Trace and cut a circle out of a sheet of paper ... Your first basic paper cone mouse is complete. Help your child add features to their mouse puppet, such as eyes, a nose, a tail, and ears.

Traditional shadow puppets are flat and made ... "You can take an old shoebox and cut out the bottom of it and put just regular office printer paper over it and then prop up your cellphone ...

Henson shows viewers that they can make puppets out of simple items like tennis balls, Styrofoam cups, wooden spoons, potatoes and pears, socks, dishmops, paper envelopes, and pieces of cardboard ...

While the body dries, make your puppet head! Draw your puppet face onto a plain piece of paper and colour it in, then cut it out and stick it onto thin card. Once stuck to card, cut out again.

Five students ranging from ages 6 to 9 started out their puppet-making with a night of building paper-bag puppets. Future projects will include finger puppets, stick puppets and sock puppets ...