Instant glove puppet!

Turn any pair of gloves into an adorable glove puppet in minutes!

Here's a simple trick that is guaranteed to instantly impress toddlers up to and beyond the age of thirty.

All you need is a pair of gloves. Don't worry, you won't be sewing them, gluing them or in any other way damaging them at all. Once you've finished playing with your puppet, you'll have your gloves back again unharmed.

NB: Digital googly eyes have been added for comic effect. Your gloves might not actually contain these.

Step 1 Choosing the right pair of gloves

OK, so not all gloves are entirely suitable for this project. You're looking for a material with a bit of thickness to it but also plenty of flexibility. Metal gauntlets, for example are a no-no. Latex gloves are also not ideal.

Fingers are also pretty useful for this project, both on your hands and on your gloves. If you use fingerless gloves, you can still make this puppet, but it will have fleshy arms with fingernails where its hands should be. Mmm, creepy. I cannot take responsibility for any emotional harm incurred by anyone who attempts to make this puppet using mittens.

Patterned gloves are fine, possibly even desirable. We're lucky enough to live in a society in which stripy and tartan puppets are accepted as equals, even if they don't necessarily enjoy the same legal status as other puppets. Gloves with tags, studs and other piercings can make for slightly punkier puppets.

Different gloves will yield puppets with different personalities. Experiment!

Comments

[Wasagi]

They're positively adorable!!

[SHIFT!]

You should call them "Gluppets"!

[angelabchua]

Next time I bring Peanut into the office, we need to play this video, she loved it! I loved it! It's brilliant!

[lpobiak]

What a fun idea! Will definitely be doing this with the boyfriend tonight! Thanks for sharing :-)

[wilgubeast]

Finally! A summertime use for all that cold weather gear. The video is absolutely wonderful. Particularly at 1:20.