Printable Library

Welcome to our Printables Library! You do not need a password to download patterns. Just hover with your cursor over the image that you would like to download and an arrow will appear. If the images don’t show up immediately you may want to give it some time to load. Please contact me if you have any problems or feedback, I would love to know why you are visiting this page!

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19th Century People (Mix and Match)

Templates of men, women, and children in 19th century attire with individual heads, upper, and lower bodies and attributes. These templates are suitable to act out stories from the Underground Railroad and other historical events, as well as some 19th century folk and fairy tales.

Animals

This section contains templates of animals to be used in any of the  categories below it. They will be downloaded as JPEG rather than PDF files so that the size may be adjusted in Google Drawings (see this  instructional video–but use an animal pattern instead of a pattern for a human).

  • Town Musicians of Bremen (coming up)

Bible Stories Printables

Here you will find templates of men, women, and children in biblical clothing with heads, upper and lower bodies and attributes. These puppets can be used for stories from both the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the New Testament.

Black History Printables

In this section you will find printables of famous African Americans, including puppets that may be used to act out stories from the Underground Railroad (see also “19th Century People (Mix and Match)..

Folk and Fairy Tales Printables

Few stories are more popular with children and families than folk and fairy tales! More will be added over time.

Greek Myth Printables

Greek Mythology is a fun and popular subject in many classrooms and homes. Click on the icon above each image to view and download the PDF file.

Music and Composers Printables

On this site you will find printables for musicians, composers, and compositions, including the symphonic fairy tale Peter and the Wolf. Puppets will be added over time.

Puppet Templates to Use with Profile Silhouettes

Here you will find templates of puppets with just shapes for the head, which you need to replace by a profile silhouette. The downloads will be in JPEG rather than PDF format, so that they can be copied and pasted into Google Drawings. You can then copy and paste a silhouet and match it in size with the generic head on the pattern. You will find instructions how to make a silhouettes of somebody’s face from a photo in the following blog posts:

Transportation

Here you will find 18th and 19th century vehicles and horses to transport puppets, which may be used to act out stories from the Underground Railroad.