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Recycle paper cups to make a super cute family of duck puppets! Your kids will have a blast making the mother duck and ducklings and afterwards they can play with them. Let’s get started!
Note: This project is for children 3+. Take care with the scissors and craft knife!
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What You Need
Mother Duck and Duckling
- 2 paper cups (medium)
- 2 paper cups (small) or better 8 for 4 little ones!
- Paper: orange, yellow and white (medium, 120g/m2)
- Acrylic paint: white and yellow
- Yarn or baking twine
- Sticker white (medium) and black(small)
Tools
- 2 Brushes
- Black marker
- Scissors, optional: craft knife for the beak-cut
- Reamer/punch
- Hole punch
- 2 Bottle caps (palettes)
Getting Prepared
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Mother Duck
Paint one cup completely white on the outside. Second only 3/4. I used pure acrylic paint without water. Let them dry.
Duckling
Paint one cup completely yellow on the outside. Second only 1/2. Let them dry.
How To Make The Mother Duck
Step 1
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Cut a piece for the beak 3 1/2x 1 1/2in (8.5x4cm) fold both ways in half and cut a half circle at both ends. For the feet (orange) and wings (white) cut each two pieces 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in (3.5×6.5cm). Half circle to one side, 3 triangle cuts to the other side. Punch a hole in each of them.
Step 2
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First cup
2 holes over the edge. Punch 2 holes on either side 1/3 from the rim.
Second cup
Cut a piece from the second cup (1/3). Punch 2 holes over the edge
Step 3
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duck-puppets-4-twine.jpg)
Take an arm’s length from the yarn. Thread the 2 feed to the middle. Now start at the bottom and the first holes with one end. Take the second cup: Inside, outside, over the top. Do the same with the second one. Test it.
Step 4
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Close and open the two cups and make a knot.
Step 5
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Cut a long cross for the beak, longer than high in the middle of the cup. Put the beak in and form it as you wish.
Step 6
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Add the eyes-sticker and draw around with the marker.
Your Mother Duck is ready—now let’s make the ducklings!
How To Make The Ducklings
Note: Same as mother duck with the exception of cutting half the cup and making smaller beak and feet (and of course in yellow.)
Step 1
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duckling-puppets-2-cut.jpg)
Cut a piece for the beak 2 x 1 in (5x3cm) fold both ways in half and cut a half circle at both ends. For the feet (orange) and wings (yellow) cut each two pieces 2 x 1 in (5×3 cm). Half circle to one side, 3 triangle cuts to the other side. Punch a hole in each of them.
Step 3
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duckling-puppets-3-punch.jpg)
First cup
2 holes over the edge. Punch 2 holes on either side 1/3 from the rim.
Second cup
Cut a piece from the second cup (1/2). Punch 2 holes over the edge.
Step 4
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duckling-puppets-4-twine.jpg)
Take an arm’s length from the yarn. Thread the 2 feed to the middle. Now start at the bottom and the first holes with one end. Take the second cup: Inside, outside, over the top. Do the same with the second one. Test it.Close and open the two cups and make a knot.
Step 5
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duckling-puppets-5-beak-eyes.jpg)
Add the eyes-sticker. Cut a long cross for the beak, longer than high in the middle of the cup. Put the beak in and form it as you wish.
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2_duckling-puppets-6-ready.jpg)
Your duckling is ready!
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You can add a sweet surprise inside. The duckling is hiding some chewing gums…
![DIY Paper Cup Duck Family Puppets](https://www.handmadecharlotte.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3_duck-puppets-5.jpg)
Now let’s go to the pond with them. Quack…