how you can make paper bag puppets for preschoolers. Some things you’ll need are paper lunch bags, crayons and markers, craft scissors and a glue stick and some colored construction paper. You and your kids can make these preschool puppets in no time and with very little mess. Have fun!