Calming Puppet

There are a number of ways children can learn to be “the Boss” of their feelings and to self regulate and place a child in a calm state.

Here’s how:

You will need:

> Calico or any plain material the size of a face cloth

> Strands of wool

> Lavender essential oil (4 drops)

> Glitter paint and any non toxic paint for children

> Elastic band

> Sheet of foil

> Googly or sticker eyes

> Sticker to decorate puppet body or hair

> PVA Glue

Method:

Decorate the body of the puppet with paint. Once dried scrunch up

the foil into a ball.

Place inside the body and secure with an elastic band. Place PVA glue onto the head and glue the wool for hair.

Dab a little PVA glue on the face to glue the eyes or if you have sticker eyes place them on the face. Decorate body or hair with any stickers of your choosing.

To finish puppet, dribble some essential oil onto the body of the puppet.