Wooden Spoon Christmas Toy Soldier Puppet – Kids Craft

Hi friends! It’s that time of the month again! The Kids Craft Stars and I are joining forces to bring you our LAST monthly craft challenge post for the year!!! {throw some confetti because it’s been an exciting year!!!}

Every month this past year, we had a challenge between us bloggers to in-cooperate a different craft medium or theme into a simple kid craft tutorial. This month’s challenge was to use “spoons” in our kid friendly craft idea! With Christmas here, I was inspired to make some toy soldiers out of mine!

So without further ado – today I present to you my Craft Spoon Toy Soldiers Kid Craft tutorial that is not only super simple and really inexpensive BUT it’s a clever way to incorporate some pretend puppet play this winter break!

If you would like to make this adorable kid craft with your child today, check out the full tutorial below. Plus there are also links to the other bloggers participating in this challenge, so be sure to click around!

Happy crafting my friends! Don’t forget to share pictures of your Christmas toy soldiers made from craft spoons on our Facebook page! #gluedtomycrafts

PAIR YOUR TOY SOLDIER PUPPETS WITH —> Popsicle Stick Santa – Kid Craft

Christmas Toy Soldier Puppet Supplies:

* Wooden Craft Spoons – one per Christmas soldier puppet {affiliate link on Amazon}
* Craft Paint
* Colored Cardstock Paper
* Kid Friendly Craft Scissors
* Small Craft Rhinestones
* School Glue
* Mini Wiggle Eyes
* White Cotton Balls
optional materials – glitter, sequins, buttons etc.

Directions:

* First have children paint the “body” {the long part} of their wooden craft spoon whatever they like. This will be the clothing of the toy soldier.
* Set aside to let it dry completely.
* Repeat for each piece you want to make.
* Now grab your cardstock.
* Cut out some tall, beautiful hats to place on the head of the soldiers.
* Set aside.
* To finish off the Wooden Spoon Toy Soldiers – have children add embellishments to the spoon to give it life. Wiggle eyes, white beards and hair & of course – festive embellishments on their hats and body.
* Once done, set aside to let it dry completely before displaying/playing with proudly!!!
* Don’t forget to share pictures with us, of your finished nutcracker inspired pieces! #gluedtomycrafts

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Wooden Spoon Christmas Toy Soldier Puppet - Kid Craft

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Wooden Spoon Toy Soldier - super simple and really inexpensive. It's also a clever way to incorporate some puppet play this break!

Supplies:

Wooden Craft Spoons - one per Christmas soldier puppet
Craft Paint
Colored Cardstock Paper
Kid Friendly Craft Scissors
Small Craft Rhinestones
School Glue
Mini Wiggle Eyes
White Cotton Balls
optional materials - glitter, sequins, buttons etc.

Instructions:

First have children paint the "body" {the long part} of their wooden craft spoon whatever they like. This will be the clothing of the toy soldier.
Set aside to let it dry completely.
Repeat for each piece you want to make.
Now grab your cardstock.
Cut out some tall, beautiful hats to place on the head of the soldiers.
Set aside.
To finish off the Wooden Spoon Toy Soldiers - have children add embellishments to the spoon to give it life. Wiggle eyes, white beards and hair & of course - festive embellishments on their hats and body.
Once done, set aside to let it dry completely before displaying/playing with proudly!!!
Don't forget to share pictures with us, of your finished nutcracker inspired pieces! #gluedtomycrafts

Be sure to check out the fun blog posts below, to see what the other bloggers in the challenge came up with for our Wooden Spoon Toy Soldiers Kid Craft Challenge! You can also follow us on Instagram with the #KidsCraftStars and see what we are crafting up daily!

Plastic Spoon New Year Crowns | Pink Stripey Socks

Baby Mouse Spoon Craft | Artsy Momma

Plastic Spoon Penguin Craft | I Heart Crafty Things

Wooden Spoon Eskimo Puppets | Artsy Craftsy Mom

Wooden Spoon Christmas Friends – Reindeer, Santa and Snowman | Glued To My Crafts