Dachshund cut-and-make puppet

We created these vibrant cut and make puppets for a workshop with kids- who loved them, naturally- and decided to share the joy more widely. Now other parents and children can experience that particular magic of turning flat card into something three-dimensional and decidedly charming. They're printed onto A4 FSC card using vegetable inks, which feels like the right way to do things. The instructions are straightforward enough that a six-year-old and their parent can work through them together, which is really the whole point. 

Holes come pre-pierced (we learned that lesson the hard way), and the colorful brads are included, though we pack them separately to keep everything organized. Once assembled, these dachshunds make surprisingly good bedroom decor- the kind of thing kids actually want to display rather than abandon in a craft corner. It's an activity designed for ages six and up, best tackled as a parent-and-child project, which means you get to sit together for a while and make something real.