Today’s kids craft tutorial is an adorable panda bear eating bamboo! This DIY is super unique to us, so keep scrolling to learn how to make these popsicle stick panda bear puppet come to life with simple art materials & steps!

Hi friends! Welcome to another first-seen-here craft idea on Glued To My Crafts, where we take a basic rectangle shape made from popsicle sticks and turn it into a fun puppet shape. This time we are focusing on the adorable PANDA BEAR and I hope you love our new craft idea as much as we do!

My favorite part of this panda bear inspired kids craft idea is the fact that these craft stick and paper creations are holding a small stick of bamboo in their clothespin “hands.” When I first starting “doodling” out this idea on my IPad, I wanted this craft idea to give the illusion that the panda bear was eating it. Hopefully I did a good job of hitting that thought process straight on! Do you see my vision?

If you do see my vision and are ready to tackle this DIY, you can find all the crafty details below, so you can recreate it with your child today. I highly encourage you to think outside the box while you are recreating yours and maybe change up what your popsicle stick panda bear is “holding” in their paws. You could easily place a small flat candy piece in the center or maybe even a small note for someone to read. So many possibilities on this one! I hope you run with it!

Just one last note – I highly suggest this craft for the older children in your home since a glue gun is involved. Other than that – this tutorial is super easy, just like ALL the tutorials you can find on Glued To My Crafts right now!

Happy crafting, my friends! Please don’t forget to share pictures of your bamboo holding panda bear pieces with us! Find us on Facebook or use our branded hashtag #gluedtomycrafts for us to see!

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Panda Bear Craft Supplies:

* Jumbo Popsicle Sticks {3 per panda bear craft}
* Mini Popsicle Sticks {2 per panda bear craft}
* Mini Clothespins {2 per panda bear craft}
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* White Craft Paint
* Black Craft Paint
* Small Paper Plate
* Foam Paint Brush
* Small Paint Brush
* White Cardstock
* Black Cardstock
* Brown Cardstock
* Green Cardstock
* Basic Paper Scissors
* Black Sharpie Marker
* Small Wiggle Eyes {2 per panda bear craft}
optional – small craft bows, glitter glue, rhinestones etc.

Directions:

* First get the glue gun hot and ready!
* Assemble the base of your panda bear friend by gluing THREE jumbo popsicle sticks and TWO mini popsicle sticks together to look like a fence {3 next to each other and the mini popsicle sticks across}
* Set aside to let it dry completely. Repeat for each panda bear friend you want to make today.
* When dry enough, go ahead and squirt some white & black craft paint on the paper plate.
* Take the foam paint brush and paint your newly made popsicle stick shape completely white.
* Go ahead and also paint your TWO mini clothespins with the black craft paint, as well.
* Set all the painted pieces aside.
* Now grab all your sheets of cardstock paper and craft scissors.
* Cut out a large circular head, ears, mouth, paws etc. for your panda bear.
* Use the sharpie marker to draw on details.
* Go ahead and adhere the wiggle eyes in place as well.
* At this point in time, you should also cut out a long stick from the brown cardstock for the bamboo, as well as some small leaves from the green.
* Now go ahead and glue ALL the paper pieces {but the bamboo piece!} to the painted popsicle stick shape from earlier. The head towards the top and the paw cutouts on the bottom.
* This next step is CRUCIAL. Take your TWO painted mini clothespins and pinch them around the bamboo paper shape, to give the look like it’s hands/arms are holding it.
* To finish off the Popsicle Stick Bamboo Holding Panda Bear craft, hot glue the combined piece you just made, to the center of the painted popsicle stick shape.
* Add any other embellishments you see fit {maybe a small bow or a little bit of glitter!}
* Then let it dry completely before displaying proudly!!!

Panda Bear Jokes To Tell Afterwards:

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