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By Amanda Boyarshinov 1 Comment

How to Make Gruffalo Finger Puppets for Creative Storytelling

It’s really easy to make these cute little felt Gruffalo finger puppets. Just follow these simple instructions for creative storytelling of The Gruffalo.

How to Make Felt Gruffalo Finger Puppets for creative storytelling

DIY Felt Gruffalo Finger Puppets

Gruffalo Finger Puppets Tutorial for Kids

Sooo,  I made this fun Gruffalo dress-up apron for my kids and then realized, I needed some more characters to really let them re-tell the story in full Gruffalo fashion.

Gruffalo Apron

Since we don’t have a ton of storage space in the house, I decided that some cute little felt finger puppets would fit nicely into a pocket on the apron and thus – the Gruffalo character finger puppets were born!

You will need: felt, fabric paint, scissors and something to sew them together (last ditch effort, just glue the outsides, but I do have faith that the majority of our readers know how to do a simple straight stitch!)

Gruffalo Story Finger Puppets inspired by Julia Donaldson

After I put the kids to bed, I opened the Gruffalo book and free-handed my version of the characters.

REMEMBER – we will never be able to replicate the talent of Axel Scheffler and we don’t need to.

Our children really don’t mind imperfections. I PROMISE!

Gruffalo Story Finger Puppets inspired by Julia Donaldson

When they were almost dry (I was impatient and smudged a few), I cut the backs like this and straight-stitched up the edges with an opening at the bottom for their little fingers. Ta DA! That’s it!

Grab a copy of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

Visit our Collect of Gruffalo Activities

Visit our Julia Donaldson Virtual Book Club for Kids

You may also enjoy these Gruffalo Inspired Activities for Kids…

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Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Amanda, Book Activities, grade school, Gruffalo, Preschool, Sewing, The Gruffalo, Virtual Book Club

About Amanda Boyarshinov

K - 12 masters reading teacher, author and mom to 3. Amanda is a National Board Certified teacher with oodles of experience in early childhood education.

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Comments

  1. Sandi says

    April 28, 2013 at 12:50 am

    Super cute again. Are you sure that you don't want to go into business making Gruffalo aprons and finger puppets. 🙂

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