Little Monster Felt Hand Puppet

My very lovely assistant helped me with this one.  I was planning to make a chick or a rabbit but as you can see, it turned into a very cute baby monster instead!

You will need:

• Felt
• Scissors
• A plastic sewing needle
• Coloured embroidery thread 
• A fabric hole punch
• Googly eyes
• Any coloured card or fabric that you would like to cut out and stick on to decorate your creature, whatever it turns out to be!

First of all, cut two hand puppet shapes out of some felt.

Sew a big cross on them to keep them aligned - this will just make it easier for your child to sew them without the fabric slipping about.

Using a fabric hole puncher, punch holes all the way around the outside of the hand puppet, about 0.5cm from the edge.

At the first hole tie a knot to stop the thread from slipping.  Sew all the way round (and back if you want there to be a solid line of coloured thread).  Sew in and out of the last 2 holes a few times to stop the thread from unravelling.

And last of all, decorate!