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Here’s something to keep the ‘lil ones going and would always work well as a hand-made gift. My inspo came from “five little ducks”, but you could make one after a storybook (The Gruffalo is my fave) or even another song (Old McDonald). Pinterest has got loads of ideas covered!

What you’ll need:

– Felt sheets – I used yellow and orange for ducklings

– a pair of scissors

– a pencil

– Needle and thread

Method:

1. Get all your items ready.
2. Cut out the shapes – first cut out the beaks (small diamonds) x 5, the puppets (fold the material and draw exaggerated fingers) x 10, wings x 5
3. Start by stitching the beaks onto five of the outlines. Then add the eyes, and wings thereafter.
4. Join the outlines together and sew around the corners.

1. Gather your items.

2. Cut 5 diamond shapes for the beaks.

3. Fold the sheet in two and outline five finger puppets.

4. Cut the outlines. You should have ten pieces in total.

5. Cut out ten wings.

6. Start hand stitching the beaks onto five cut-outs.

7. The beaks should resemble this.

8. Hand-stitch the eyes.

9. The puppet will begin to resemble a duckling.

10. Repeat on the other cut-outs.

11. Attach the wings onto the cut-outs.

12. Join the back of the cut-out and hand-stitch the two outlines to form a puppet. Repeat on other puppets.

13. Once you finish, they are ready to use!