Little yellow bunny Minions are super silly and funny, just like kids! This little finger puppets DIY is the perfect Minion craft to play with. Use them for a Minion birthday party activity, as a Minion project on a rainy day, or tuck some in to their Easter baskets for an adorable gift idea.
Free Minion Craft Printable
I was going through my fabric stash and discovered a small amount of assorted felt squares I had leftover from a Christmas project. Making finger puppets requires very few supplies and it’s a great indoor activity to do with the kids.
We are pretty big Despicable Me fans, especially those ridiculous minions. So what better minion craft than some fun felt finger puppets?
And if you’re looking for addition felt craft ideas you’ll love our no-sew felt ocean ornament patterns and woodland animals ornaments.
Supplies Needed for Minions Finger Puppets
To make 5 youth-sized minion finger puppets you’ll need:
- Puppet body – 6” x 8” scrap of yellow felt (a similar weight fabric can be used as a substitute to felt)
- Facial features and attire – Small scraps of assorted colours of felt: navy, grey, black, white
- Easter-themed accessories – Small scraps of assorted colours of felt : pink, brown, blue, purple
- Googly eyes – assorted sizes
- All purpose white glue or felt glue
- Scissors
- Super Silly Minions Finger Puppet template
How to Make Silly Minion Finger Puppets
Prepare work space for cutting and glueing and print off the free printable minion template.
Begin by cutting your felt scraps using the finger puppet template guide: Y = yellow; N = navy; G = grey; B = black; W = white; P = pink
Glue the facial features and attire to top layer of the finger puppet. Press lightly and let dry.
Glue googley eyes to center of goggles. Press lightly and let dry. Our minion craft is coming together!
Turn over the front of the minion finger puppet. Glue the back (base layer) to the backside of the front layer by spreading a thin, even line of glue along outer edge of base layer. Lightly press the top layer (right side up) onto base layer. Clean away any excess glue and let dry.
Finally, play with you new Minion finger puppets! These cuties have some adorable bunny ears making them perfect for Easter.
Or how about this little guy who was egged on?
Oh, purple minion doesn’t look too happy with egg on his face!
The sky’s the limit with this Minion craft idea!
You can easily adapt this free printable finger puppet template for Mionions paper crafts, birthday party invitations or even Valentines! We may just make a set of these minions felt finger puppets DIY for the kids to give their classmates for Valentines.
Looking for additional ways to keep the kids busy? Explore these great child-approved craft kits for kids or our favorite Weird But True book collection or even 5 more Minion craft ideas.
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Minion Craft: Super Silly Finger Puppets
Materials
- Puppet body 6” x 8” scrap of yellow felt
- Facial features and attire – Small scraps of assorted colours of felt in navy, grey, black, white
- Easter-themed accessories – Small scraps of assorted colours of felt in pink, brown, blue, purple
- Googly eyes assorted sizes
- All purpose white glue or felt glue
- Scissors
- Super Silly Minions Finger Puppet template
Instructions
- Print off the free printable minion template.
- Begin by cutting your felt scraps using the finger puppet template guide: Y = yellow; N = navy; G = grey; B = black; W = white; P = pink
- Glue the facial features and attire to top layer of the finger puppet. Press lightly and let dry.
- Glue googley eyes to center of goggles. Press lightly and let dry.
- Turn over the front of the minion finger puppet. Glue the back (base layer) to the backside of the front layer by spreading a thin, even line of glue along outer edge of base layer.
- Lightly press the top layer (right side up) onto base layer.
- The sky’s the limit with this Minion craft idea!
Creative Saturdays
Saturday 24th of November 2018
I love these! Unfortunately the link to the pdf is broken :-(
Joann @ Woman in Real Life
Monday 6th of February 2017
This is so cute and I love that you can use scraps of leftover felt!