Then open up the paper plate and make a tongue with marker or felt. Have a good time with your puppet. Your page is fun. I am 42 and my puppet idea is this. At the preschool I facilitate we use old stuffed animals for inexpensive puppets.
Some kinds work better than others.
But essentially you figure out where the best place is to insert your hand and open up that part of the stuffed toy. Then remove some of the stuffing. Sometimes I cut a slit where the mouth is and sew or hot glue in felt for a mouth to open and close. Using old stuffed toys gives us alot of different characters. Here is an idea for making puppets.