For this Three Little Pigs crafticity, kids create their own re-telling puppets and houses out of construction paper and popsicle sticks, then play with their creations.
See the pictures below for inspiration & follow the instructions to get started with your own home or classroom set!
Materials
- Construction Paper
- Popsicle Sticks
- Tape
- Glue
- Scissors
Instructions
- Make Three Little Pigs Puppets.
Cut circles out of pink construction paper to make each pig’s face and body.
Add rectangles for legs. Add Eyes, Ears, and a Curly tails made out of a thin strip of curled construction paper to each puppet. Tape a Popsicle stick to the back of each puppet.
Draw pupils, nostrils, and mouths with a black marker.
2. Make The Big Bad Wolf Puppet.
3. Make The Three Little Pigs’ houses.
Take a piece of yellow construction paper and cut out a window and a door. Decorate it with an orange markers so it looks like a straw house.
Use a piece of brown construction paper to make a house made of sticks. Add details with a brown marker.
Create a house made of bricks. Cut out a chimney, and draw on bricks with a red marker. Add a door knob and shutters with a black marker.
4. Retell & Play
Kids introduce the characters to the set and play by arranging the puppets and houses in different positions.
Kids re-telling the story of The Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf in the classroom.
