Homemade Three Little Pigs Finger Puppet Set

"C" has been learning all about

fairy tales and classic children's stories 

at preschool. 

The three favorites have been:

The Story of the 3 Little Pigs,

The 3 Little Kittens,

and Little Red Riding Hood. 

She came home a few weeks ago

reciting (in her little sweet voice),

"Not by the hairs of my chinny, chin, chin!"

and,

"I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in!"

 So....

mama decided we needed to 

make some finger puppets 

to act out 

the story of the three little pigs. 

(and no... I don't usually have a bunch of little chairs

and step stools in my art studio -- I'm painting 

them for our Preschool's Silent Auction!) 

We used 

empty toilet paper tubes,

glue, 

felt, 

and sharpies. 

Make sure you have a cat

who needs attention

to walk all over your project

while you're working!

We trimmed pink felt to fit

on three of the tubes,

and one piece of this gray/brown

felt to fit on the fourth tube.

Because I still don't have 

a working glue gun, 

we spread glue on the felt

and held it in place 

with clothespins to dry. 

I drew three little pig heads

with sharpie on stiff felt,

and a little wolf and a bushy tail

on a piece of stiff gray felt.

Same technique, 

more glue and clothespins. 

If you have a glue gun

this will go a lot faster!

Then, we built three little houses

with blocks, lincoln logs, and legos

and acted out our own story

of the three little pigs. 

We may have to make some more

permanent homes for our

little piggy friends

with empty tissue boxes!

I could see these being used

in the story corner of a preschool classroom

or at home.

"C" wants to make a 

Little Red Riding Hood set next.

Fondly,

pink and green mama