Making crafts based on childrens books is a great way to bring books to life for young children.
The best part of this craft is how its almost impossible to make only one monster.
The smash painting process will keep kids enthralled and entertained for hours.
Kids will love making dozens of variations of blobs with different colors and amounts of paint.
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Paint the paper
Add paint to the middle of your paper.
you’re able to make swirls, straight lines, squiggly lines or dots.
Use your fingers to rub the paper from the crease outward to spread the paint out across the paper.
Let the paint sit to dry completely.
If you cant find an adhesive craft stick simply glue your monster face onto a regular jumbo craft stick.
Glue them onto your puppet.
Give your monster puppet extra personality by bending and folding the construction paper pieces to add extra texture.
Then add a cute smile with your black marker.
Have fun reenacting one of your favorite monster books or create your own story.