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Easy Paintbrush Puppets Craft to make
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Paintbrush Puppets Craft

Materials you will need:
Old paintbrush
Googly eyes
Pipe-cleaners

How to make Paintbrush Puppets Craft:

1. First step is to stick on your eyes. We just used PVA glue. Add a small dab to the back of the eyes, and then press on to the metal part of the paintbrush just below the hair. We're using a skinny paintbrush, but you can have a bit more fun decorating if you use a big fat one.
2. To give your paintbrush puppet some arms grab a pipe-cleaner and centre your paintbrush in the middle. Wrap the pipe-cleaner around a few times, to help fix it in place, and then shape the arms.
3. Technically your paintbrush puppets are finished. The great thing about these guys is that they're completely customisable. Short on time? Keep them simple. Don't have googly eyes? Use buttons instead. You can use things like scraps of fabric, old buttons, and other pipe cleaners to help give each paintbrush puppet their own personality.
4. Once you've finally finished you just need to plan your puppet show. Because most paintbrushes have a nice long handle they make perfect puppets.