Neviot Puppets – The 7 Prophetesses Craft for Kids
These Neviot Puppets include the 7 Prophetesses of the bible from a Jewish perspective to color and craft! When you’re done, check out these Ushpizin puppets too! This post contains affiliate links.
When someone reached out to me about featuring more Jewish female role models in my Jewish puppet sets, I figured that the 7 Neviot (prophetesses) of Judaism are the perfect way to go!
I illustrated these 7 Neviot puppets based on the stories surrounding them, but of course, they are in no way accurate depictions. They are simply as true to Jewish tradition as I can get them.
I explain more about the puppets and how to assemble them below, but meanwhile, if you want to get them, you can do so in my shop, on Etsy, or TpT.
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Girls thrive from seeing female role models, and boys will benefit from learning about our great mothers and the heights to which our women can reach. Each of these women is a true Jewish hero, each one teaching us valuable lessons about what a strong role a woman can play in our nation.
About these puppets
The puppets were hand-illustrated digitally (that is, with a stylus but without any generation or anything along those lines) on my Surface Pro using Adobe Fresco. They were colorized the same way and then turned into puppets for you to enjoy.
2 versions: Color-in and full-color
I love “color & craft” projects – they offer the same easy entertainment of a coloring page, with lots of input from the kids, and an educational factor. But they also give kids an end product to play with! For that reason, I offer a line-art only version, which is perfect for classroom or at-home activities.
And sometimes, you just want a quick finished product to cut and assemble as a classroom tool, toy, or visual. For that reason, I offer a full color version too! And while the puppet itself is a bit smaller than you might want for a bulletin board or classroom decor, you can scale up the PNG images a little to get a larger size.
The Prophetesses (the 7 Neviot)
Included in the puppets are the following prophetesses. Please note, this is just a short synopsis (included as a PDF file in your download). If you want a fuller rundown of the 7 Neviot, their stories, and what they’re famous for, check out this series of articles from Chabad.
- Sarah – Our matriarch – with the candles that stayed lit, the cloud that rested over her tent, and the Challah that stayed fresh from Shabbat to Shabbat.
- Miriam – With a tambourine as she played out of gratitude
- Devorah (Deborah) – Twisting wicks while judging by the palm tree.
- Chanah (Hannah) – She set the tone for what our prayer should look like as she prayed for a child.
- Avigail (Abigail) – Saving her husband as she delivers food to King David
- Huldah – She prophesized the message behind a Torah found while renovating the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple).
- Esther – The famous queen of the Purim story, who rescued her people from tragedy.
Each one is illustrated with care, but is, of course, derived from my imagination because we don’t know much about their physical appearances (other than Sarah being beautiful and Esther having olive skin).
Get them here
The Neviot Puppets are available for a few bucks in my shop, on Etsy, or TpT. Purchasing premium products from me enables me to keep doing what I do, to give more focus to my Jewish blog, creating authentically Jewish resources for homes, educators, and parents.
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How to assemble your Neviot Puppets
You’ll need
- The puppets, printed on cardstock
- Craft sticks
- Glue or glue lines. I like to prep these in advance with glue lines for kids, with the backing still intact, so that they can just peel it off and stick it on without glue.
- If using the color-in version, crayons, markers, etc. I highly recommend having Crayola’s “Colors of the World” lines available for people-coloring projects.
- Kid-friendly scissors.
Process
1. Print your puppets on cardstock.
2. Color them in.
3. Cut them out on the solid outer line. Devorah also has some inner “holes” to cut, also bolded.
4. Glue or tape a stick to the back/bottom.
5. That’s it! Your 7 Neviot puppets are ready to play with and learn from!
In case you missed it, you can get the 7 Neviot puppets here!
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