When I first saw this cute finger puppet project by Bess Harding in Small Magazine I knew Yashar would love it! I made these with fabric instead of paper - I really like the look of the paper ones but I'm hoping the fabric will stand up to a little more wear. While making mine they somehow turned into a family of bears, but now that I see the photograph of the 'blank canvases' lined up I think that are crying out to be made into space creatures or matryoshka dolls...maybe we need to do some more of these...
I really wanted to get Yashar involved in this project...but most of the project -sewing, drawing on the features etc - doesn't lend itself to 21 month years olds! The solution I came up with was to make the finger puppets two sided - one with clean clothes and the other with painted 'messy' clothes so it looked like they had been busy getting creative and messy with paint.
I cut out some clothes so that Yashar could play textile designer/artist. He loved painting them! You can tell he's about to do something cheeky can't you. Five seconds later he was running down the hall with paint brush in hand to grab some toys to paint!
I had already sewn the finger puppets together before I thought about sewing clothes on them - so, note to self, sewing the clothes on before sewing puppets together will save you having to sew the clothes on by hand! These are the clean and sensible bears, waiting patiently to have their clothes sewn on, and the painterly bears half way through having their clothes sewn on.
I can't wait to see Yashar's face when he sees the finished bears!
4 comments:
They look sooo cute and Yashar does look like he is about to head off to do some mischief. He must just love being your little helper. You are so clever. xx
those are so sweet! great idea! my son would for sure love a family of robots...
Hello! Just wanted to say that I'm inspired by your Making Monday's section every week! Thanks! Can't wait to try out some of the projects with my 7 mth old son when he's older, and I've tried doing the kusudama... :)
Hi Verity! I've just found your finger puppet post and wanted to say that it's so nice to see how you were inspired by my "how-to" and then tailored it yourself. I think your fabric bears are lovely, and having them two sided is a great idea (as is Russian Dolls - they'd be perfect). I hope your little boy enjoys playing with them! Bess
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