These Papercraft Alien Craft Stick Puppets are made easy with a free papercraft template to help you make this kids craft.

Kids are sure to love making and playing with this set of alien and ufo stick puppets.

Use the included printable template to make this kids craft super easy to make.

I love pairing these puppets with story time. Check out some of these kids books featuring aliens that could be a fun add-on to this craft.

Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Even Aliens Need Snacks by Matthew McElligott
The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers
Your Alien by Tammi Sauer
The Night the Stars Went Out by Suz Hughes

Older kids (Grades 1-3) will really love The Alien Next Door series.

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Alien Craft Stick Puppets

List of Supplies:

Coloured craft papers
Popsicle sticks
Sharpie
Craft glue
Pencil
Scissors
Printable Alien Templates

Instructions:

Select colored craft papers for the UFO and alien papercraft puppets.

Trace the alien patterns on the paper selected for the alien puppet.

Trace the UFO patterns on different colored craft papers but make sure to trace the sparkle pattern on white paper.

Cut out the traced patterns using scissors.

Stick the alien head cutout on the top side of the alien body cutout.

Stick the thin border cutout along the bottom side of the glass cutout (the half circular piece).

Stick the thin cutout along the top side of the UFO bottom base cutout.

Stick the antennas and the eyes of the alien paper craft. Stick the stand cutouts on the bottom side of the UFO base pattern, the round sides of the stands should be facing outwards.

Stick the sparkle shape cutout near the top side of the glass pattern.

Stick the glass pattern along the top side of the UFO base pattern.

Stick the small round cutouts along the base pattern of the papercraft UFO.

Use a black sharpie to draw the mouth of the alien papercraft.

You can trace outlines of the papercraft UFO as well.

Stick the papercraft alien and UFO on popsicle sticks to complete the crafts.

3 Puppets

Alien Craft Stick Puppets

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Difficulty: easy

Materials

1. Colored craft papers
2. Popsicle sticks
3. Sharpie
4. Craft glue
5. Pencil
6. Scissors

Instructions

Cut out the traced patterns using scissors.

Stick the alien head cutout on the top side of the alien body cutout.

Stick the thin border cutout along the bottom side of the glass cutout (the half circular piece).

Stick the thin cutout along the top side of the UFO bottom base cutout.

Stick the antennas and the eyes of the alien paper craft.

Stick the stand cutouts on the bottom side of the UFO base pattern, the round sides of the stands should be facing outwards.

Stick the sparkle shape cutout near the top side of the glass pattern.

Stick the glass pattern along the top side of the UFO base pattern.

Stick the small round cutouts along the base pattern of the papercraft UFO.

Use a black sharpie to draw the mouth of the alien papercraft.

You can trace outlines of the papercraft UFO as well.

Stick the papercraft alien and UFO on popsicle sticks to complete the crafts.

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Elizabeth Lampman

Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!