Easy to Make Farm Animal Finger Puppets
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Creating farm animal finger puppets is a great way to spark imaginative play for your little ones. Not only are finger puppets a fun craft activity, but they also provide lots of room for creativity and allow your kids to explore different scenarios in pretend play. Get the pattern, follow the instructions, and make your own farm animal finger puppets with felt.
The Free pattern for the dog finger puppet is available in FREEBIES.
Happy felt crafting!
Instructions for DIY Farm Animal Finger Puppets
These farm animal felt finger puppets are easy to make. They are stitched entirely by hand, using a running stitch, French knot, whip stitch, and backstitch. Looking for help with embroidery stitches? Visit the post 9 hand embroidery stitches for felt to learn more.
The 12-page farm animal puppet PDF pattern includes the following:
Quick reference guide
Stitch glossary
Step-by-step detailed instructions, including photos
Farm animal finger puppets layering guide
Farm animal finger puppets template
As a bonus, you’ll also get the SVG cut file for your die-cut machine.
Tips for Sewing with Felt
TIP for holding pieces in place for sewing: Felt pieces can be pinned to the body shape to hold them in place until they are stitched.
Another option is to place a tiny dab of instant dry fabric glue on the reverse side of felt shapes and position them on the puppet’s body. I use Beacon Fabri-Tac glue for this farm animal finger puppet craft.
TIP for sewing with felt: Searching for more information about sewing with felt? Visit my post on how to sew felt: tips for sewing with felt.
TIP on how to glue felt: Have you wondered what is the best glue for felt? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glue for felt.
TIP for cutting felt shapes: If you like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.
TIP for tracing on felt: You are welcome to read how to trace on felt post to learn more about transferring the pattern on felt for embroidery.
How to Make Farm Animal Finger Puppets
Make sure to follow the simple instructions from the pattern to assemble your own farm animal finger puppets. Do you have any tips to share for successful puppet making? Let us know in the comments below!
Gather materials and print the pattern
6” x 9” felt sheets of white, brown, dark brown, light beige, beige, dark pink, pink, medium brown, light gray, and dark gray; (find great felt at Benzie Design or find more buying options in the Types of Felt section of the How to Sew Felt blog post)
Small (embroidery) scissors (my favorite ones are KAI 5 1/2 inch embroidery scissors or KAI 6 1/3 inch patchwork scissors)
Embroidery floss - brown, beige, pink, gray, dark gray, black, white (try DMC embroidery floss)
Embroidery needle - Clover Embroidery needle size 3-9
Glue or pins (optional - to help you hold felt pieces before sewing)
Use the template shared in the farm animal pattern to cut out all felt shapes from felt. The SVG file is also included in the pattern. If you own a die-cut machine, use the SVG file and easily cut your felt pieces.
3. Follow the instructions to sew dog, horse, goat, pig, sheep, cow, and cat puppets. The free pattern for the dog finger puppet is available in FREEBIES.
Seven farm animal finger puppets with easy to follow pattern
Other FunClothCrafts Paid Finger Puppet Patterns
To Wrap Up
Creating farm animal finger puppets with felt can be a fun and engaging activity for kids of all ages. Once your puppets are all sewn up, your children will enjoy having their finger puppets to include in pretend play. With simple instructions and patterns, you can bring a set of farm animal puppets to life in no time.
Thank you for crafting with me! I would love to see your farm finger puppets. So if you like to share it, please send me your pictures or tag me #funclothcrafts or @funclothcrafts on IG or FB. I welcome any feedback, as it is important to improve my products. Don’t hesitate to contact me with your suggestions at anna@funclothcrafts.com.
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XO, Anna
