Puppet play is always fun for a toddler, but here are two ways to specifically involve an older sibling in the action!

For the first game of the day, we made a proper puppet theater. Decorate the outside of a large box, big enough that an older sibling can crawl inside. After the kids were done coloring with markers, I cut a large “window” in one side.

Veronika wanted to be the first one inside with our set of puppets! She loved that it was like a little house.

It was fun to trot the puppets along the ‘roof’!

It only got better once I hot-glued fabric along either side of the window as curtains. Now she could peak through with delight.

Then it was big brother Travis’s turn to crawl in and put a puppet on his hand… for a real show! Veronika delighted in seeing the puppets perform.

Plus she loved peeking inside the box to see what Travis was up to!

For a simpler version, you can nix the big box and just play puppet pop-up at the highchair. Because kids can’t see over the rim of their highchair tray, it’s the perfect spot for a game like this.

Simply have a big sibling (or grown-up) hold a puppet just below the tray.

Then pop up for a performance. Hello!

This one is sure to elicit giggles every time.