Monster Leaf Puppets

Get outside with the kids this Autumn and collect some interesting leaves to turn into Monster leaf puppets. Making and playing with puppets is always popular with young children.  Today we are sharing our monster leaf puppets which we made after reading 'Go Away Big Green Monster' by Ed Emberley.  This is a perfect book related craft for toddlers and preschoolers.

We love making puppets. Take a look at our superhero puppets, goldilocks and the three bear puppets and our bird puppet. 

Making leaf puppets is fun to do year after year. Take a look at our collection of leaf men, leaf animals and leaf monsters that we made last year after reading the book 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert.

Todays craft was based on the story 'Go Away Big Green Monster' by Ed Emberley. 

Related: Monster Crafts for Kids

Monster Leaf Puppets

Monster Puppet Supplies:

• 'Go Away Big Green Monster' by Ed Emberley (UK link/ US link) 
• Leaves
• Chalk pens (UK link / US link) 
• Laminating pouches (UK link/ US link)
• Laminator (UK link/ US link) 
• Googly eyes (UK link/ US link)
• Feathers (UK link/ US link)
• Sequins (UK link/ US link)
• Craft sticks (UK link/ US link)

Leaf Monster Puppet Craft

After reading the story we went on an Autumn walk to collect some leaves that we thought would make good monsters. We brought our collection of leaves inside and started to decorate them. 

We used chalk pens to add some colour to the leaves and then we put them through a laminator. 

We cut the laminated leaves out, taped a craft stick to the back of each leaf and added details to turn the leaves into monsters.  We used lots of googly eyes, feathers and sequins to create our monsters. 

We left our monster leaf puppets to dry and then used them to do some puppet shows for each other. 

We had fun describing our monsters and telling them to go away like in the story. 

'Go Away Big Green Monster' by Ed Emberley is this weeks book for the virtual book club. We had lots of fun with this book. Check out the other monster activities shared below.

More monster crafts and activities: (click on the links below)

Shape Monster Craft

Playdough Monsters

Monster Biscuits 

Puffy Paint Monster Craft

Finger Painted Monsters

Monster Krispie Cakes

Have fun making your monster leaf puppets and trying out some of these other fun monster craft and activities based on the book 'Go Away Big Green Monster'.