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Follow basic instructions for finger puppets on page 35.
FEATURES: Use two round brown buttons for eyes—paint on a spot of white
for highlight. Embroider brows in black and mouth in red. Add small
button nose (Figure 1).
HAIR: Wind black yarn around a card 3″ wide, about 20 times. Gather
along one edge with black yarn; snip other edge open and remove
carefully (Figure 2). Sew to the top of the head with the seam down the
center like a part and hair hanging down each side of the head. Fit a
band of tape (embroidered or plain with beadwork) around the head and
add a feather at the back (Figure 3).
DRESS: Cut a shirt from a piece of material 8″ × 6″, seam and fit to
puppet with opening at the back. Gather along the waist and sew to a
strip of felt for the belt (Figure 4).
OPTIONAL: Add novel beads around neck and wrists (if you have added the
glove-like fingers mentioned in the basic instructions). You might try a
Mohawk hairdo, braids, fancy headdress, medicine man’s mask or other
variations.