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Father Christmas Finger Puppet

Step-by-step on how to make a Father Christmas finger puppet, presented by Crafty Corner

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father christmas finger puppet

What you will need:

  • Father Christmas template
  • Red felt
  • White felt
  • Scissors
  • Construction glue
  • Ice-cream stick
  • Pins
  • Decorations/sequins for eyes

Step 1

Cut out the body pattern for the Father Christmas felt finger puppet from the pattern template. Templates are available through Winnie, or you could even draw your own!

paper template for father christmas finger puppet cut out template

Step 2

Pin or hold the body template firmly on the red felt.

pin father christmas template onto red felt

Step 3

Use the scissors to cut out the body template from the red felt. Redo this step as you need to have two body pieces of red felt.

cut out the felt body for the father christmas finger puppet using your scissors cut out two fingerpuppet body pieces

Step 4

Apply construction glue on the edges of one body piece using the ice cream stick. Gently place the second red felt body piece on top of the first body piece. Do not press hard or the body section of the finger puppet will not glue properly. Make sure the bottom is not glued as this is where your finger will be inserted once your Father Christmas finger puppet is complete.

glue along edges glue body together

Step 5

Using the scissors, cut out the template for the Father Christmas hat.

cut out the hat from the father christmas fingerpuppet template

Step 6

Pin or hold the hat template on the red felt, and cut out the hat.

cut out hat from red felt cut the father christmas hat from the red felt

Step 7

Use the ice cream stick to apply construction glue to the bottom of the hat. Glue the hat to the top of the Father Christmas finger puppet body piece.

glue santas hat father christmas hat

Step 8

Using the ice cream stick, place tiny blobs of glue where you want to have eyes for Father Christmas. The eye decorations must be placed firmly and equally spaced. Gently press the sequins into place to create eyes for your Father Christmas fingerpuppet.

glue eyes into place glue the sequin eyes for father christmas into place

Step 9

Cut out the dot on your template. Attach to the white felt and cut out 16 white felt dots.

cut out the circle template cut out circles from the white felt

Step 10

Apply glue to the base of Father Christmas' hat and stick a row of four white felt circles.

glue white felt to create hat for father christmas create a hat for santa using white felt circles

Step 11

Keep one white felt dot aside, and use the remainding white felt dots to create a beard for Santa.

glue felt dots onto father christmas to create a beard finish santas beard using white felt dots

Step 12

Stick the remaining white dot onto the end of Santa's hat to creat a pompom.

glue white pompom onto hat santa's hat is now complete

Step 13

Cut out the moustache template, and then cut a moustache from the white felt.

paper moustache template for father christmas cut out moustache from white felt using the paper template

Step 14

Complete your Father Christmas fingerpuppet by gluing the moustache between the eyes and beard of your fingerpuppet.