Craft Fun Felt Finger Puppets for Kid's Play

Children love to make simple crafts. They also love engaging in dramatic, creative play. A perfect way to combine these two loves is by letting your kids craft fun felt finger puppets. Easy to create and fun to play with, these finger puppets will provide hours of entertainment.

Materials Needed for the Finger Puppets

To make these fun felt finger puppets, all you need is various colors of felt fabric, scissors, and tacky craft glue. You can use a needle and thread if you wish, or a hot glue gun if an adult is supervising. Accessories such as googly eyes, tiny buttons, trims, and beads can be fun to add, but are not necessary.

The Base of All Finger Puppets

At its simplest form, a finger puppet consists of a felt cylinder that fits over a finger and is stitched of glue together at the top to form the head. Hair can be glued on yarn, pieces of felt, or purchased doll hair. Faces should first be made by gluing on an oval of flesh-toned felt and then can be drawn on with permanent markers, cut out of felt and glued on, or made with googly eyes, buttons, or beads.

Different Characters and How to Make Them

1. Princess

A princess finger puppet can be made from pink felt fabric. Long blonde hair is a classic image for a princess as well. To really make the finger puppet look regal, you might like to add a ring of silver wire, ribbon, or other trim for a crown. To make a princess gown, you can use a piece of gathered lace as a fancy skirt.

2. Lion

A lion finger puppet should be made out of tan or golden colored felt. Cutting a fringed mane out of brown or orange felt is a good idea. You can glue it around the drawn on face. Make sure to make the face look like a cat face with a triangle nose and whiskers. You can also glue on a long golden tail at the back for more realism.

3. Scary Witch

A witch finger puppet would be fashioned from black or another dark colored felt. Straggly black hair and perhaps a green face would look great on this one. You can fashion a pointed witch hat out of sturdy black paper and glue it on the top of the head.

4. Rabbit