Sponge Bob and Sponge Bobette Puppets

I'm kind of proud of myself for coming up with this one--our little spongy friends turned out pretty cute and we had a lot of fun putting them together. Meet Sponge Bob and his girlfriend, Sponge Bobette.

Each puppet uses two kitchen sponges--the ones that are about four or five inches long--plus some big googly eyes, yarn and felt for decoration, a stick for a handle and two pipe cleaners for attaching limbs.

We rounded the head on the first sponge with a pair of scissors, then we cut the second sponge in half crosswise (at about the two-thirds point, not quite in equal halves) and then used the smaller piece for some arms and the longer piece to make some legs.

Here's the only part that needs some supervision: using a bamboo skewer or something else pointy poke a hole in each of the limbs then a hole in the body where the limb should attach. Thread half a pipe cleaner through the hole in the body and the hole in the limb, twisting it off in the back to secure it. Repeat for each of the remaining three limbs. (If you don't have pipe cleaners you could try yarn but it might be hard to thread).

Glue the stick in place, decorate your new friend and you've got a jointed puppet that can do a happy, spongy dance. Pretty cute huh?

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