Celebrate Groundhog Day with a felt hiding groundhog puppet.
A few pieces of felt, a 5 oz cup, wiggly eyes, thread (for whiskers), large Popsicle stick and glue is all you need.
I made groundhog finger puppets for my crafting partners. To give the ears dimension, I folded the sides of the ears to the center and place them between the two body pieces and machine sewed around the edge.
Add some facial details and you have a groundhog finger puppet. To use the finger puppet for the hiding groundhog just place it over a large popsicle stick.
My crafting partners also made their own groundhog puppets. To make it simple for them they glued their groundhog pieces directly to the popsicle stick.
Then they added the face.
Cut a hole in the bottom of the cup for the popsickle stick to fit through.
Next they glued felt to the outside of the plastic cup.
Then they cut slits in the felt around the top edge.
Fit the groundhog through the hole. Now you see him.
Now you don't.
Happy Groundhog Day!
Just when you think you have thought of the most clever craft ever, you then find others have thought of it also. I have seen similar groundhog puppets around the web. If you have a similar craft or fun idea to celebrate Groundhog Day please leave a link in the comments so everyone can check it out!
Can you believe this is a groundhog shaped meatloaf? It was made by Sommer, a Skip to my Lou reader.
Sommer said she was surprised at how easy and fun it is to shape meatloaf. She says if you bake your normal meatloaf on a foil covered cookie sheet, you can pretty much shape it into whatever you want. The eyes are olives and the whites of his eyes and teeth are mashed potatoes. Her family calls it the Ground-Groundhog Meatloaf. I think she should be a food sculptor. Sommer has some skills!
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Those puppets are cute! What a clever idea! I’m not sure I could make a groundhog (or any animal) shaped meatloaf though! Okay, maybe a cow shaped meatloaf because that would just be funny.
What an adorable groundhog! I’m going to share that with my son’s school.
This is SO adorable! Thanks for sharing – and for reminding me it’s Groundhog Day! (Also many thanks for changing your RSS feed settings – I can now see your whole posts on my Google Reader! Yay!!)
This project is too cute…and that meatloaf is hilarious! Thanks for sharing…
I just love those cute little puppets! What a great idea and easy for small hands to do.
I was going to have my boys make one out of paper, but now I might have to go & get some felt! So cute!
I come here everyday to enjoy the cuteness but I am with Andrea that Groundhog meatloaf gave me the willies! Meatloaf a la “What Happened to Baby Jane!
Too cute! Change it up a little bit and these would also make great rabbits for spring/Easter.. Love your blog! I come here everyday for homeschool craft ideas..
This is a neat idea! I just may have to do this with my son when he gets home from school. Thanks for sharing!
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SO cute! Yours is the first I’ve seen:). I love it! Maybe I’ll try it with my kids after school! Thanks!
What a great idea! I will have to do this with my son after school! I love your blog!
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It’s not often you see crafts for Groundhogs Day- I love it!
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Oh i love this, I’m totally making this with my boys.
Sooo cute! Thanks for sharing this!
That’s adorable! My brother’s birthday is Feb 2. I wonder if he’d like one of these…..LOL! He’s 47. Thanks for sharing. I’d love it if you joined my link party at childmade.com. I’ve linked some of your ideas already but just can’t keep up with them all.
Cute idea! And thanks so much for putting the whole post in your reader feed (if I have my terminology correct)!
I am in love with the puppets!!!! I need to borrow someone’s kids so I can have an excuse to make some
and the meatloaf feature is too cool for words. Thanks for the inspiration:)
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This is the cutest groundhog I’ve ever seen!! What an absolutley darling idea! I think we might try it out of paper this year…but the felt is SO cute!
THis is so cute!! Is it groundhogs day already?!
Oh, my, so fun! Your crafting partners are amazing and so talented! That is the cutest groundhog puppet I have ever seen! Great idea!
As soon as the first picture popped up on my screen I had to laugh…this is such a cute project…love the chomper teeth. Thanks for sharing…come say hi sometime!
I loved the meatloaf…found it very funny! Especially the little x’s that are formed from pitting the olives
Too funny! Reminds me of the cartoons as a kid…you knew they had died based on the x’s…and the tongue sticking out but this ‘hog died grinning!
Happy G Day!
Honey
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What a cute project! I can’t wait to make one with my Stinkerbell!
And…that meatloaf has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen!!! The only odd part would be chopping him up to eat…that would creep me out a little!
LOL love it!!! How fun
How adorable! I love it!
Adorable. I love puppets and my son would love to make these. We could do so many different animals. Thanks for the idea.
Made the puppet this morning and posted link on my blog. So cute!!
Thanks for the great idea! I made a couple of these tonight to surprise our tots with in the morning – they’re both sick with colds but maybe it will perk them up.
I loved this! My daughter made this yesterday. So cute!
What a great craft. I’m making a note of it to do for next year. It is really adorable. Thank you!
Love those finger puppets!
MMM…meat loaf!
I love the finger puppets. I will have to make some for next year. For groundhogs day we made some Groundhog snacks using a banana. I blogged about it yesterday.
I was just told about your blog and love it. I’ll be back!
BRILLIANT! I love it! I can’t wait to make one!
Awesome!!!
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What a great, smart, funny, cute idea those puppets are! You are so clever. Love these, will have to remember them for next year, when Jessie’s in Kinder!
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Gracias, es justo lo que estaba buscando… tiene una pinta estupenda… a mi hija le gustará mucho.
Thanks, it´s just what I was looking for, it´s so cute… My daugther will enjoy so muchh
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I’m STILL laughing about this – in a good way! SO cute!! We’re definitely doing this next year. I linked on my weekly roundup, the post is under my name. Thanks for sharing!
I linked to this post on my blog
http://muffinsnmore.blogspot.com/2010/04/look-who-is-peeping.html
Thanks for the great inspiration!
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