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Grinch Craft Paper Puppet Tutorial

A fun paper craft for kids or adults to create a Grinch puppet or figure for other craft uses.
Prep Time3 minutes
Active Time19 minutes
Total Time6 hours
Yield: 1
Cost: $2-4

Equipment

  • 1 Pair of Scissors
  • 1 Pencil
  • 1 black marker you can also use a black gel pen for finer lines
  • 1 red marker you can also use a red gel pen for finer lines

Materials

  • Cardstock Paper in green, red, white and yellow
  • Grinch puppet pattern Download your free printable pattern from the link in the post.
  • craft glue

Instructions

  • Print out the PDF template. Use the photos to determine the color of each template piece. Cut out all the paper pieces.
  • Glue the white hat fur and pom-pom to the tip of the hat. Glue the white fur collar and fur sleeve edges to the red coat. Glue the white fur to the top side of the red shoes.
  • Attach the green hands to the end of each coat sleeve. Attach the completed coat and hat to the Grinch body. 
  • Glue the shoes to the fee of the body.
  • Glue the eyes to the face part of the head pattern of the Grinch. Draw the eyeballs on the yellow eyes. Use the black marker to outline the yellow eyes. Then attach the darker green eyebrows.
  • Add eyeballs to the eyes with the red marker and draw the Grinch’s face using the black marker. Draw the mouth and details using the images as a guide.
  • Attach to a popsicle stick, paper bag or use in other craft projects.