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Car Wash Mitt Monster Puppets

October 24, 2018 By Kari Leave a Comment

You can create these five wash mitt monster puppets for around $35 and only 30 minutes of your time. Let the make-believe begin!

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Car Wash Mitt Monster Puppets

There’s nothing I love more than watching our little guy Wyatt play “pretend”. Seeing that creative side come out only makes me want to nurture it more. He’s really into monsters right now (I usually let what he’s vibing direct what we create). These monster puppets are simply made with car wash mitts, fuzzy socks, googly eyes, and whatever fun accessories you want to add!

Total Cost: $35 for five puppets.

Time Investment: 30 minutes (max).

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Supplies

  • One pack of microfiber chenille car wash mitts. You can get these at The Dollar Store but these ones from Amazon are a bit bigger and offer more colour options.
  • Five Pairs of Fuzzy Socks: $1.25 each at The Dollar Store. They aren’t necessary, but they do give you more arm coverage (and I feel really add to the overall look of the puppet).
  • Plastic shot glasses (for a different type of googly eye).
  • Different-sized googly eyes
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Feathers
  • Toy fingers (I found mine in the Halloween section at Michaels)
  • White felt
  • Black felt

Tools:

  • Pen
  • Scissors
  • Glue gun
  • Plastic drop sheet

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First, lay out your plastic drop sheet. I use these for any crafting we do. One sheet at $1.25 usually lasts about four craft sessions (depending on the craft). We don’t have a playroom or craft room, so I just throw this over our dining room table. Grab all of your materials, plug in your glue gun, and get going!

wash mitt monster puppets-4For one of the monsters, I decided to make a different, more unique type of googly eye with tiny plastic shot glasses I snagged at Party City. Take the bottom of the shot glass to trace and cut out a white felt circle, and then cut out a black felt circle freehand. Use your glue gun to glue both pieces together, and then to the inside of the shot glass. Finally, glue the shot glass to the top of the mitt. (You can also check out the cool thing we used to create the eyes on this Robot Nightstand.)

wash mitt monster puppets-5wash mitt monster puppets-6wash mitt monster puppets-7wash mitt monster puppets-8From there, it’s really up to you how you want to decorate each one of your monsters. I used pipe cleaners, feathers, and toy fingers I found in the Halloween section at Michaels.

wash mitt monster puppets-9wash mitt monster puppets-10wash mitt monster puppets-11Once we were finished decorating, I let the mitts cure for about 15 minutes before we started our puppet show. We’re still thinking up names for each one of our puppets. It’s all part of the fun!

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Don’t forget to pin this to your Halloween Crafts and DIY Toys boards. Follow me on Pinterest here.

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Other Posts You’ll Like:

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xx

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Mom to Wyatt, Moses🐾 + Monroe🐾
Babe on the way! (06/22)
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Favourite features of the Bugaboo Fox Three! (chec Favourite features of the Bugaboo Fox Three! (check my stories for a few places to shop this on sale today).

We love this new and improved all-terrain stroller. We're out for walks a few times a day - with the dogs, school runs, shopping, etc. This one fits the bill for all of it!

- so easy to maneuver. It's seriously the smoothest ride ever. 
- 4-wheel spring suspension and large puncture-proof wheels let you glide over bumps and tight turns without disturbing babe.
- customizable colours 
- the bassinet has a great ventilation system to help babe regulate their natural body temperature.

📍 Save this reel, share with a friend or to your stories to help someone else out & follow @kariskelton for more everything motherhood.

#bugaboousa_partner

@bugaboousa 
 

#stroller #strollerreview #strollers #babymusthaves #newbornmusthaves
#beststroller
the litte things are truly the big things. 😭 F the litte things are truly the big things. 😭

Feeling so grateful today. So much love to you and yours. ❤️🙏

Merry Christmas!
@ryanjespersen 
#siblinglove
Everyone is looking! I cannot believe it! 🤣 @bl Everyone is looking! I cannot believe it! 🤣 @blakeloates working her special magic again. ❄️

Last one is a video of Noah and SC - totally adorable. 🎅

Two weeks until the big day! 🎅❤️
#santapics
#firstsantapic #familychristmasphoto #familypjs
took a second, and a little reassurance from his b took a second, and a little reassurance from his big bro, but it looks like Noah enjoyed his first time meeting Santa. 🎅

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