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Materials Needed

Rectangular flat box (Pretzels or similar-sized box) Craft foam or construction paper Craft sticks Scissors Glue stick Felt tip pens or crayons White acrylic paint Poster paint Paint brushes Palette

Safety Guidelines

• Always let your child use child-safe scissors.
• Watch out for this sign . It means you need an adult's help for the particular step.

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Steps

	1.	Obtain a pretzel box or similar-sized box to make the house.
	2.	Prime the exterior of the box with white acrylic paint. The primer serves to cover the printed glossy surface of the box.
	3.	Once the primer is dry, paint the box with poster paint. Use whatever color you'd like the house to be.
	4.	Set the painted box aside to dry.
	5.	To make a family of stick puppets and a home for them, draw and cut the following shapes on craft foam or construction paper: 2 big triangles (roof) 1 small triangle (mom's body) 2 medium rectangles (doors) 1 small rectangle (dad's body) 4 squares (windows) 1 oval (baby's body) 3 small circles (heads) Hair for mom, dad and baby
	6.	Draw faces on each of the 3 circles.
	7.	Glue the corresponding hair on the head of mom, dad, and baby.
	8.	Glue each of the small triangle, small rectangle, and oval separately on a craft stick. These will be the puppets' bodies.
	9.	Glue the head on each of the craft sticks: mom (triangle), dad (rectangle), and baby (oval).
	10.	Draw designs on each person's clothes such as a necktie for dad, flower prints on mom's dress and round buttons on baby's clothes.
	11.	Once the painted box is dry, glue on the remaining shapes to complete the house. Remember we are decorating both panels of the box. Each panel should have a roof (big triangle), two windows (squares), and a door (medium rectangle).
	12.	You may draw a door knob on each door.
	13.	You've just made a family of puppets. Once you finish playing with them, keep them inside the box house.

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