Miss Muffet’s Spider Puppet

What You’ll Need:

• pencil
• scissors
• black paper or poster board
• glue
• hole reinforcers
• string
• tape
• cardboard

How to Make It:

1. To make the head and body, draw and cut out a large and small circle from black paper or poster board.

2. Glue one side of the smaller circle (the head) to the larger circle (the body).

3. To make legs, cut eight thin strips of black paper or poster board.

4. Glue four legs to each side of the body. Let dry. Then turn the figure over and bend each leg to form joints.

5. Stick two loose-leaf notebook paper hole reinforcers onto the head to make eyes.

6. Poke a small hole through the center of the body. Push an inch or two of a long piece of string through the hole. Tape it under the spider.

7. Tape the other end of the string to a strong strip of cardboard. Use the cardboard strip as a handle to make the puppet walk, jump, or dance. If the spider seems off-balance, tape small pieces of poster board or a penny underneath where needed.