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Go Wild Puppet theatre

Cool crafts

Make a
puppet theatre

Dive in and create your own colourful ocean scene with paper sea creatures

You will need

  • Empty cereal box (about A4 size) 
  • Scissors (ask an adult to help with cutting)
  • Glue
  • Paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Sticky tape
  • Lolly sticks

Puppet theatre kit

Click ‘download’ for your animals and scenery

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 1

Step one

Ask an adult to cut out the front of your cereal box, leaving a small border around the edge. 

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 2

Step two

Cut two long slits along one long edge of the box, leaving a gap in the middle and about 2cm at each end. This will be the base of your ‘stage’, and the slits are for your puppets to slide in.

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 3

Step three

If you don't have the Spring 2026 issue of Go Wild magazine, you can download the pictures above. Print and cut out the sea creatures and backgrounds. You can even draw your own! 

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 4

Step four

Paint the outside of your box blue. Glue the large underwater background scene to the inside-back of your theatre.

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 5

Step five

Use tape to attach the middle bit of scenery to the sides of your theatre, between the two slits you cut earlier. Then glue the smaller piece of scenery to the front of your theatre.

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 6

Step six

Glue each of your sea creatures to a lolly stick and poke them through the slits.  

Go Wild puppet theatre - Step 7

Step seven

Lights, camera, ocean! You’re now ready to put on a fin-tastic show under the sea!