Tiger Craft Stick Puppets are Easy to Make

This is an easy craft for kids to make at martial arts parties, sports parties, or special Friday night events for martial arts school owners.  There are lots of variations to do with this craft.  We opted to decorate the popsickle stick like a tiger print and make a tiger pop sickle puppet.  You can paste the tiger onto a paper bag to make a paper bag puppet too. 

Materials:

• Pop sickle craft stick
• Orange paint
• Black permanent marker
• tiger karate popsickle puppet craft template
• scissors
• glue
• a printer

Instructions:

1. Print out the tiger karate popsickle puppet craft template.
2. Paint the craft stick orange and let dry.  You might need two coats.
3. Use the black marker to create tiger stripes. Or you can cut out the smaller, rectangular tiger and paste onto the craft stick. If using the template, you can write the child’s name on the stick.
4. Cut out the tiger.
5. Color the picture with crayons, markers or paints if desired.
6. Glue the tiger onto the craft stick and use as a puppet.

History says that the Five Animal Forms started in the country named India where a monk named Tamo, traveled from India to China walking the entire way. When he took this long walk, Tamo took notice of five different animal forms. When watching these different animal groups he began to imitate the way that they moved and developed a Martial Arts that we now call the Five Animals.

Want to learn more about the Five Animal Styles?
Kraftykid’s Fun FactsFive Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts Facts
Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts Facts

Here are the five animals coloring pages. These make a great craft activity for martial arts parties.

* Dragon
* Friendly Dragon (for toddlers)
* Crane
* Tiger
* Snake
* Friendly Snake (for toddlers)
* Leopard

Supplies:

* Tiger coloring page template
* Printer
* Paper

Instructions:

1. Print the Tiger coloring page template.
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Permission granted to reproduce this for classroom and personal use only.

Snake Coloring Page – This coloring page titled “Snake Oil” will help your children to understand about the Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts.

Supplies:

• Snake Coloring Page Template
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions:

1. Print Snake Coloring Page Template.
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Permission granted to reproduce this for classroom and personal use only.

Leopard Coloring Page Template – This coloring page titled “Spot On” will help your children to understand about the Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts.

Supplies:

• Leopard Coloring Page Template
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions:

1. Print the Leopard Coloring Page Template.
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Crane Coloring Page Craft – This Crane coloring page will help your children to understand about the Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts.  Simply print and color.

Supplies:

• Crane Coloring Book Template
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions:

1. Print the Kraftykid Crane Coloring Book Template.
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Permission granted to reproduce this for classroom and personal use only.

Friendly Little Dragon Coloring Page – This coloring page titled “Little Dragon ” works great with toddlers since he’s as friendly looking as Puff the Magic Dragon.  Older kids can use our dragon breath free template for a more realistic dragon.  These dragon coloring pages are crafts designed to help your children learn the Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts.

Supplies

• Toddler Dragon Coloring Page template
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions:

1. Print the Toddler Dragon Coloring Page template.
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Permission granted to reproduce this for classroom and personal use only.

Dragon Breath Coloring Page – This coloring page titled “Dragon Breath” will help your children to understand about the Five Famous Animal Forms in Martial Arts.

Supplies:

• Dragon Breath Coloring Page
• Printer
• Paper

Instructions:

1. Dragon Breath Coloring Page
2. Color.

©2007 Fun craft of the month clubs at www.KraftyKid.com.

Permission granted to reproduce this for classroom and personal use only.

Here a fun and easy martial arts craft to make from toilet paper rolls.  Kids will love to make them and put them on their desk to hold pencils, markers, and other supplies.  Perfect craft to make for martial arts parties.

Materials:

• toilet paper roll or purchase a package of cardboard rollers
• Kraftykid Kung Fu Template
• scissors
• glue
• paper
• a printer
• felt
• rubberband

Instructions:

1. Print out the Kraftykid Kung Fu Template.
2. Cut out the kung fu tiger and cut on the dotted line to make a rectangular piece of black paper.
3. Cut the kung fu tiger in two pieces just above the black karate belt. Now the tiger will be in two pieces.
4. Stand the toilet paper roller on the felt.
5. Cut a circle about 1/4 inch bigger all around the bottom of the toilet paper holder.
6. Put the felt circle on the bottom of the toilet paper roll and then put the rubber band around it to hold it into place.
7. Glue the large rectangular piece of paper and cover the roll.
8. Glue the bottom half of the tiger towards the bottom of the roll.
9. Glue the top half of the tiger on the top of the roll with his head extending from the roll (about 1 – 2 inches).
10. Add pencils, markers, and crayons and you’ve just made yourself a cool martial arts pencil holder craft.

This is an easy craft for kids to make at martial arts parties, sports parties, or special Friday night events for martial arts school owners. There are lots of variations to do with this craft. Kids can bring their own pictures and make mini-forms of themselves or you can print out our karate monkey and kung fu tiger animal templates.

Materials:

• toilet paper roll or purchase a package of cardboard rollers
• Kraftykid karate monkey template
• scissors
• glue
• paper
• a printer
• ribbon for belt (optional)

Instructions:

1. Print out the Kraftykid karate monkey template.
2. Cut out the karate monkey and cut on the dotted line to make a rectangular piece of white paper.
3. Glue the large rectangular piece of paper and cover the roll.
4. Cut the karate monkey in two pieces just above the black karate belt.  Now the monkey will be in two pieces.



5. Glue the bottom half of the monkey towards the bottom of the roll with his legs doing a side kick.
6. Glue the top half of the monkey on the top of the roll with his head extending from the roll for about 1 – 2 inches.
7. Tie the ribbon around the middle (on the space between the top and bottom portions of your karate monkey).
8. Make sure to ask how to tie a proper karate belt.  It’s a good thing to learn and know how to do!