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Make your own adorable furry puppet with my new Beasly Puppet materials kit. OR use your own fur and fleece to make something similar using my Beasley Puppet Pattern. Lots of tips, tricks, and ideas for any puppet maker are shared in the video tutorial.
Puppet-making can be done by anybody! The Beasly is a hand-and-rod puppet made for beginner to intermediate puppet makers, and there is NO FOAM so it goes together FAST. You will need to have a good understanding of your sewing machine for this thick fur and fleece, or you can hand-sew the seams if that's more your jam.
The video refers to using one of my puppet kits but the process is exactly that same if you're using your own materials. The Sewing pattern gives you all the details on choosing material for your puppet.
Parts of the video tutorial show a fleece puppet being made so you can get a better view of the seams and cutting. Fur is a bit harder to work with, so take your time with it. It's worth it!
Recommended stitch lengths referred to in the video are 2.5mm for head/body, brain. 2.0mm for mouth and arms, and shorten it to 1.5mm when stitching the fingers.
Video Chapters
00:00 Getting Started
02:18 Pattern Tracing
03:25 Sewing Puppet parts
05:02 Cutting
06:13 Turning your puppet
09:20 Assemble Puppet Pocket Mouth
11:07 Attach the Mouth
12:52 Attach Puppet Eyes (see below for fabric ball eyes)
14:54 Eyelids, Nose and Pupils
21:13 Arms (more options down below)
How to make fabric-covered eye balls
To make the fabric-covered eyeballs seen on the sample puppet above...
Choose a round, rigid object like a ball, button, sponge, etc. You can cut a part off of the ball if you want a flatter back. I love the monster eyes that Dollar Tree sells around Halloween for this, but the technique works for anything with rounded edges.
Cut a circle from stretch fabric that will wrap around to the back of the round object. Scuba neoprene is great because it conceals the object and has a smooth, shiney look.
Use long running stitches around the edge of the fabric to gather the fabric into a cup shape.
Put your round object into the fabric cup and pull the threads to tighten it around the object, then stitch it to secure and tie a knot in the back.
Use a ladder stitch to attach the fabric-covered eye to your puppet. This will hold the eye securely and look more upscale than plastic. Glue felt circles or other pupil onto the fabric.
Here's a short video so all of that makes sense! https://youtube.com/shorts/qIfmuCnluJg
Arm & Hand Options
Looking for different techniques to fill your puppet arms and hands? I've made an entire video on that too!
You can find my puppet patterns on Etsy or my SuperPeer page. Use the Yab Design for Embroidery machines and the Beasley Puppet Pattern for Sewing Machines to get a puppet that looks like those in the video.
