Do-it-yourself finger theater
Master class on making finger puppets from felt
Author: Demidova Ekaterina Nikolaevna, educator, MBDOU "Kindergarten of a combined type No. 62" Silver Hoof ", Kurgan
Theater is thoughts of free flight,
Theater - fantasy blooms generously here ...
Vladimir Miodushevsky
The master class is designed for educators and specialists of preschool institutions, teachers of additional education, parents and creative individuals.
The finger theater is intended for theatrical activities in kindergarten and at home; it can be used in the course of directly educational activities as a surprise moment. It can become a wonderful tradition for your family.
The choice of material - felt is due to the following criteria:
easy to process, the edges do not crumble;
wide range of colors, different thickness and density;
natural, safe for health!!!
Target: making a finger theater for the development of children's creative abilities through theatrical activities.
Tasks:
introduce the technology of making finger puppets from felt;
develop acting and directing abilities of children;
develop fine motor skills;
contribute to the enrichment and activation of vocabulary, develop monologue and dialogic speech;
to form interest in arts and crafts;
develop the skills of organizing practical activities.
Materials and tools:
simple felt, on a self-adhesive basis;
lace;
beads, rhinestones, small buttons, small eyes for dolls;
reinforced threads;
tailor's pins;
needle;
tailor's chalk;
pattern paper;
glue "second";
scissors;
sewing machine.
Chanterelle patterns:
Technology for making a finger puppet "Fox".
Before we get started, let's remember the basic safety rules when working with scissors and needles.
store needles and pins in a designated place (pincushion). Do not take needles, pins in your mouth and do not stick them into your clothes.
do not use rusty needles and pins in your work.
do not leave the blades of the scissors open during operation.
don't cut on the go.
Making a pattern for a finger puppet will not take you much time. First you need to decide on the size. The base of the toy should be about the height of your index finger. Draw the body and other details. Do not forget to make allowances for those parts that are inserted into the base.
We select materials for our fox. The details are transferred to paper and cut out.
Base - 2 parts;
Head - 1 detail;
Muzzle - 1 detail;
Ears - 2 parts;
Tail - 1 detail;
The tip of the tail - 1 detail;
Paws - 2 parts.
We transfer the pattern to felt. Larger details are pinned to the material with pins, small ones are circled with tailor's chalk.
We distribute the details in places.
We adjust the right foot to the base. We do bindings.
We adjust the second paw. We do bindings.
We adjust the muzzle on the head. Align the edges with scissors.
Sew the ears to the head with a triple clip.
We make out the tail - we adjust the tip of the tail to the detail. Align the edges with scissors.
We connect the details of the body along the contour. Don't forget to add a ponytail to the side. We do bindings. Align the edges along the contour.
Attach the head to the body with glue. We work with glue carefully, as traces may appear on the surface of the material. We make eyes and a nose from large black beads. They can be glued or sewn with threads in color.
Technology for making a finger puppet "Mashenka".
A distinctive feature of the performance will be the processing of the head.
We draw a pattern. We select materials.
Base (dress) - 2 parts;
Sleeves - 2 details;
Hands - 2 parts;
Bast shoes - 2 parts;
Head - 1 detail;
Scarf (front part) - 1 detail;
Kerchief (rear view) - 1 detail;
Scythe - 1 detail;
Spout - 1 detail;
Bangs - 1 detail.
Patterns of the doll "Mashenka"
Cut out blanks. Putting the details in place.
We adjust the sleeves on the dress, put pens on the bottom of the sleeves (without adjusting them).
We sew lace on the bottom of the dress. We do bindings.
We set up bast shoes. We do bindings. We sew the dress along the contour. Align the edges along the contour.
We adjust the bangs and nose on the head. To prevent the spout from slipping under the foot of the sewing machine, it must first be glued.
Glue the head to the base. Glue a self-adhesive felt scarf on top. We fix the braid between the two parts of the scarf. Align the edges.
We fix the edges of the scarf with machine stitching. We do bindings.
Glue the eyes - beads. We brown the cheeks with a red pencil.
Mashenka's eyes can be decorated using special accessories for needlework - a peephole.
Here's what we got!
My first works.
Design options for the finger puppet "Frog".
Design options for the finger puppet "Cockerel".
Design options for finger puppets - little men.
I sewed two sets: for home and for kindergarten.
The flat finger theater made of paper "Teremok", from our point of view, is not very suitable for children under 5 years old. But 5-6 year old children will be happy to play with it. The principle of movement of the dolls is very simple - insert the index and middle fingers into the holes-slots. These are the "legs" of the doll. Now she can walk. Of course, children of this age know the fairy tale "Teremok" by heart. But here we are going to “play theater”. And almost all the guys want to be an artist. But, although the fairy tale is familiar, such games will develop the speech of children - after all, for each character you need to speak in a certain voice, try to convey his character. The hare speaks timidly, the fox slyly, the mouse squeaks, and the bear growls menacingly. To convey all these shades with a voice is an interesting and difficult task for younger preschoolers. In addition, children can actively participate in the creation of puppets and scenery for the finger theater from Teremok paper.
Flat finger theater made of paper "Teremok"
In order to make puppets for our finger paper theater, you need to print (or draw) the heroes of the fairy tale teremok on plain paper. The height of the dolls should be approximately 9-10 cm, and the width at the bottom of the figurine should be less than 4.5 cm - so that you can freely cut holes for the fingers.
Templates of puppets for a flat finger theater made of paper "Teremok"
We paste the template on very thick paper or thin cardboard. We give to lie down under the load (2-3 thick books) for 10-15 minutes. We color the animals with colored pencils of suitable colors.
Cut out the figure, cut holes for the fingers.
If you wish, you can paint the back of the doll. Keep in mind that it will be more difficult for a child to color an already cut figure. The doll is ready.
You can print colored figures right away or use the appliqué technique (as in the photo below).
Scenery for the finger theater from paper "Teremok"
To play a fairy tale with such dolls, we need a decoration - a house-teremok. Making it is quite easy.
Step 1
Take a sheet of brown (not glossy!) cardboard. Draw it as shown in the diagram.
Step 2
Cut out the windows.
Step 3
Cut strips of red paper 1 cm wide for the windows and 2-3 cm for the roof. Decorate the windows and the slope of the roof with stripes. You can make a carved edge on the strips.
Step 4
Cut out circles-logs with a diameter of about 2 cm from yellow paper. Stick them on the teremok.
Step 5
Cut grass out of green paper and glue it on the bottom.
Step 6
Draw the details with a felt-tip pen and cut off the excess cardboard above the roof.
Step 7
From another sheet of cardboard, fold an accordion. The first link of the "accordion" is 2 cm, the second and third - 5 cm. Fold the remaining piece of cardboard in half again (that is, the fourth and fifth link will be about 3-4 cm each)
We glue the narrowest part of the "accordion" to the tower from below.
In order for the tower to be stable, we glue the side parts of the second link of the "accordion" to the tower. A pocket is formed, as it were, in which we will “populate” the animals.
The photo shows how our teremok will look from behind.
Teremok is ready, you can start the performance.
The Teremok finger theater can be done in other ways, for example. Or . These models do not require any decorations. In addition, you can play with them with very young children 2-3 years old.
Finger puppet theater is an exciting educational activity for kids. It perfectly expands the imagination, strengthens fine motor skills. The heroes of such a theater, that is, toys, can be self-made, sewn or knitted, cut out of paper or wood. Making a finger theater with your own hands is quite simple. Let's consider all the ways.
Let's see how to mold the toys of the famous fairy tale "Turnip".
We will need:
- modeling paste. Very good JOVI, which becomes hard in the open air. It dries quickly and does not need to be burned. The paste can be coated with paint or varnish;
- green and yellow JOVI Patcolor pastes;
- brushes;
- acrylic paints;
- stacks (special sticks with tips);
- markers.
It is necessary to take a paste with a volume of a third of a matchbox. Let's start with my grandfather. We sculpt the cylinder, form the head, outline the torso. In general, the result should be a figure in the form of a nesting doll. At the base of the matryoshka, you need to make a hole for the finger. To the finished body, you need to attach handles molded from the same paste.
Remember to constantly wet your fingers with water, as the paste dries quickly in the air. Small details - mustache, beard, nose, eyes - it is better not to mold, but cut out in a stack.
All the characters of the fairy tale are made in the same way, the rest of the toys - from the grandmother to the mouse. Don't forget to make a hole for your finger in the base of the toy!
We make a turnip as follows: we sculpt a sphere from yellow paste, and with the help of a stack we cut out tops from a sheet of green paste. We fasten the "vegetation" to the root crop, fix it tightly.
When the heroes of the "Turnip" have dried up, we paint the toys with acrylic paints, using brushes. You can entrust this work to the child himself. Plasticine puppet theater is ready!
Paper Finger Theater
Making a do-it-yourself finger theater out of paper is even easier. We will need:
- multi-colored and plain paper;
- glue;
- paints;
- brushes;
- scissors.
Making finger toys out of paper is easy. You can find templates on the Internet, print them on a color printer, cut and glue. You can simply cut out the paper “fingertip” of the desired character, color it yourself and also glue it.
If you or your child are strong in origami, then in this case the scope for imagination is simply unlimited. The only negative is that such dolls are very fragile and short-lived. On the other hand, every day you can put on a new play with new characters. That is, it is a theater where the most ambitious productions and the introduction of new characters are possible with the relative simplicity of implementation.
Sewn finger theater
Toys sewn from dense fabric are as durable as those made from paste. Such finger puppets can be made of wool, felt, leatherette, felt. In addition to the fabric itself, we will need, of course, threads, a needle and elements for embroidering the muzzle of a toy: beads, sequins, etc.
How to sew dolls? First of all, decide - can you make patterns for cats, chanterelles, dogs on your own, or is it better to use ready-made ones? There are a lot of them on the web. What follows is simple work. We transfer the pattern to the fabric, cut out two parts of the doll, sew them with a regular seam over the edge.
However, if you know how to work on a sewing machine with small forms, then it’s even better - the edges of the doll will turn out to be more accurate. When the silhouette is ready - do not forget that the base cannot be sewn, with the help of it the toys will be put on the finger - we embroider with a floss seam or we make eyes and a nose with the help of beads. The toys are ready. It remains to put them on your fingers and arrange a performance.
Another option: link. But for this you need to be able to knit, and quite well.
My kids are finger puppet fans! But this was not always the case, many children are interested in them even in infancy and listen to their mother's fairy tales and nursery rhymes with pleasure, but my children did not like it. They became interested in finger puppets and role-playing fairy tales only after 2 years (both son and daughter) and after some time they began to tell and compose mini fairy tales with different characters.
A year ago, I already wrote an article about. In this article, I want to show and prove to you that finger puppets can be made with your own hands. This is a very exciting activity that does not take much time. The dolls are very compact, they are convenient to take with you, they will not take up much space in your bag and even fit in your baby's pocket.
Have you noticed how much has become popular lately as a material?! Yes!? And this is no coincidence - it is really ideal for creativity for a number of reasons, I will try to prove it:
- Felt holds its shape well
- Edges do not require processing
- It can be stitched, glued, stapled. Felt ready for any impact
- It is bright and colorful. They have a wide range of colors and shades
- Pleasant to the touch
- Available in different thicknesses from 1 to 5 mm
- Has a different composition (woolen, half-woolen, acrylic, polyester, viscose)
So, I hope I convinced you to use felt for finger puppets, then prepare a thread and a needle and get creative. Here are some interesting ideas for dolls, maybe you will like some:
Finger puppets from felt "Farm" - a horse, a cow, a pig, and a farmer.
You can also make a finger puppet, it will also turn out very beautiful and functional, but, unfortunately, it is not durable.
