I was trying to think of a great gift to give my great niece who is 2 and her parents were needing ideas to keep her busy at church and restaurants. These adorable crochet finger puppet patterns were ...

CLEVELAND — While cleaning out the guest room closet, I stumbled on my plastic bin of craft supplies. Having a kindergartener, I’ve amassed a strange collection of barely used feathers, pom poms, ...

Our art teacher, Ms. Elisabeth Anziano, came to our third-grade class with the idea to make sock puppets and donate them to kids less fortunate than us. We were all eager to help out. Ms. Anziano ...

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Brant Bollman operates a cat puppet from inside during a "puppet stroll." Brant Bollman doesn’t just make puppets — he brings larger-than-life creatures to small-town Iowa. Bollman, who serves as the ...

In the small, curious world of humanoid art, there is a technical difference between a doll and a puppet. A doll is crafted for still images. A puppet can perform. This is the world Katy Strutz lives ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...