These Papercraft Dinosaur Puppets are so simple to make and promote imaginative play with your kids. Download the free template to make your own dinosaur puppet craft in no time.
Dinosaur Puppet Craft
In our house we love dinosaurs. The other day Tony was watching a dinosaur video and all of a sudden he started acting like a dinosaur. That’s when I got the idea for these cute papercraft dinosaur puppets! And just like my Easy Paper Bag Dog Puppet or Paper Bag Lion Puppet, they were a huge hit!
With the free template, these puppets are so easy to make and they will create hours of fun far after the craft is made.
Get ready for the cutest dinosaur puppet show ever!
Supplies
- Colored paper
- Craft glue
- Pencil
- Popsicle sticks
- Sharpie
- Scissors
Printable Template
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How to make a Dinosaur puppet
- Select different, fun colored papers for the dinosaur paper crafts. We’re using green, orange, purple, brown, and blue craft papers.
- Trace the template patterns on the selected craft papers and cut out the patterns nicely.
- Make sure to trace the spots and scale on different colored papers than the papers selected for the body base patterns of the dinosaurs.
- Attach the spot cutouts on the triceratops and the stegosaurus pattern cutouts.
- Attach the scale patterns on the backside of the T-Rex and the stegosaurus body patterns.
- Attach the horn cutouts on the front side of the triceratops’ head cutout.
- Next, attach the head pattern of the triceratops on the front side of its body base.
- Craft the other dinosaur patterns similarly; simply trace, cut out and paste the patterns to craft a puppet.
- Connect the papercraft dinosaurs on popsicle sticks to complete the craft.
More Dinosaur Ideas…
If your kids love dinosaurs as much as mine then create other fun dinosaur activities for them to do!
Create a fun muddy sensory bin. Grab some fun plastic dinosaurs and let your kids go crazy playing in them.
Help your kids strengthen their fine motor skills with these fun dinosaur lacing cards.
Take your favorite dinosaurs outside and have your kids trace dinosaur shadows. Place a dinosaur between the sun and a piece of paper and then trace the dinosaur onto the paper. Your kids will love doing this activity whenever the sun is shining.
Grab this dino dot to dot book for extra fine motor skills practice or this fun Dino Busy Book for even more fun.
Love Crafts? Try these other fun kid crafts!
Paper Dinosaur Puppet Craft
Instructions
Select different, fun colored papers for the dinosaur paper crafts. We’re using green, orange, purple, brown, blue colored papers.
Trace the template patterns on the selected craft papers and cut out the patterns nicely.
Make sure to trace the spots and scale on different colored papers than the papers selected for the body base patterns of the dinosaurs.
Attach the spot cutouts on the triceratops and the stegosaurus pattern cutouts.
Attach the scale patterns on the backside of the T-Rex and the stegosaurus body patterns.
Attach the horn cutouts on the front side of the triceratops’ head cutout.
Next, attach the head pattern of the triceratops on the front side of its body base.
Craft the other dinosaur patterns similarly; simply trace, cut out and paste the patterns to craft a puppet.
Connect the papercraft dinosaurs on popsicle sticks to complete the craft.
How Do I Print A PDF?
You’ll need a program that supports PDFs. Adobe Acrobat is a great option. Open the program, click file then print. Select your printer and the number of copies you want to print. Be sure you click double-sided if you want it to print on both sides.
Can I Resell These?
You may not resell any printable or template that you find on our website or received in your email. You may use them for class parties, at church, at home, or in the classroom. You may get these printed at an office supply store or copy center at your own expense.
These dinosaur puppets are super cute! Thank you for sharing. These are great for Language development. If you have a book about dinosaurs you could also retell the story from the book!
These would be cute to use while reading dino books and having kids act out the stories.
So fun! I am watching my niece as well as my two girls today and we were just looking for a craft to do!
This is so cute. What a fun idea for kids! Great way to keep the little ones creative and occupied.
Aww how cute are these! Love them all
This is such a cute craft. My daughter would love this as she loves anything with dinosaurs.
These turned out adorable. Fun to play with!