Frozen Glove Puppet Theatre

I finally had the chance to watch Frozen (I know...its about time, right?!?!), and LOVED it! Disney has absolutely done it again! Idina Menzel and Jonathan Groff (two of my Broadway faves) did not disappoint, and who knew Kristen Bell had such an amazing voice (is there anything that girl can't do)? As always, the minor characters stole my heart! Sven was adorable and there are no words to describe my newfound love for everything Olaf! My 20-month-old was a huge fan too and has made mama proud with her attempts to sing "Wetty Go!!!" All in all, my new favorite movie! It seemed obvious to me that my next craft project had to be themed around this wonderful film, so I immediately got to work to make a miniature puppet theatre using a glove, iron-on transfers, and five of Frozen's finest cast members, courtesy of Sweeps4Bloggers! I have included instructions AND a printable of the characters for you to make your very own!

Materials:

-Frozen characters printable

-felt

-iron

-fabric scissors

-glove

-hot glue gun/glue sticks

-rough Velcro

Instructions:

1. Print characters onto iron-on transfer paper (any kind is fine, just be sure to follow the directions precisely!)

2. Cut out characters

3. Transfer characters to felt

4. Cut out felt characters (Note: After cutting the characters out like I did in the picture below, I decided to cut them again more precisely, but you get the idea!)

5. Hot glue rough-sided Velcro to the backs of each felt character (no soft Velcro needed, as the rough Velcro will stick to the mitten on its own)

6. Place felt characters onto the glove in any order you'd prefer!

The sky is the limit as far as how this glove can be used! I would love to hear how you used yours! On that note, I do believe its time to watch Frozen again...

Despicable Me Minion Popcorn Bucket

In celebration of Despicable Me 2, in theatres NOW, and the return of the MINIONS (who...in my humble opinion, are some of the best characters ever created), I've created a bucket resembling these adorable creatures to use for movie theatre popcorn, snacks, or simply to shovel sand on the beach. Whatever your mischievous little heart desires...

Materials:

-yellow, sand pail (I found mine at Michael's for a little over $1...Whoop!)

-felt (white, black, gray, red, and brown)-one sheet of each color is plenty and scraps will suffice for the red

 and brown parts if you've got 'em!)

-low-temp glue gun and glue sticks

Template:
(be sure to expand picture to 8.5"x11" size for correct sizing)

How-To:

1. Use templates above to cut out felt shapes in colors designated.

2. Determine which side of the pail you wish for the face of the minion to be and glue the white circle

    (eyeball) in the center of the side chosen. Be sure to glue only the middle of the circle, as you'll need to

    place the goggle straps under each side of it.

3. Glue one of the goggle straps behind the eye on one side and around to the middle of the opposing side of

    the pail. Do the same on the opposite side so that the straps connect in the middle. Cut off excess if the
    straps overlap.

4. Place the gray felt (goggle) on top of the white circle and glue down entirely

5. Glue the brown circle in the middle of the white circle.

6. Glue the black circle in the middle of the brown circle.

7. Glue the red tongue to the bottom of the black mouth.

8. Glue the teeth along the top of the black mouth.

9. Glue the entire mouth to the bottom of the bucket.