VIDEO: DIY Woodland Finger Puppets
Finger puppets have been a classic kid’s toy for generations. They allow little ones to engage with story telling and use their imaginations in such a simple way. And that never goes out of style! With wintertime and Christmas both upon us, there are so many opportunities to craft up a set of DIY woodland finger puppets. This collection includes a winter bunny, bear, fox, owl and deer. While our previous felt finger puppets have been handstitched, we made this project with tacky glue so it could be more accessible for kids to make themselves.
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Start by downloading the PDF template as a guide for cutting your felt pieces. As you can see in the video, I use a black pencil to trace the template onto the felt so that I can get a more precise line. This is also helpful for kids to cut with ease! When assembling your woodland puppets, there are a few different ways to secure the pieces. In the tutorial, we use tacky glue for a kid-friendly option, but you can also use a low temperature hot glue gun (generally we do not recommend introducing a hot glue gun before age 10). If you are wanting to learn some beginner sewing skills, you can stitch them together with embroidery floss, like we did with our fairy tale finger puppets.
Crafting these DIY woodland finger puppets together with your kids can be just as fun as playing with them after you finish the project! They also make for a great DIY toy that you can gift to your little ones for holidays or birthdays. Look for our other easy kids video tutorials including our yarn pom pom monsters and felt woodland masks. Browse all of our kid’s projects, or head to our membership page to start crafting with us. Feel free to share your project suggestions with us in the comments. We love getting you in on the creative process! Enjoy ~ Lia and the Team
Tools
- Scissors
- Extra Fine Point Black Marker
- White Pencil
- Black Pencil
- Fast Drying Tacky Glue
Materials
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Ally
March 30, 2022 at 1:58am
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Back to the TopThese are too cute. Any plans on making some picture book themed finger puppets like Julia Donaldsons books ?
Our designs are unique to us as her characters are copyright of the author. They are very cute though!
I’m having trouble with the SVG file, is anyone else having issues loading into the Cricut Design Space?
We haven’t heard about issues with the SVG files– what error message are you receiving?
I’m not getting an error message, if you have a support email address I can send images of what is uploading. I have tried a different svg file from your site and I didn’t have any issues so I’m assuming something is off with the file.
Yes, send a screenshot to hello@liagriffith.com.
Is there an SVG file for this somehwhere? I’d like to make with a group of small children, and since they aren’t able to cut that well it would mean a LOT of tracing/cutting for me. Fingers crossed! 🙂
We added the SVG for you Allison!
While the videos are great. I wish the printable patterns included a list of all materials used that I could take to the store with me.
We started adding a downloadable materials & instructions list to our projects earlier this year. As time allows we’ll go back to older posts to add them!