Description
Design Size
Puppet is 9” from top of head to bottom of body and sized to fit most hands when made with blizzard type fleece that has stretch around the width of puppet. It may be tighter when made from fur that has no stretch to it.
Shirt Note: You may add an infant-sized shirt to make it look bigger as shown in photos. Shirt pattern is not included with this puppet but one is available in the Human Puppet pattern and will fit this guy too.
Tools and Materials Needed
Tools
- sewing machine: any sewing machine with a straight stitch will work for this project. Or you may hand stitch if you prefer that method.
- sharp fabric scissors
- Utility scissors for cutting paper pattern, template plastic, and rigid mouth-plate
- hemostats are VERY useful for turning puppet fingers: 10″ large or 6” medium
- fabric marking pen
- long doll needle
- pins or clips to hold fabric together while sewing or gluing
Materials
- (Optional) Template plastic (clear report cover, clear thin cutting board, or template plastic from sewing/office supply OR tear-away stabilizer (sold at fabric stores)
- Fabrics:
- head/body – ¼ yard of thick non-fray fabrics like fleece, minky or faux fur
- Arms – ¼ yard of fleece is recommended, (fur is more challenging)
- Brain Pillow – one side of very stretchy fabric with Lycra®, the other side can be any woven or non-stretch fabric. 5” x 7” piece of each fabric
- Mouth-plate: two pieces of 5” x 6” piece of polyester fleece is recommended
- Tongue -2” x 2” scrap of fleece or felt
- Nose – 3” x 3” piece of fleece or stretch fabric
- Hair: scraps of faux fur, yarn, or no hair at all!
- Rigid mouth-plate: 7” x 4” piece of rigid material such as cardboard, mat-board, foam-core, 1/8” rubber gasket (←my favorite!), piece of plastic storage tub, plastic placemat, or similar material to make the mouth firm and easy to move.
- sewing machine threads and bobbin to match your chosen fabrics
- strong thread for hand sewing or fabric glue (Fabri-tac® or fabric hot glue)
- plastic safety eyes or other eye options
- (Optional) a pair of 45mm plastic doll joints to attach arms
- One or two puppet arm rods (see video link on page 2)
- poly stuffing or fabric scraps to stuff the brain pillow and arms
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