Puppet Making with Maddie

White handwritten-style text on a light grey background reads Puppet Making at Home.

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Meet Vessie and Scooter!

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A black and white dog sock puppet with floppy ears says, Hi! Im Scooter, in a speech bubble. Another bubble reads, Follow along to learn how to make my friends!.

A paper puppet with green streamers for hair, a yellow pom-pom on top, and a pink mouth. Speech bubbles say: ...and Im Vessie! I enjoy oatmeal fights, rope swing into the lake, and embarking on pirate missions!.

Join Maddie in making puppet friends of your own!

Follow along with Maddie as she shows you how to create Vessie and Scooter at home!

Also see written activity instructions to learn more about puppet making!

Step 1: Making The Mouth

Materials: Old Socks, Hot Glue Gun, Cereal Box, Marker, Scissors, and Decorations!

A pair of white tube socks, a hot glue gun with glue sticks, a Sharpie marker, a box of organic Crunchy Cinnamon Squares cereal, and a pair of scissors are arranged on a wooden table.

What you will need.

A person traces a white sock onto a piece of cardboard using a black marker, with their other hand holding the sock in place on a wooden table.

Cut out two semi-circles out of the card board.

A person uses scissors labeled HAND 2 to cut a curved shape from a piece of cardboard, with a wooden surface and a marker visible in the background.

A person points to the heel area of a white sock on a wooden table while holding a brown cardboard oval; a hot glue gun and another cardboard piece are nearby.

Turn the sock inside out. Hot glue the two pieces of card board onto the sock so that the flat sides of the semi-circles are facing each other.

Two white sock puppets are shown facing each other with the text REPEAT WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SOCKS overlaid at the bottom. A blurred brown background and a small Camp Awesome logo appear in the top left corner.

Turn the sock right side out and adjust the pieces of the mouth to the right spot.

Step 2: Decorate and bring your puppet to life!

A hand attaches a black felt circle to a sock craft shaped like a dogs face, with black ears and paper eyes, on a wooden table with scissors, cardboard, and craft supplies nearby.

Appendages and mouths should be formed and stuffed before adding decoration and details.

A homemade sock puppet with floppy black ears, glasses, and a red tongue lies on a wooden table beside scissors, black paper, and crafting materials.

Eyes can either be sewn or glued on.

Step 3: Put on a Puppet Show! (Meet Scooter and Vessie!)

A hand is wearing a homemade puppet with green yarn hair, a yellow pom-pom nose, green button eyes, and a white face. The background shows several hanging objects on a wall.

Vessie, the Loch Vera Monster. He loves getting covered in oatmeal, rope swinging into the lake, and embarking on pirate missions!

A hand wearing a white sock puppet decorated as a dog, with black felt ears, a black nose, and big black-and-white eyes. Colorful circular objects hang blurred in the background.

Sidecar Scooter, the mascot of your favorite Lazy Dog ice cream. He loves Lazy Dog, swimming in Lake Vera, and winning CTF!

A smiling woman with long blonde hair and glasses holds two sock puppets, one resembling a green creature and the other a black-and-white dog, standing in front of a wall decorated with colorful medals and ukuleles.

Meet Maddie, Vessie, and Scooter!

Enjoy our activities?

Meet Vessie and Scooter!

Share with Friends

Join Maddie in making puppet friends of your own!

Follow along with Maddie as she shows you how to create Vessie and Scooter at home!

Step 1: Making The Mouth

Step 2: Decorate and bring your puppet to life!

Step 3: Put on a Puppet Show! (Meet Scooter and Vessie!)

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