- Age Guideline: 8 Years and Up
- Time Required: 20 minutes (Does not include drying time)
The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.
Materials Needed:
- 1 Glove
- Scraps of Fabric or Felt
- Piece of Scrap Cardboard
- Fiberfill (or you can use scraps of fabric or felt)
- Dimensional Fabric Paint
- Needle and Thread (you could also try using a sewing machine)
- Scissors
Instructions:
Kathryn explains, "When my son was little he had a whole collection of 'glove puppets' that he enjoyed playing with (although is favorite was mosquito that he nicknamed Nipper). I was pressed for time, so I made this simple project to demonstrate what you can make with a lonely glove."
To make the head, I used the lid of a small tub of margarine to cut out a circle. then ran a basting stitch all the way around the edge, then gathered it up slightly and stuffed it with fabric scraps. I finished gathering it up until there was only about 1/2-inch opening.
To prep the glove prior to hand-stitching the head on, a piece of cardboard was inserted so as not to stitch through to the bottom layer by accident. Position the head just above where the fingers meet the body of the glove on the top and hand-stitch the head in place.
The sea monster was then painted with lavender fabric paint dots (one side at a time then allowed to dry) and then the circles were outlined with blue glitter fabric paint. A face was drawn on with black, white and red fabric paint, but you could use any colors you wanted.
Allow all of the paint to dry and enjoy the puppet!
