Making dolls
Dolls can be made from completely different materials, including scrap materials. However, their size is not important. They can be finger-shaped, in the form of gloves or stationary figures.
Felt finger characters
Finger puppets allow you to develop your child’s fine motor skills, thinking and speech. Making miniature dolls is very simple. To do this, you need to prepare the following tools and materials:
- felt;
- threads;
- scissors;
- pattern paper;
- pencil.
You can draw the pattern for the character yourself. To do this, it is first recommended to choose a fairy tale or story that will be staged, and then carefully think through its characters. After this, you can start making characters:
- Cut out two blanks from felt for each character.
- Fold them with the wrong sides and sew along the edge with thread.
- Decorate the characters. On one side you need to embroider a face with threads. It can also be made from pieces of white or black felt that need to be glued or sewn.
When making finger puppets, you should immediately decide who will wear them. If this is a child, then the holes in the dolls should be such that the characters do not fall off during the performance.
Modeling paste
A good material for making dolls can be a special modeling paste. It can be replaced with salt dough or plasticine. The advantages of this material are that it can be used to make both finger puppets and stationary puppets. To make characters you need to prepare:
- modeling paste of different colors, but it is better to choose one that does not need to be burned, since it hardens in air;
- acrylic paints or felt-tip pens;
- tassels;
- stacks and knives for working with plasticine.
