Project 1: Finger Puppets

This is the first step! You can make these finger puppets out of the hair you brush off your cat.

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what you need to make a cat-hair finger puppet:

materials

Cat hair from a cat you love to brush

Cardboard or thick paperto make the finger puppet pattern

Clear packing tapeto make the pattern waterproof

Plastic wrapto smooth your cat’s hair whileturning it into felt

Beadsto attach to the puppet’s head to make eyes

Glueto attach the beads

Embroidery thread or wool yarn to wind around the puppet’s neck and make a collar

cat

plastic wrap

cardboard

tape

beadsglue

thread

Draw your own pattern or trace this one and resize it to fit your finger.

Meow! Adjust this pattern so it fits you. Or draw your own!

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STEP ELEVEN: Add a collar and a face.

By tying a piece of embroidery thread or knitting wool around the neck, you can make a collar.

hint: The length of the face can change subtly depending on where you tie the collar, so choose its placement carefully. To make the neck look a little more narrow, tie the thread a little tighter.

Put a little bit of glue on the end of a toothpick or bamboo skewer and apply it to the places where you want the eyes. Then simply stick beads to the spots where you applied the glue.

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Is it ready?

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And now you’re finished!�

This smellslike me!

YUM!

The shape of this cat-hair felt finger puppet is a basic motif that can be used in making other projects as well. I used it to make the cat portraits on page 36 and the knickknack boxes on page 54.

TIP

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