Little Red Riding Hood - Puppet Story bag ,Great for storytelling , Teaching resource

It took a while to make this set "Little Red Riding Hood -Story bag Set of 5 pieces" ordered from our local primary school as Teaching resource

Well, the WOLF was a bit too hard,for me to make but once done the rest of the characters were very easy the combination of hand and finger puppets make the set very functional

Great for storytelling ,Perfect Teacher's resource

Set contains:
1 Little red riding hood - FELT finger puppet- 8cm (3.5")
1 Granny - FELT finger puppet - 10 cm (4")
1 Wood cutter - FELT finger puppet - 10 cm(4")
1 WOLF - Hand puppet-mouth operated- 22cm (9")
1 Bag - to keep all puppets tidy - 22 cm (9")

Please note : FOR age 3 +
NOT suitable for under 36 monts old
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/192771885/little-red-riding-hood-puppets-in-a?

Five Little monkeys teasing Mr Croc - my new sewing pattern

File little monkeys teasing Mr Crocodile is one of my very favorite songs.
Year ago a friend asked me to make a set using my existing Crocodile puppet and just to make some finger puppets Monkeys to fit in crocodile mouth.The set was for a gift posted to Australia .Since then a made more of these as it appear to be one of my bestsellers.

I just finishing making a pattern of The Five Little monkeys teasing Mr Croc and listed in my new Craftsy Pattern shop
http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/toy/5-little-monkeys-teasing-mr-crocodile/99177
The felt and hand stitching used for this sewing pattern makes it suitable for beginners

I really hope that more people can enjoy puppet making with this easy to follow step by step instructions and pattern templates

I am offering 2 designs for The monkeys - simple version and detailed version and options to make them as different as possible using more colours or variety of features

The pattern is listed for instant download in my Etsy shop as well

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Unique ,Unusual and Quirky Puppets

Following some recent custom orders I tried to develop new designs for more unusual and quirky puppets that could be a special and more personal gift or to be used by Children's entertainers or storytellers as Pro puppets
This is the first puppet of this range :
my Hedgehog he have a very Furry top and soft tummy. It is a big mouth operated puppet that covers an adult arm to the elbow

Cool as a cucumber - custom made pro puppet

This is Custom made mouth operated sleeve puppet - nick named by my little son Mr CUMBA short of Cucumber the customer loved this name and it seems that he will to keep it http://www.puppetsinabag.co.uk/?custom-made-puppets,97

this is the working process

and the ready Mr Cumba

I must admit that was a bit of a challenge to make a cucumber to look COOL

Please Visit http://www.puppetsinabag.co.uk/?custom-made-puppets,97 , to take a look at my other Custom made creations

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How to Make Crocodile -pattern and instructions

How to Make Crocodile -pattern and step by step instructions is my latest project

My crocodiles were very popular especially at shows so i thought to make a pattern and tutorial
"Make your own CROC"

Available in my Craftsy Pattern shop and
I just listed the pattern in my ETSY shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/188059533/crocodile-pattern-pdf-felt-hand-puppet? and hope a lot of people to enjoy making Crocodile as a mouth operated Hand PUPPET is very good for creating stories and perfect for Action songs

Blue monster -pro puppet

For this puppet the gorgeous Turquoise blue material was a proper inspiration

the costumer request were :Friendly Monster -sleeve, mouth operated PRO- PUPPET
this is the working progress:

was great fun making the blue Monster just a bit too much fluff ,every single cut in the material was followed by few vacuum cleaning actions

DIY Egg Hunt Baskets

Easter is coming with lots of spring flowers and warmer weather
Do you think about Egg hunt parties , Easter bunnies and Easter Baskets.

For a long time i wanted to create some Egg hunt baskets to enjoy making with the kids and friends , but i was straggling to create something simple and effective and then ,finally the inspiration came.


 I have made this sleepy dick first and developed the pattern,

and then the duck needed a little friend so the Chick basket was the perfect pall ..

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they are very colorful and cheerful together perfect for E
aster EGG HUNT . They are small in size 15 cm x 18 cm but a lot of chocolate eggs can be collected in

It is very easy to make these two.
Perfect project for Easter holidays for crafty adults or supervised children 9+

The pattern and step by step instructions are available in my ETSY shop for instant download  

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/184854780/easter-basket-egg-hunt-pdf-sewing