Bathtime Puppets

If you're like me, you're disappointed in the bath toys that are available because #1 they are so expensive and #2 they end up molding or getting water stuck inside them.



I saw this idea of bathtime puppets in a magazine, and I knew I'd be making these for Laney! They used rubber cleaning gloves and colored sharpies (instead of beads and hair.) However, I only had black sharpies in the house at the time, so I combed the craft closet for items that were waterproof and could work. This was such an off-the-cuff project for us and I didn't plan to do this particular craft this morning, but why not? We'll wing it, I thought. I found this bag of tiny beads I used one time to sew onto a felt donut I made for one of Laney's friends. I hot glued the beads on, as well as a few snippets of Laney's doll's tattered and worn out hair. I haven't tried them in the bath yet, so the beads will more than likely not stay on there forver, but this is a trial run. Laney looooves these puppets like crazy.

Okay, I admit,...the Ariel puppet is a little freaky looking. LOL. But hey, I just used what I had on hand. I will probably pick up some of those cute, little colored sharpies in the near future. They will have a smaller, more fine tip as well for drawing. So far we have a cat, a pig, a penguin, Ariel, and a dog. :)