Spoon Lion Puppet 

Spoons are just the thing for eating cereal! But with this craft you can make a ROARingly cute lion puppet!

Related Books:

There’s a Lion in my Cornflakes written by Michelle Robinson | Illustrated by Jim Field

Lion Lessons by Jon Agee

Spoon Lion Puppet 

Spoons are just the thing for eating cereal! But with this craft you can make a ROARingly cute lion puppet!

Supplies

• Wooden mixing spoon
• Yellow Fleece
• Brown felt
• Colorful Fleece or felt
• Fabric glue
• Light brown marker
• Dark brown marker
• Hot glue gun or super glue

Directions

To make the lion’s face

1. Draw a nose, mouth, and eyes on the front/bowl of the spoon

To make the mane

1. Measure the rim of the spoon from one side of the handle to the other
2. Cut a strip of yellow fleece as long as rim measurement and 4 inches wide
3. Fold the piece of fleece in half long-ways
4. Glue the open edges of the fleece together
5. Along the folded side cut a fringe, leaving the loops intact

To make the ears

1. Cut round ears from the brown felt.

Assembling the lion

1. Glue the ears to the back of the spoon
2. Glue the mane to the back of the spoon

To make the bow

1. Cut a 3-inch x 1 ½-inch piece of colorful fleece or felt
2. Cut a long thin strip of fleece or felt
3. Pinch the bow in the middle and tie with the longer piece of cloth. Trim as necessary
4. Glue the bow to the handle

To make the tail

1. Cut three thin 4-inch-long strips of yellow fleece
2. With fabric glue, glue the tops of the strips together
3. Braid the strips
4. At the bottom, glue the strips together, leaving the ends free
5. Fold the top of the tail and push it into the hole in the handle of the spoon

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