Disney Princess Finger Puppets (Templates included for 6 princesses)

Hello once again from the Artsy Audiologist!

In my last post I had shared with you all some templates of animal finger puppets. I was happy to note that I got several responses from some of my mommy friends who said they would try it out. Now I am yet to receive feedback on how well or how bad the templates worked (since it was my first attempt to make them), I decided to also share with you some templates for the Disney princess finger puppets that I have shared on my channel. I have also added the link to this video at the end of this post.

Here again, the method is pretty straightforward to make the finger puppets. However, there would be a few more steps to it compared to the animal ones. In the animal finger puppets, you only had to draw the templates on to two layers of felt and add the detailing for it with smaller pieces of felt and stitch the edges.

For the princess finger puppets; the dress, body and hair would need to be made separately and slightly differently for each princess. For eg., the Cinderella, Belle and Elsa finger puppets have the dress as a single piece with a little part of the body visible and the hair to be added. On the other hand, for the Ariel and Jasmine ones the body should be slightly bigger as the tummy area would be visible. And finally, for the Snow-White finger puppet, the dress itself is in two parts. Another difference to be noted is that in these princess finger puppets, the finger is meant to be inserted only in the lower part of the dress. The upper part would be a bit too narrow and also in some of the finger puppets it would be fixed to the body and hence stuck. This is the reason I have made sure that the templates are wider in the lower part of the dress and not in the upper part.

The pictures below are self-explanatory so as to give you all an idea of the parts of the templates to be cut out. They are also coloured to denote the colour of the felt to be used. I have tried to use the closest colour to the actual Disney character. And I am also happy to note that my niece was able to guess which character each puppet was even though some of the ones I had made were a bit stouter than the princesses! Some ideas for Pinterest used a slightly darker coloured felt for the body part of Jasmine. But I didn’t choose to do so and used the felt I had readily available.

The printable version of the templates is not labelled and hence you will need to refer the pictures from this post and the video if you have any questions as to which goes where. I also would be happy to help you with any questions that you write in the comment section below.

Here again, I would like to request you all to make a special note of the settings while printing. This time I noticed that if I had the page setting to actual size part of it was getting cut out as opposed to when I had a fit to page setting. So I would recommend that you print out one page to assess which setting you would need to keep it. Another option would be to look in the preview window (marked with arrow) to see what setting works.

The link to the youtube video for the making is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXJ6J0a86Ro

To download the templates click on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F01ffwjL4bOcOx5JKvSP_ep7b8Ww9tmh/view?usp=sharing

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Animal Finger Puppets with Templates

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I know I haven’t been doing justice to this blog. But I am going to make up for it with this post which has a free gift for all who are interested!

I had posted a DIY video to make animal finger puppets on my YouTube channel. Link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Sw_zQE2TU&t=4s if you haven’t seen the video.

The video is pretty straight forward explaining how to make these finger puppets. The basic steps would be making templates (or using pre-existing templates), drawing the design from the template on to felt (two layers of felt), stitching the edges of the finger puppets and adding any details needed on the top layer.

This post is a follow up to the video. I thought I should do something special for my followers. I have made templates for the 8 animals shared in my video.

The pictures below are self-explanatory to explain the parts of the templates for each animal. The documents that needs printing itself doesn’t have any labeling and you would need to look at the pictures if you need any assistance and explanation. Following this, look at the instructions from the video and you can make your own finger puppets.

The templates from the document below are scaled in such a way that they can be worn on the finger of the adult as well as a child. This is because it is aimed at being used in a situation where the speech therapist or parent is playing with the child in a therapy session or at home. I have made the finger puppets with similar scaling for some of the sensory books I have made and used them in therapy with young children. I can assure you that they are not too big such that they would fall off their fingers. The picture below is taken from the hand of a 6 year old child. I have also used these finger puppets with 2 and 3 year olds.

Do you want to try making these finger puppets. All you need is some felt of different colors and some needle and threads. If you do not have access to the googly eyes like I have used, you can always draw the eyes with a black marker or pen. And I don't think you need the exact same colors of felt as I have used. Some variations should be acceptable. Download the templates by clicking on the link below.

To download, 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QF8ghbSiiGRABPjji7bXriOJnlolcx07/view?usp=sharing

It would also be a really fun activity to do with your kids. Depending on their age, they might need some little assistance in the steps. But surely, they will enjoy playing with these finger puppets more so if they have been involved in the process of making them.

I have tried my best to scale these templates correctly. In case of any discrepancies (if the smaller parts are slightly bigger than the main parts- as this is my first experience making templates), you will only need to trim a bit of the edges. Or else, you can trim the outline of the smaller parts from the main part.

Also, a small note to everyone. When you are going to print the PDF document, make sure you do so in the actual size and not fit to page (see picture below).

I hope you like my idea of sharing templates with you. Comment down below if you do. If I get enough encouragement, I might be tempted to make more templates of other finger puppets I have made (if you are curious to know which ones check out from my pages below).

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