Crocodile Puppet
(two egg cartons)
You will need:
- two egg cartons for each child
- one sheet of green tissue
paper per child to cover the lid of one of their cartons
- children’s craft scissors
- masking tape in pieces on
wax paper ready to use
- crayons or water-based markers
What to do:
- pre-cut the end two ‘cups’
out of each pair of cartons
- leave lids intact
- tape cartons shut at the
sides so the lids wont pop off when the children place their hands inside
down the length of the cartons
- save one of the pairs of
end cups to be used for the croc’s eyes (the children may later separate
them or leave them intact)
- tell children that they
are going to make a crocodile puppet
- encourage them to experiment
with the egg cartons (put a hand inside each end where the cups are
missing)
- place one carton on top
of the other so that the cups or ‘teeth’ are touching together
- get children to clap hands
up and down on top of each other imitating the snapping jaws of a crocodile
- when they have the idea,
let them decorate the ‘croc’
- first, glue the green tissue
paper onto the top carton (this makes the croc’s snout)
- colour the centre of the
eyes and tape them onto the top
- the croc is now ready to
use!
- label work
- clean up