Do you have a crafty kid that loves cheer-leading and/or football season? Then you are in the right spot with us today! Nurture your child’s creative spirit with this fun Popsicle Stick Cheerleader Puppet idea!

With just a few inexpensive crafts supplies, you’ll be giving your child the tools they need to spark this creative imaginative play piece!

Popsicle Stick Cheerleader Puppet – Tailgating Kid Craft Idea

Touchdown! You have landed on an EPIC game themed post today! Now who is ready for some FOOTBALL?!

With the new school year off to a great start, this typically means we dive right into the football season right after. Whether you support the high school, college teams or even the big league, this post is for YOU and your child!

Recently I was brainstorming new ideas for Glued To My Crafts {at my favorite store Dollar Tree} when I came across some football print cupcake liners. Since we LOVE crafting with these paper gems, in the cart they went and the rest is history! I’m shaking my pom poms because I’m super excited to share with you all this “first seen here idea” today!

So if you are preparing for the upcoming football season or you just love our idea THAT MUCH, you can find all the crafty details below. I found these particular football print cupcake liners at my local Dollar Tree store but I’ve also seen the same brand at Walmart. For your convenience I’ve even linked to Amazon below, in case you can’t find them on your own {but feel free to substitute the cupcake liner for another choice of paper medium!}

Now without further ado – let’s get to kick-off and eventually to what will be your best craft game this week! Keep scrolling for the how-to below!

Happy crafting, my dear friends! Please don’t forget to share pictures on our Facebook page wall, of your craft stick cheerleader puppets! I want to see what team you are supporting with your color choices! And like I said, I’m really excited for this tutorial and I’m pretty sure I’m the first to come up with this idea. So let’s make it go viral so more people can recreate it and cheer in happiness with us! #gluedtomycrafts

PAIR YOUR TAILGATING CHEERLEADER PUPPETS WITH —> Painted Paper Cup Football – Fall Kid Craft Tutorial

Popsicle Stick Cheerleader Craft Supplies:

* Jumbo Popsicle Sticks – one per cheerleader
* Gold Pipe Cleaners
* Football Print Cupcake Liners
* School Glue
* Sharpie Markers {or craft paint & paint brushes}
* Colored Cardstock
* Bow Punch {affiliate link – similar}
optional – rhinestones, glitter, glitter glue

Directions:

* First have children flatten/fold their football cupcake liner in half and glue it to the center of their popsicle stick. This is the cheerleader’s skirt.
* Once the cupcake liner is down, grab your various Sharpie markers and draw on a face, hair and of course – her shoes onto the popsicle stick.
* Cut out some long hair from your colored cardstock. Glue it to the back of the decorated popsicle stick.
* Follow that up by gluing on a “hairbow” paper punch out to finish the glamorous look.
* To finish, have children wrap/bend a single pipe cleaner a few times around the center of the popsicle sticks to resemble arms.
* At this point children can also add other embellishments {like scrapbook stickers, glitter, rhinestones} that they see fit to really make it their own.
* Then display/play with your popsicle stick cheerleader puppets proudly!
* Tag us on your social media sites or use our brand hashtag #gluedtomycrafts for us to see your creations!

At Glued To My Crafts we LOVE being the first to come up with creative ideas! I bet you haven’t seen anything like Invitation To Play – Wood Pig Pen Kid Craft Popsicle Stick Pool Float Friends – Kid Craft and Popsicle Stick Food Truck – Kid Craft posts!

Come be our biggest cheerleaders! You can find us on Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook. We love hearing from our fans so come join in on the conversation! These social media sites are also a great place to share pictures of your finished popsicle stick cheerleaders – hint hint!