With the Sesame Street celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary, I’ve crafted this fun hand puppet into my favorite Sesame Street Monster: Grover. He’s just so silly and crazy, and isn’t afraid to be himself. He’s a waiter by day and “Super Grover” by night! And one of my favorite children’s books is The Monster at the End of This Book starring the lovable furry old Grover!
Supplies for Monster Hand Puppet:
- bright blue felt or fleece (these are good fabrics to use as the edges don’t fray)
- pink pom pom
- 2 googley eyes
- red felt or fleece
- glue – hot glue is what I used, but you could use a craft glue or even use a sewing machine
- scissors
- white pencil or black marker
With your white pencil, trace out the shape of your puppet. I just drew mine by hand, but here’s a pattern I found that’s similar you can print and copy: Hand Puppet Pattern. I folded my blue fleece in half when I cut it out, so both halves look the same. Then I placed the first cut piece on top of the second piece and cut it out.
Glue your two pieces of blue cut fabric together, leaving the bottom open for the hand to slip through. I used hot glue, but you could use a craft glue, you would just need to give it time to dry. Or you could even get out the needle and thread and sew Grover up.
Once the body is glued together and dry, you need to glue on Grover’s face. I used 2 googley eyes, a large pink pom pom nose, and a piece of red scrap felt for his mouth.
He’s ready for a hand to hold him up and wave him around. We’re shouting, “Super Grover” in his whiny up and down voice! Maybe I need to make him a little red cape and a helmet too! (This puppet could easily be crafted in Elmo too, red fabric with an orange pom pom nose!)
Happy Anniversary Sesame Street! We love you, Grover!
Written by Marie LeBaron
Marie LeBaron is the founder and managing editor of Make and Takes. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen counter is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to run, read, and blog! Read other posts by Marie
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Oh my gosh, I have to try to make these. Even though I can’t sew for the life of me, I must make this. Grover is my son’s 2nd favorite Sesame Street character (just behind Elmo), and I think it’s because of how often I read him The Monster at the End of This Book. (BTW, have you seen the sequel to that book which has Elmo in it? Nowhere near as good as the original!) Thank you for sharing! Stopping by from SITS this morning to envy your crafty skills!
Very cute and a good way to recycle all of those fleece blankets, shirts and what nots.
Congrats on being featured on SITS.
EEEK! I love Grover! He is my all time favorite Muppet! This is so cute! So glad I stopped by from SITS this morning!!
Thanks for sharing!
best kids book ever! we are making this!
So simple and cute!
Visiting from SITS! This is a very cute project.
Who doesn’t love Grover?!!!
Happy SITS day! This is definitely my “speed” – thanks for sharing!
What a cute and simple idea. It would work perfect with Elmo, too.
The Monster at the End of this Book…one of the best ever!!! I love that book. We had it as kids…my son ahd it…and I bought it for my nephew, too! Grover! ?
That question mark was supposed to be a heart. I keep forgetting it doesn’t work on some comment forms! :)
What a wonderful idea! It looks so easy! And it would be super fun for moms like me, who have a toddler at home! Came from SITS and glad I did!
Sooo much good stuff! Congrats!
Came from SITS, and I just may use some of these ideas at some point too!
How cute it that. I need a quick Halloween craft! Thanks, great site.
Definitely making Grover (and Elmo like another posted suggested) for the twins. They will love them!
So cute and easy! Thank you for not making me sew ;-D
hi, how clever and cute is that? congrats on your sits feature today. looks like fun on you blog. enjoyed my visit. thanks, keri
I LOVE that book – we just checked it out from the library last week and my son laughed, and laughed and laughed. Some things just never get old :> Adorable craft!
Love it – you can make all the sesame street characters that way!
My mom has made a bunch of animals with that same outline… just add different ears, tails, trunks, noses. Never thought of sesame though!
Just popping in from SITS – love your site – have a great day!!! I’ll be back!
My little guy got super excited just by seeing the pictures! I am sure he will love it when I actually make one! Thanks for sharing!
Very cute. Too bad I don’t have kids at home any longer! Maybe when grandchildren come along.
What a great idea!!! I must try and make this :0) Dropping by from SITStas
Grover is so very cool. Our fave Grover book is Grover’s Very Bad Awful Day!
Thanks for the tutorial!
Welcome SITS girls! Thanks for stopping by.
DARLING, just darling!
So cute! Don’t you just love felt? I love working with it, so easy and cheap :)
Aww, he is so cute! Grover was always my favorite. Thanks so much for this, I’ll be linking.
WOW! I could do that! No, really, I could!
The kid (4) has been so into puppets lately. What awesome timing! Thanks for sharing that one!
OMG this is too cute! I’ve always loved Grover. Love the muppets in general to this day!
Happy SITS Day! ; )
Those are great! I would never think it would be so easy.
This is absolutely great. I babysit kids and i’m sure they would love to make one of these puppets.
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Love it! My kids LOOOVE Semame Street… and they would LOOOOVE this puppet. Thanks!
Too much fun! So cute. Happy SITS day! Have a good weekend…
pk @ Room Remix
I love the big, bright photos. Great Grover!
Oh. My. Adorable. C will want me to make that ASAP
Monster at the End of this Book makes me giggle every time. I still have my Golden Books copy in C’s room.
We love “The Monster at the End of this Book” as well. Who can resist lovable, furry ol’ Grover? What a clever idea. Thanks for sharing.
Very cute idea! Thanks!
When I was in high school, my mom and I made a Grover school mascot costume (Super Grover! for Grover Cleveland High School). We weren’t the Grovers, but I was on student council and I thought it was funny, so I just went ahead and did it. A few years later, my brother went on to be the Super Grover. :)
Also, my sons love the Grover waiter skits… they have a bunch of them on Hulu.com. Here are some of them… Sesame Street is classic for a reason!! http://www.hulu.com/search?query=grover+waiter&st=1
Happy SITS day!! This look so easy to make!!
Happy Halloween!
Love this Grover puppet. I am all about the no-sewing craft projects!!
This is too cute, I am not good at sewing but definitely want to try this one out soon. Oh dear Lord help me sew just a little bit good
ADORABLE!
Total cuteness!! I think my niece would love one of these.
My daughter LOVES Grover – I’m going to have to make this! Thanks for the tutorial!
I’m going to have to try this for my son who loves Grover and Elmo. I think I’ll try to make an Elmo too.
This is perfect!! I’m having a Grover-themed b-day party for my Grover-loving 2 yr. old’s b-day party. He will love it! I might have to scale it down for mittens to go w/ his Grover knitted hat I bought off of etsy!!
I have to say that this is the first day that I have been on your site but when I saw this I sent it to my daughter she made Sesame Street and Pooh bear/tigger etc hand puppets exactly like this a couple of weeks ago for Christmas for my nephew.. I will have to have her take pictures and share with you so that you can share with your readers!
this is my favorite site . and now i think this new site is very special because aboute the puppets
awesome