Granted, this puppet theater is nowhere near as impressive as these puppet theaters for kids but they are a lot cheaper when you make them yourself.

Ready?

The puppets for your theater will be finger puppets. These are the easiest to make. My inventive 6 year old boy ignored my intended design and made his own instead.

My 6 year old kid thought up this one all by himself. He used colored paper, wrapped loosely around a finger and taped closed. He made them loose enough so he could put on or take off the puppets as he wished. Then he would draw a face on the tip of the puppet. His elder brother liked that design and helped him make a variety of such finger puppets with different colors and different expressions.

The puppets I had originally taught them to make required a lot more work though. The steps are as follows

1. Decide what characters this puppet show is

Once you have enough puppets, you can make the theater.

Drape the table cloth over the table, so that the front and sides are completely covered, but the back of the table is fully exposed.

That covered table is the puppet theater.

The children can hide behind the theater, put on the finger puppets on their fingers, lift their hands over their heads to perform the puppet show.

Be attentive when your kids perform their puppet show for you.
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