Babies love shadow puppets, and it’s a lot of fun to curl up with him in the crook of your arm, turn off the lights, and create a little hand shadow show for him. But since very few guys are adept at making effective hand shadows, we are providing you with a bunch of animal silhouettes that you can download as a pdf file. Just click the download button, print out the images, cut along the lines and you’re good to go.

Move the shapes closer to the flashlight and the projected image appears larger, further away it gets smaller. Name each creature and make appropriate animal sounds. Not only will your baby be mesmerized, but he’ll also be developing visual discrimination, depth perception, and early language skills.