Pizza-Box Puppet

What You’ll Need:

• damp cloth
• pizza box
• gift wrap
• construction paper
• glue
• pen or pencil
• scissors
• string
• buttons
• dowels or sticks

How to Make It:

1. Clean a (not too greasy!) pizza box with a damp cloth. Cover the top and sides with gift wrap.

2. Make eyes, a nose, a mouth, a beard, and legs from construction paper. Glue them on.

3. With a pen or pencil, poke four holes in the bottom of the box, one in each corner. Poke one hole in the top of the box, behind the creature’s nose.

4. Cut five 2-foot-long pieces of string. Tie a button on one end of each.

5. Slip four of the strings through the holes in the bottom so that the buttons are inside the box. Bring the string ends around to the top of the box, and tie them to a 12-inch-long dowel or stick so that the puppet hangs evenly.

6. Slip the fifth string through the hole in the top so that the button is inside the box. Tie the string end to another dowel or stick.
   
   
7. To make your puppet pal “talk,” hold one dowel in one hand and move the other dowel with your other hand.