Five Little Pumpkins Preschool Finger Puppets

Five Little Pumpkin finger puppets are very easy to make. It only takes six materials and five steps to make them. Your preschool child can use them to act out the Five Little Pumpkins finger play by removing one pumpkin from his/her fingers with each verse.  When the five little pumpkins roll out of sight, s/he can roll hands like tumbling pumkins.

Materials You Will Need

Orange felt
A Jack-o-lantern stamp with just the outline and the features
Black inkpad
Scissors
Fabric glue
Black sharp-tipped felt pen

How to Make it

Step 1:
Lay out the felt.  Using the stamp and ink, stamp five Jack-o-lanterns with some room in between for cutting. The stamp will make a Jack-o-lantern face on the felt.

Step 2: Cut out the Jack-o-lantern faces about a quarter inch away outside of the black edge. 

Step 3:
Use the felt cutouts to trace the backs of the pumpkins. Do not stamp them. Cut them out.

Step 4:
Glue the front to the back with the face showing, leaving a space big enough for your preschooler’s finger to go into each one at the bottom.

Helpful Tip for Parents

Most children’s scissors will not cut fabric. If your preschooler is not ready for small adult scissors, you may need to do the cutting for him/her. Small hands need a easy-to-handle tools built with the right size and shape.