Hop into some Easter fun this year with this cute paper plate Easter puppet craft. After kids finish making their craft, they will love playing with it and watching the animals hop and jump around the Easter egg filled grassy background of the paper plate. This festive Easter craft is a perfect make and take craft for an Easter party. Kids will also enjoy making this simple Easter Bunny Headband Craft for the Easter holiday this year. Be sure to watch the full craft tutorial video here!
Choose which Big Head Easter Magnet Craft Kit you want to use for your Easter puppet craft. You can choose a bunny, chick or sheep. Open up the kit and lay out the pieces included in the kit. You will not use the magnet included in the kit so save it to use in a different craft project.
Use the instructions and photos included in the Big Head Easter Magnet Craft Kit as a guide to assemble your animal together.
Remove the backing on the front and back of the white adhesive rectangle piece included in the kit and attach it to the top of a large craft stick. Place the assembled animal on the adhesive strip to secure it in place on the large craft stick.
Turn your light blue square paper plate upside down. Poke a hole near the bottom corner of the paper plate with your scissors and cut along the bottom line of the paper plate, making a slit and creating an opening along the bottom of the paper plate for you to insert your puppet.
Cut two rectangle strips from your green construction paper for grass. Cut triangles along the top of each rectangle to create grass blades.
Use a glue stick to glue your grass on your paper plate. Glue the first rectangle of grass right above the slit you cut in your paper plate. Then glue the second rectangle of grass at the bottom of the paper plate so it covers the slit in the paper plate.
Decorate the grass at the bottom of your light blue paper plate with Easter time self-adhesive shapes. The self-adhesive shapes pack has a variation of Easter themed signs you can include on your grass like "EGG HUNT" or "BUNNY TRAIL". The pack also includes small and colorful Easter egg shapes to decorate your grass with.
Place the end of your large craft stick inside the opening you created at the bottom of your light blue paper plate.
Now it's time for play! Hold onto the paper plate with one hand and then use your other hand to move around the Easter animal below the paper plate. Watch as the animal hops and jumps around the Easter egg filled grassy background as you move the large craft stick around.