DIY paper puppet theater. It is easy to buy, but better to download for free and print! We make finger paper toys with our own hands Toys for fingers with our own hands from felt

Finger puppet theater is a fun and 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 tied, cut out of paper or wood. Making a finger theater with your own hands is quite simple. Let's consider all the ways.

Sculpted finger theater

Let's see how to mold toys of the famous "Turnip" fairy tale.

We will need:

• modeling paste. JOVI is very good, which becomes solid in the open air. It dries quickly and does not need to be burned. The paste can be coated with paint or varnish;
• JOVI Patcolor green and yellow pastes;
• brushes;
• acrylic paints;
• stacks (special sticks with tips);
• felt-tip pens.

It is necessary to take a paste with a volume of one third of a matchbox. Let's start with grandfather. We sculpt a cylinder, form the head, outline the body. In general, the end result should be a matryoshka-shaped figure. 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 sculpt, but to 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 in the base of the toy for your finger!

We make a turnip as follows: we sculpt a sphere of yellow paste, and with the help of a stack we cut out the tops from a sheet of green paste. We fix the "vegetation" to the root crop, fix it tightly.

When the heroes of "Turnip" have dried up, paint the toys with acrylics using brushes. You can also entrust this work to the child himself. The 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 toys that fit on your finger out of paper is as easy as shelling pears. You can find schematic templates on the Internet, print them on a color printer, cut and glue them. You can simply cut out the paper "fingertip" of the desired character, paint it yourself and also glue it.

If you or your child are strong in origami, then 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 introductions of new heroes are possible with the relative simplicity of implementation.

Sewn finger theater

Toys made 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 toy's face: beads, sequins, etc.

How to sew dolls? First of all, decide - can you make patterns of a cat, chanterelle, doggie on your own, or is it better to use ready-made ones? There are a great many of them on the net. Further - a simple job. 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 shapes, then this is 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 put on a show.

Another option: link. But for this you need to know how to knit, and pretty good.

Wooden finger theater

This is aerobatics, such a self-made puppet theater is already close to professional recruitment and is practically eternal. But only those who know how to work with it can make toys out of wood. Figures carved from wood need to be painted and varnished. The only disadvantage of such a puppet theater is the constancy of the repertoire. Wooden toys are not easy to remake, as well as to make new ones.

So, if you decide to make a finger puppet theater yourself, then evaluate your hand-made skills. If you perfectly cut wood or knit - great, but if you don't know how, then feel free to sculpt dolls from paste or cut out of paper.

Remember: the main developmental property of finger theater is that a child can not only arrange a performance with ready-made puppets, but also take a direct part in their creation.

Marina Topychkanova

The purpose of my work:

To create conditions for the development of the creative activity of children in theatrical activities.

Tasks:

1. To improve the ability of children to convey the images of the heroes of the fairy tale.

2. To develop in children fine motor skills of hands and fingers, to develop memory.

3. Form friendships.

4. Enrichment of vocabulary.

5. Increasing the level of speech development.

6. Develop the ability to be free and relaxed when performing.

Methods:

Fiction, creative, verbal.

Preliminary work:

Reading a fairy tale, looking at illustrations.

What is finger theater?

Finger theater is a set of character figurines that are worn on a separate finger. It can be just individual dolls, animals, some objects for staging a fairy tale, or the well-known characters of our favorite Russian folk tales. When playing, it is important to work with different fingers, pairs of fingers, one and two hands, several fingers at the same time. All this helps with the development of coordination of movements, the brain.

1. Finger theater is a unique opportunity to place a fairy tale on the palm of a child, in which he can play the role of any hero.

2. Theater is also an excellent speech and sensory-motor trainer. The puppets develop the mobility of the fingers of both hands, help to master the speech of the characters, helps to develop vocabulary and activates speech functions.

3. The game can be used to meet and study the account

(for example, in the fairy tale "Teremok" a mouse, a frog, a hare began to live in three, then a fox came - there were four of them);

to get acquainted with the heroes and the plot of the fairy tale,

for acquaintance with the concepts "on the right - glory", "beside", "one after another".

4. And also small figures of finger theater will create company for you during a walk. With their help, you can revive any poems, fairy tales, nursery rhymes. Uncomplicated toys develop intonation, artistic skills, creativity, imagination, memory, thinking, attention, fantasy.

The advantages of finger theater

Finger theater is one of the types of puppet theater and has the following advantages over its other types:

Finger theater contributes to the development of fine motor skills. Thanks to actions with dolls, subtle differentiated movements of the fingers are formed;

The use of finger theater does not imply that the child has special technical skills that may be needed when using glove puppets, marionettes, etc.

Finger theater is familiar to children from early preschool age, since educators widely use it in various classes in the learning process;

In dramatizations, finger theater allows the child to show several characters at once;

Finger theater puppets take up little space and do not require large material costs. There are various types of finger theater, made using various technologies that take into account the physiological capabilities of children.

In finger theater, director's play is used as a kind of theatrical games. In it, the child does not play the role of any character himself, but controls the actors - dolls. In this type of theatrical play, the child "voices" his characters and comments on the plot, as an author, thereby developing his monologue speech.

Types of finger puppets

1. Finger theater made of paper. Perhaps the simplest type of finger tetra that can be made with your child. The disadvantage of this type of doll is their fragility. Due to its lightness, this type of finger theater is recommended to be used at the initial stage of work with children of all age groups.

2. Finger theater made of fabric. Such a theater can be purchased in stores. You can also do it yourself, but after preparing a pattern. Due to the material it is highly functional. Can be used in all age groups.

3. Finger theater made of waste and natural material. Another type of finger theater, which is easy to manufacture. The material can be various cups, pieces of cloth, threads, buttons, plastic spoons and forks, etc. You can make such a theater together with the children, having previously prepared the material. Prerequisite: safety of the material used. Such a finger theater can be used in all age groups, subject to taking into account the physiology of children.

4. Wooden finger theater. It has become widespread in various online stores. Manufacturers pack such a theater in a variety of "boxes" corresponding to the theme of a particular work. The figurines can also be used as a table theater. It is often used on the younger group due to the small indentation for the finger. The main disadvantage is the difficulty in matching the size of the dolls for each child.

5. Knitted finger theater. One of the most durable and easy-to-use types of finger theater. The main condition: possession of knitting skills, as well as the presence of certain patterns for knitting a particular character. The puppets of such a finger theater are very "alive", soft and pleasant to use. Can be used in all age groups.

6. Finger theater made of felted wool and fabric. Filtration or dry felting is the process of making products using special needles that mix and entangle wool fibers. Dry felting is suitable for creating voluminous products: toys, decorative figures, designer dolls, drawing on felt and felt.

7. Finger Theater "Puppet Heads". As a rule, factory-made. Can be made of rubber or plastic. Requires the child to master a certain technique, since it is the most difficult to use.

This is the kind of theater we've got.

Now I want to acquaint you with making a finger doll using the origami technique.

First, we make the body of our doll

Now we fold our heads.

Here we have such a fox. You can also make other heroes of the fairy tale, only by changing the ears and the sharpness of the muzzle.

Maybe my work will interest someone and want to make the same theater with the guys.

There is a fairy tale in the life of every child. You can not only retell it at night or read it, but also show it. For this, the puppet theater was invented. The dolls participating in the performances can be very different. These are puppets, and hand-dressing, and finger characters.

To make finger heroes, you do not need any special skills. If there is a desire, time and material, then everything can be organized at home with your own hands. While the child is small, adults show him puppet shows, when the child grows up, he himself can take part in home theater performances. Puppet shows help develop fine motor skills, speaking and acting skills of your children.

Finger puppets can be made from:

• paper;
• fabrics;
• felt;
• tie yourself

Paper Puppet Characters They are very short-lived, they do not hold their shape well from fabric, knitted dolls need some experience, and only for making a puppet theater out of felt with your own hands, you do not need any special skills. This material is very good in that it does not need to be wrapped around, it does not crumble, it can be glued, it holds its shape well, does not shrink or stretch.

Finger dolls made of felt

You will need the actual felt of different colors, paper for templates, a felt-tip pen, scissors, a thread with a needle, small beads or plastic eyes (optional), glue and, if desired, ribbons, rhinestones, sequins for decorating felt dolls.

If mom knows how to draw, then she can draw templates for finger theater from felt on paper on paper on her own. If there is no such skill, then you can find and print the finished outline of the toy.

The hero figure can be completed in several ways. Depending on this, the thickness of the material is selected. If the toy is two-sided, that is, consisting of parts of the back and front side, then the felt may be thin. If the doll is "walking", then the material should be thick, because thinner in this case will not keep the shape of the product.

Bilateral finger characters

To make finger puppets, you need to decide on the number of characters. For example, let's create a theater based on the fairy tale "Teremok".

It is not difficult to create templates for finger theater with your own hands from felt. It is necessary to take a sheet of paper and make outlines for figurines of fairy-tale characters. In any of them there will be a back (head and body in one piece), muzzle, torso, legs. For all heroes, except for the frog, you need the details of the ears and tail. Further, the procedure is as follows:

For the fairy tale "Teremok" you need a house. It can be made from felt using thick cardboard. Draw the outlines of the tower on cardboard and cut it out. The pattern of the fairy house is ready. From felt of contrasting colors, you need to carve out windows or pockets, where you can then put the fairy-tale characters. Sew the pockets to the blank of the house, and then glue them to the cardboard base. The fairytale house is ready.

If the child likes such a theater, the number of characters can be expanded. The fairytale house can become a hut in the fairy tale "Kolobok". For this tale, you need to add the missing characters. Make a hare and a bun in the same way. More details are needed for the grandmother and grandfather. On paper, you need to draw a back, a face, a body, preferably from different colors of felt. For example, a white shirt and blue pants for my grandfather and a dress and a contrasting apron for my grandmother. An old man needs a beard and a hat; an old woman needs a kerchief.

Theatrical performances can be performed right on the table or use a cardboard box as a stand. If you wish, you can arrange performances on any horizontal surface that is suitable in size.

One-sided "walking dolls"

For such a finger theater from felt, templates are made only with the front side. A strip of the desired size is sewn to the inside of the toy, which, like a ring, is put on the finger. The outline of the character is drawn on a piece of paper, cut out. Thus, one rectangular element is added to the patterns of the finger theater made of felt with your own hands, which serves to fix the toy on the finger. The toy is put on with its head to the wrist, fingers are passed through a strip of felt in such a way that the character has finger "legs".

A flat house is not suitable for these toys; you will need to make a voluminous one. For example, made of cardboard. We fold the cardboard in such a way as to make a hut. The front side can be painted, windows can be made. The seamy side is only needed for stability.

The child should like such dolls, because they are pleasant to the touch, bright, not static, but mobile. There is one drawback in these dolls: if you adjust the size for an adult, then the baby's fingers can slip. Conversely, if the size of the felt ring is small, it will be difficult for an adult to put the doll on his finger. Very young children can stick not 2, but 3 fingers or the whole palm into the ring.

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Today we will show you how you can make cool finger paper toys for the little ones. With the help of these animals, your kids will be able to play a fun farm, or even show a small puppet theater. Making them is very simple, since we have already prepared animal templates for you. You only need to print them and assemble them. You can make a pig, a cat, a horse, a mouse and a rabbit for your kids.

Everything, that you will need:

• thick paper
• scissors
• toy templates (download)

We do

First, print out the templates for future toys, carefully cut them out. Look carefully, there are still parts for the rings that will be glued into the heads of animals, and then put on the child's finger so that he can control the character's head. These rings also need to be cut.

Now roll up the bodies of the animals to form the main ring where the child will insert the finger.

Now it's time for little rings to glue into the heads of the animals.

That's all, the toys are ready! You can start playing with children.

Good afternoon, guests and blog readers! Today I again want to touch on the topic of how and how to lure a child at home. This topic is very close to me, because I have two children at home. Which require attention and care.

In the previous article, I told you about didactic games with your favorite characters from Paw Patrol. Read who missed this issue here.

Today I want to offer another version of playing at home, this is a puppet theater. Of course, you can take your child to a real puppet theater, or you can create it at home.

Therefore, I will share with you some thoughts, developments to make such a miracle.

We need: your desire and a little free time 🙂

To be honest, we have different options for theaters at home, for example this wood.

My kids love him very much, because it is so funny and exciting when I show them a fairy tale, and they sit and listen. Now I have an eldest son, he can show and tell fairy tales himself. Just think, it's very cool, because the child is playing, learning to retell his favorite fairy tale, build a dialogue, etc.

I think that all preschool children, as well as the majority of children of primary school age, will not remain indifferent to such theaters. And if you also come up with fairy tales with a funny plot and an intriguing end, then in general you can get a real holiday for a child.

The simplest version of a do-it-yourself puppet theater is a paper one. It is easy to make it yourself. Well, or together with a child.

DIY paper finger puppet theater, patterns

The paper finger puppet theater is very popular with children, it attracts them, and also develops fine motor skills of the hands. Take a look.

The first option is a flat round finger theater. You need to make the head and the upper part of the doll, dress on the finger with a paper ring, or you can make cones.

Create these dolls with your child, start with character templates. Download them on my site by writing me a comment below, I will gladly send you templates, print and play fun.

After all, finger puppet theater is a whole magical art in which children learn the world around them. Any child will like being in the role of an artist, and this helps to believe in yourself and achieve success in the future. It is also a good material for the development of such processes in children as imagination, thinking, as well as the development of fine motor skills and much more.

Finger theater can be made from any materials at hand, such as paper, fabric, cardboard, cork, thread, cups, etc.

DIY desktop paper theater, templates

I show my children, here is such a desktop paper theater, which I made very quickly.

We need:

• cups from "Rastishka", illustrations, ice cream sticks

Stages of work:

1. Take any illustrations and cut out along the contour of all the characters of the fairy tale.

3. Glue ice cream sticks on each fairytale hero.

4. Now take the cups and make a horizontal hole at the top of each cup with a clerical knife.

5. Well, now insert the stick with the hero into the glass. See how lovely it turned out. Very easy and simple, no worse than buying in a store.

Ice cream sticks can be replaced with plastic forks or spoons.

If you do not want to take illustrations from books, then you can find characters from any fairy tales on the Internet, save them, and then print them, and then cut them out and stick them on sticks. You can download from my site such ready-made templates for heroes based on such fairy tales: Kolobok, Teremok, Turnip, Zaichya's hut, just write a comment or review below, and I will send you an email.

Paper puppet theater "Hodilki"

Such a theater is very popular with young children; for such a theater, favorite characters and a couple of holes are needed.

Believe me, children will be happy to play such games.

And if you invite friends to visit, then the game will be even more fun.

You can also receive samples of your favorite heroes' walkers to your e-mail address.

Desktop paper theater on plastic cups, corks, cubes

This option is also very easy to do, you can even draw the characters themselves, or find and cut, and then glue them onto corks or cubes. Everything is ingeniously simple.

How do you like this idea? All children love a kinder surprise, and they all have little containers that you can bring to such a theater.

DIY glove doll

In fact, there are a lot of puppet theaters that can be built. Even with almost no cash costs. You just need to turn on your wit and do it! You can sew for example.

And you can learn to knit and knit such cute heroes:

Honestly, I used to knit well, now a little time is not enough for all this. But I never liked sewing. But, also as an option, you can sew a theater who loves this business.

Although here's the easiest master for you - a class on sewing a puppet theater from fabric, using gloves. Anyone can cope, even those who do not know the art of sewing.

We need:

• household gloves, knitted - 2 pcs., buttons for eyes - 2 pcs., threads, scissors, braid, stationery knife

Stages of work:

1. Take the first glove and steam the seam on the cuff, usually red or yellow. Tuck in the little finger, thumb and forefinger so that they do not come out, sew them up. You should have a head with ears and a neck. Sew the bases at the ears so that your fingers do not get there.

2. Now take the next glove and hide your ring finger in it, sew the hole. Bring your middle and index fingers together and now slide the hare's head over them.

3. Sew the head to the neck. To hide the seam around the neck, tie a bow or bow tie. Sew on the button eyes and embroider the muzzle, or you can draw with a marker. You can decorate a bunny from a cannon or knitted threads by gluing a cute little bunny on its head. 😯

Thus, other toys can be made, such as a dog, parsley, etc.

My son, in general, loves such a simple glove, puts it on and walks around all sorts of stories coming up with heroes 🙂

Here is such a short article for today. I think how many of you have small children, you will be happy to diversify their leisure time. Choose any kind of theater, do it with your child. And then enjoy the good mood and positivity. After all, all joint work strengthens your relationship! And the child will only be happy and glad of this, and will certainly tell you: "Mommy, how I love you!" The most magical words in this world.

Well, I say goodbye to you for today. Until next time.

P.S Do you know what is very important ?! It is in the home puppet theater that you can observe the child, his behavior. Because the kid can think of something, speak out, and we adults should still listen to what the child is talking about, what kind of conversations he is talking about.