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Monkey Finger Puppet Sewing Pattern www.Muumade.com HELLO! Are you ready for some fun? This is a very simple sewing project. When finished, you will have a cute finger puppet to play with and to cause monkey mischeif with in all of your make-believe worlds. SIZE: About 5cm (2") high and 4 cm (1 1/2") wide. COLOR: Whatever monkey color you like! YOU WILL NEED: Quality wool felt, in a color of your choice for the monkey’s body, 10cm x 10 cm (4" x 4"); Quality wool felt, in a color you like for the monkey’s face, 4cm x 4cm (1 1/2" x 1 1/2"); Embroidery thread, in a color matching the monkey’s body; Black embroidery thread and 2 small black beads OR 2 small googly eyes OR a black marker, for the eyes; Red embroidery thread OR a red marker, for the mouth; A pencil; A needle; A sewing pin; Craft glue; and Scissors. PLEASE NOTE: This pattern is for personal use only. NOW, LET’S BEGIN! Copyright c 2016 Muumade www.Muumade.com Monkey Finger Puppet - Sewing Pattern - 1

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Monkey Finger Puppet

Sewing Pattern

www.Muumade.com

HELLO! Are you ready for some fun? This is a very simplesewing project. When finished, you will have a cutefinger puppet to play with and to cause monkey mischeifwith in all of your make-believe worlds.

SIZE: About 5cm (2") high and 4 cm (1 1/2") wide.

COLOR: Whatever monkey color you like!

YOU WILL NEED:

• Quality wool felt, in a color of your choice for themonkey’s body, 10cm x 10 cm (4" x 4");

• Quality wool felt, in a color you like for themonkey’s face, 4cm x 4cm (1 1/2" x 1 1/2");

• Embroidery thread, in a color matching the monkey’sbody;

• Black embroidery thread and 2 small black beads OR 2small googly eyes OR a black marker, for the eyes;

• Red embroidery thread OR a red marker, for the mouth;• A pencil;• A needle;• A sewing pin;• Craft glue; and• Scissors.

PLEASE NOTE: This pattern is for personal use only.

NOW, LET’S BEGIN!

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Step 1: Cut out the patterns

These are the paper patterns! (A) Cut out the paper patterns. (B) Put the body pattern on thefelt selected for the body, andtrace it with a pencil.

(C) Cut the felt along the line.Repeat with a second body piece,but this time cut off the ears.

(D) Trace and cut out the facefrom the felt you choose for theface.

(E) Check with the photo to makesure that you have everything: abody with ears, a body withoutears, and a face.

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Step 2: Sew the body

(A) Thread a needle with 1 strandof thread (body colored), doublethreaded with a knot at the end.

(B) Place the 2 body pieces onetop of the other, and pin themtogether with a sewing pin.

(C) Using the Whip Stitch, startsewing around the body. NOTE: DONOT sew the bottom!

A Double Threaded Needlewith a Knot at the End Whip Stitch

(D) Continue to make the WhipStitches through the ears as ifthey were not there.

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Step 3: The monkey’s face (Easy Option)

(A) Use different colored markersto draw the face onto the feltface piece, OR

(B) For the eyes, you can alsoglue on 2 googly eyes. Then,SKIP to STEP 5.

Monkeys with the frog prince

Step 4: The monkey’s face (Challenging Option)

(A) Mark where you want the eyes,nose and mouth to be. This isnow the BACK SIDE of the face.

(B) Insert the needle from theback of the face, and sew on ablack bead for each eye.

(C) Using 2 strands of embroiderythread, double threaded, make onehorizontal stitch for the nose.

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Back Stitch

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(D) Now, with red embroiderythread, make Back Stitches to sewyour monkey’s mouth.

Dino the puppeteer!

Step 5: Glue on the face:

(A) First, place the monkey infront of you, with the layer withthe ears on the bottom.

(B) Put glue onto the back ofthe face and place it onto themonkey’s body.

Riding on Miss Bea the sheep

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Step 6: Tail (Optional):

(A) Cut you monkey’s tail to beas long or as short as you like!

(B) Flip the monkey so that itfaces away from you. Put a bitof glue on the square end of themonkey’s tail.

(C) Attach the glued area of thetail onto the bottom center ofthe monkey’s back.

Congratulations! You now have your own monkey finger puppet! I hope you have enjoyed making it.

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Come back to Muumade.com again for more fun ideas and projects! Patterns for the monkeys’ friendsthat appear in the snapshots are also available from muumade.etsy.com.

If you have any questions, please contact me at: [email protected]

In my blog Muumade.com, I share more information about the items that are available from my Etsyshop Muumade.etsy.com, as well as other ideas and thoughts on craft projects and handmade living.There you can also find some FREE pattern downloads. So, follow me on Twitter (@muumade) for updatesfrom both my blog and my Etsy shop.

Lastly, if you would like to share a picture of your creations from this pattern on my blog, pleasego to my blog’s gallery at http://www.muumade.com/gallery/.

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