One of my favorite details for our panda puppet was using the heart hole punch for his panda paws! Your kids will go crazy for this sweet panda puppet or you could call him a raccoon puppet. Ella and Annie found using circle punches made creating the panda much easier!
For each puppet you will need to cut out a face, mouth and body from the construction paper. All measurements are approximate; face 4 3/4″ x 3 1/4″, mouth 4 3/4″ x 1 3/4″ and the body 8″ x 4 3/4″.
Cover the body and mouth in black construction paper and the face in white. Cut a small oval from white paper for the stomach.
Cut two 2 1/2″ black circles and two 1″ white circles to make the ears. Glue the white circle to the center of each blak circle. Put glue on the bottom half of the circle and glue to the back of the head.
Cut two ovals from black paper to make the hands. We used a heart hole punch for the white paws on the panda’s hands. Glue the hands to the back of the puppet. Fold in half a red 2 1/2″ circle and glue to the inside of the mouth.
Take one black 2 1/2″ circle and cut it in half. Glue to the face side by side. Glue googly eyes on top of the black half circles to make the eyes. Add a 1″ black circle for the nose.
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