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What do you need to make a homemade puppet?
How to Make Print the pictures of animals on paper and stick the paper on a large piece of cardboard. Cut out the animals with scissors and place them one on a side. Now, pick an animal and glue it onto a straw or a stick. Repeat with all the animals. Your stick puppets are ready to go.
What materials do you need to make a finger puppet?
Supplies needed: Felt sheet. Sharpie or markers. Scissors. Small googly eyes. Embroidery thread. Regular glue or fabric glue. Sewing needle. Glue Gun.
How do you make a dragon sock puppet?
At the Party: Place your hand inside the sock to form a blank sock puppet. Add wiggly eyes or buttons with glue (or use the sticker wiggly eyes with no glue). Add two black nostrils for the nose. Decorate the back of the dragon puppet with the felt shapes. Add a dragon tongue to the inside of the mouth.
How do you make cardboard finger puppets?
Directions: Cut box so you have a flat piece of cardboard. On the cardboard draw your desired puppet character. Cut out drawing and cut some finger holes. Color in or decorate the cardboard finger puppets. Pop your fingers through the holes and your fingers are now the characters legs.
How do you make a sock puppet mouth?
Create the mouth Use the downloadable cardboard templates to trace and cut out the cardboard mouth. Fold the cardboard mouth in half. Apply glue to the edges of the cardboard. Open the “mouth” of the sock. Carefully glue the sock to the cardboard. Use the felt template to trace and cut out the felt mouth.
How do you make hand puppets at home?
3 Method 3 of 3: Making a Finger Puppet Draw a template for the puppet’s shape. Cut out the template. Pin the template to a piece of felt. Cut out the hand puppet shape from the felt. Accessorize the body of the hand puppet. Give the hand puppet a face. Sew the front and back pieces of the hand puppet together.
How do you make easy paper puppets?
Steps Fold a piece of construction paper into 3rds lengthwise. Glue the top flap down to hold the folds in place. Rotate the rectangle so it’s vertical. Fold the rectangle in half, bringing the 2 short edges together. Fold each flap down so the edges line up with the center fold. Glue the 2 outside folds down.
What is Paperpie puppet?
Paper bag puppets are perfect for pretend play. Kids can play by themselves, with a friend or sibling or even with a group of friends. They can host their very own puppet show and all you need to start with is a simple paper bag.
How do you make a family puppet?
STEPS 1Paint the box. Find a small flat box to make into a mini house. 2Cut out various shapes. The box house and the stick puppet characters will be made up of basic shapes. 3Draw faces. 4Glue the hair. 5Glue each body onto a craft stick. 6Glue the heads. 7Decorate the puppets. 8Glue shapes onto the box house.
Which finger is which?
It is located between the first and third digits, between the thumb and the middle finger. Index finger Left human hand with index finger extended Details Artery Radial artery of index finger, proper palmar digital arteries, dorsal digital arteries.
How do you make a marionette puppet out of cardboard?
Steps Lay the cardboard or poster board on a flat surface. Decorate the sketched puppet with markers, crayons or paint, and cut out the pieces. Assemble the puppet face-up on a flat surface. Lay down two chopsticks or pencils to form a cross. Thread a needle with fishing line.
What is the first step in making stick puppet?
First do a rough cut, and then glue the puppet to a piece of cardboard. After the glue dries, finish cutting the puppet. The octopus puppet has two parts. Cut out both parts and glue the second set of four legs to the body as shown on the pattern sheet.
What is stick puppet?
A rod puppet is a figure operated from beneath by means of wooden or metal rods. At its simplest the rod puppet is a basic marotte or stick puppet operated with a single rod.
What types of material can be used to make puppets?
To make a puppet you will need foam, fleece, glue, eyes and hair. You will also need hot glue or contact cement, needle and thread. The more complex the puppet, the more you will need, but these are the minimum. These are the materials I use in building most of my puppets and the tools I use in my shop.
How do you make a Dr puppet?
Doctor Hand Puppet Step 1Paint the front of the hand puppets with a skin tone colour. Allow to dry. Step 2Use the templates provided to cut out coloured felt. Step 3Cut a piece of yarn (4cm) and use this to create a smile. Step 4Use glue to attach wiggle eyes as a final touch.
What Stitch is best for felt?
The whip stitch is a simple hand-sewing method often used to sew two pieces of felt together. It is popular for making softies because the edges meet each other when the sewn seam is “opened” and the joined pieces of felt spread apart as one sheet.
Can you use a sewing machine to sew felt?
For sewing felt on a sewing machine, a medium-sized needle 70/10 or 80/12 will work well for regular felt. Thicker felt or more than two layers might require 90/14 needle. But be careful, a thicker needle may leave holes.
How do you join two pieces of felt together?
3. To join pieces of felt, place pieces atop a felting needle mat and use a needle punch tool to press through both layers. This pushes fibers from the top piece through the bottom piece, securing them. You’ll know pieces are joined when you see fibers from the top piece coming through to the back of the bottom piece.
