Free Printable Monster Puppets
These adorable, free printable, monster puppets, and fun monster counting song, are perfect for singing along with your child, or use them for storytelling or imaginative play!
These funny little monsters make a great Halloween activity, and they are a fun way for kids to explore the idea of monsters in a non-threatening, playful way, which can help them overcome any fears too.
Puppets are great fun for singing, story telling and more, find lots more free printable puppets here.
When my youngest child was a toddler he developed a sudden and intense fear of monsters. We didn’t know where this sudden and intense fear had come from, and nothing we did seemed to make it any better. Reassuring him that monsters were not real had no effect, and all the books we found about children overcoming their fear of monsters were too old for him, so I decided to make some monsters puppets so he could work through his fears through play.
These five bright, colourful, silly, friendly looking monster puppets were a huge hit with my toddlers, as were the funny monster counting songs we sang together.
We let my toddler play with the monster puppets for a long time. He’d often pick them up and give them voices, or even build houses from them out of blocks. And while these cute little puppets were not a magic cure to his fear of monsters (time and maturity helped a lot!) being able to ‘play out’ his fears in a safe way for him really helped.
Get the full set of monster puppets including the monster puppets, a large bed prop, and 3 different monster song/poem posters, all in colour and black and white. Plus a matching set of monster number cards, and a bonus roll and cover monster to encourage more number exploration and learning.
Find the full Monster Puppets and Counting Song Set in our Shop, on sale for just $2
Make Your Own Monster Puppets
These fun monster puppets and the silly monster counting songs are now a hit will all the preschoolers I know, and they are so easy to make!
All you need to make this monster puppet craft is the printable template (download below), some craft sticks and some tape.
Print the monster puppets onto some cardstock and cut out each one. Or you could use regular printer paper and laminate the puppets after you have cut them out. Tape a craft stick to the back of each monster and you are ready to sing some monster songs, use them for story telling, or for imaginative play!
I enlisted the help of the big kids. Big brother drew a fun backdrop for the puppet play, and the big sisters came up with a story that showed the monsters being funny and doing normal every day, not scary, things. The big kids put on a silly ‘monster puppet show’ for their little brother.
Sing a Monster Counting Song.
These little monster puppets are perfect for singing along and acting out a fun counting song!
If you know the song ‘Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed’ you’ll recognise this fun monster song!
Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed.
Five little monsters jumping on my bed.
One fell off and bumped his head!
I called to Mama and Mama said,
“No more monsters jumping on the bed!”
Four little monsters jumping on my bed…
Three little monsters jumping on my bed…
Two little monsters jumping on my bed…
One little monster jumping on my bed.
He fell off and bumped his head!
I called to Mama and Mama said,
“That’s what you get for jumping on the bed!”
We also love this cute little monster poem.
Five Little Monsters
This little monster has a big red nose
This little monster has bright green toes.
This little monster plays all night.
This little monster is such a fright.
And this little monster says
“Tee-hee-hee”
“I’m not scary, I’m just silly me.”
Free Printable Monster Puppet Templates
If you have your own monster fears, or perhaps you are celebrating Halloween, or maybe you just want to play with these cute monsters and sing some fun songs – you can make your own monster puppets with our free printable template.
There are five fun and friendly monsters in this free printable monster puppet set, plus a colourful song words poster to go with them.
This printable is an A4 sized pdf file, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open it. It will fit to print on US ‘letter sized’ paper, just be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options to allow for printer margins.
Click here to download the monster puppets and song words poster
Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.
More Monster Activities and Ideas for Kids
Get the full set of monster puppets which includes the monster puppets in colour and black and white so you can colour them in!
The set also includes 3 different monster song/poem posters, all in colour and black and white, a matching set of monster number cards, and a bonus roll and cover monster to encourage more number exploration and learning!
Find the full Monster Puppets and Counting Song Set in our Shop, on sale for just $2
And if you are looking for even more fun monster activities, try one of these fun ideas:
Have fun with these free printable monster playdough mats!
Try these super fun, free printable monster drawing prompts.
Try this easy, no-bake Monster rice krispie treats recipe.
These are so cool. Can’t wait to get printing and a playing :)
Those are freaking adorable! I am so impressed and cannot wait to get some more ink for my printer so I can print them. Wow! Sharing now!!
Love these! You are so awesomely creative! I love these!!! xo
Love it……they are sooooo adorable!! There is some serious fun to be had with these! Thanks Kate for sharing! :)
These are great! My son will love them, pinned!
Your little monsters are darling! Thanks for sharing them. My kids will love these. Perfect for this time of year!
These are great! I really hope that they keep working for your son. We’ve been quite fortunate so far with no big fears, except our middle son was scared of the washing machine when he was little! All resolved by getting him to help me do the washing! Thanks for sharing your printables.
These are such adorable monsters. Miss Possum can’t wait to print theses out!
These are terrific! Thanks for the headsup about the PDF I wouldn’t have known and wouldn’t have been able to print. My daughter happened to see them straight away – very eye catching to a preschooler and ‘demanded’ some straight away! I’ll be sharing…
Tgese are awsomre, we are having some nightmares so have made a dream monster to scare away bad dreams! these ,atch perfectly thanks
These are fantastic! I also have a little boy who scares easily (hates anything in a costume that obstructs view of the head/face, so you can imagine what a challenge Halloween is for us). I haven’t been able to find any friendly monsters – till now. Thanks so much for sharing these!
So cute!
Thanks so much for posting these. These are way awesome! I love the Monsters jumping on the bed idea. So many ideas are running through my head of how to use these. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you so much, these monsters are brilliant!
These are adorable! I can’t wait to print them out! Thanks for the printable!
Thank you so much, these monsters are brilliant!
Thank you so much for posting these for print/download. These little guys are too cute! I’m so happy your son was able to conquer his monster fear, it sounds like he has a lot of fun with them now!
I LOVE these! I am 67 and a multimedia artisit, and I plan to string these up in my studio! They make me smile with delight! thank you!
I just love these monsters! And your site. I’m a children’s librarian, thank you for the great tot time ideas
These monsters are adorable! Thanks for sharing!