35 Free Felt Finger Puppet Patterns
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I've loved finger puppets since I began to craft with felt. Woodland animal finger puppets were the first free pattern I offered on my website when I started this blog. Since then, I designed more than 60 different finger puppet felt templates. Now, I would like to share my passion with you by providing this amazing collection of 35 free felt finger puppet patterns. Explore Fun Cloth Crafts finger puppet free patterns as well as free templates from other talented felt crafters. The finger puppets are easy to make, budget friendly crafts that will engage your kids and spark their imaginations. With these free patterns for finger puppets, you can create different characters, including animals, dinosaurs, fairies, and even holiday puppets. So get some felt, download the finger puppets’ free templates, and let the fun begin!
Happy felt crafting!
How to Make Felt Finger Puppets
What shall you have at home to make felt finger puppets? You'll need the following materials:
Finger Puppet Pattern - You'll find many free finger puppet patterns in this blog post
Felt scraps - You could use cheap craft felt, but I recommend wool blend felt. Wool blend felt is easier to sew, and your finger puppet will resist use for a longer time. Find great felt at Benzie Design or find more buying options in the Types of Felt section of the How to Sew Felt blog post.
Small or embroidery scissors (KAI 5 1/2 inch Embroidery Scissors are the ones I use)
Glue that works on felt (Beacon Fabri-Tac glue works well, and Aleene’s tacky glue for kids)
Googly eyes (optional if you prefer not to embroider the eyes)
Tips and Tricks for Crafting Felt Finger Puppets
TIP for sewing with felt: Explore the felt sewing tips to help you while sewing felt. You get to know what types of felt exist, what’s the best needle and thread for felt, how to trace on felt, and how to cut felt shapes.
TIP basic embroidery stitches: You can read the guide on nine basic embroidery stitches for felt if you want to know how to stitch French knot, running stitch, backstitch, or whip stitch.
TIP felt glue: Have you wondered what is the best felt glue? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glues for felt.
TIP felt scissors: Are you curious about what scissors to use for felt? Learn the secrets of the best scissors for cutting perfect felt shapes in Felt cutting made easy.
TIP for cutting felt: If you like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.
If you would like to make creative finger puppets with your kids, you can visit DIY Felt Finger Puppet Craft for Kids, which gives you a guideline on how to make finger puppets and includes a free basic template for finger puppets.
DIY Finger Puppet Ideas
With the first set of free patterns, you can make adorable animal finger puppets that are popular among kids. There are also fantasy finger puppet patterns available that allow you to create magical creatures like unicorns and dragons. The last category is no-sew finger puppets, which are also easy to make for kids. Go ahead and explore the collection of DIY finger puppets and choose your favorites.
Transport Finger Puppets with a free pattern: This set includes eight patterns for a car, rocket, scooter, hot air balloon, 2. ship, truck, plane, and train finger puppet. These free vehicle patterns from Fun Cloth Crafts can be sewn by hand or using a sewing machine.
3. Felt heart finger puppets: Cute free pattern for finger puppets to share love and joy.
4. Robot finger puppet: Fun and easy robot finger puppets from Create in the Chaos.
5. Cirkus train finger puppet: Felt with Love Designs shares 7 circus finger puppets. This link takes you to the circus train finger puppet tutorial.
Image: Create in the Chaos
Cute Animal Finger Puppet Free Templates
Kids love animal finger puppets. Here are a few animal patterns to get you started.
6. Dog Animal Finger Puppets: One of my popular free patterns for a dog finger puppet. It's easy to make and fun to play with.
7. Woodland Animal Finger Puppets: These are the first finger puppets I designed. Enjoy these felt woodland finger puppet animals; they are so adorable. This woodland animal set features a bear, squirrel, mole, frog, fox, hedgehog, and owl finger puppet.
8. Turkey Finger Puppet: This is my new free pattern to celebrate Thanksgiving. There are two turkey finger puppet patterns with printable templates included, one for a bit more experienced crafters and one easy to follow for kids. They are both so much fun; just have a look.
9. Ocean Finger Puppets: Find these adorable ocean finger puppets from Felt with Love Designs. There are free patterns for a yellow submarine, a squid, a walrus, an angler, a shark, and a lobster.
10. Zebra Finger Puppet: Felt with Love Designs shares a free tutorial for a zebra finger puppet.
11. DIY Farm Animal Finger Puppets: Create these easy finger puppets for farm animals using felt and embroidery thread.
12. DIY Forest Friends Finger Puppets: Easy beginner sewing pattern for a fox, hedgehog, and owl finger puppets.
13. Felt Animal Finger Puppets Set with free patterns includes jungle animal finger puppets, a peacock finger puppet, a frog, a pig, and a dog finger puppet.
14. Baby Shark Finger Puppets: Free pattern for baby shark finger puppets. Sew your five little sharks.
15. Magical Felt Butterfly Finger Puppet with Free Pattern: The magical wings of this butterfly finger puppet allow kids to explore their imagination and discover the magic of nature.
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Felt with Love Designs
Image: Fun Cloth Crafts
Fantasy and Fairy Tale Free Finger Puppet Patterns
Make your own fantasy finger puppets with these free patterns. Let your kids' imaginations soar while playing with fairy tale and fantasy characters. Whether they're using the finger puppets for storytelling or magical playtime, these will surely bring joy and enchantment.
16. Unicorn Finger Puppet: Craft this simple to make unicorn finger puppet with the free pattern and enter the world of fantasy.
17. Muppet Finger Puppet: Cute finger puppet of Muppet from Wild Olive.
18. Pirates Finger Puppets Patterns: Enter the fairy tale world with these pirate puppets. You can follow the steps on how to make these pirate finger puppets in the YouTube video.
19. The Three Little Pigs Finger Puppets Patterns: You can sew the Three Little Pigs fairy tale characters with this free pattern. The tutorial includes a YouTube video.
20. Dinosaur felt finger puppets: Free finger puppet template for 4 simple dinosaurs.
Image: Create in the Chaos
Image: Wild Olive
No-Sew Felt Finger Puppet Free Patterns
Leave your embroidery needle and thread rest with these no-sew patterns. You make these finger puppets using glue that works on felt. I would avoid generic craft glue and go with tacky glue for these puppets.
21. Finger Puppets Craft for Kids: Have fun and craft finger puppets with kids. These no-sew puppets are easy to make using tacky glue or hot glue. In this post, I share the tutorial on how to make finger puppets with your kids. It also offers a template for a generic finger puppet shape.
22. Animal No-sew Finger Puppets: Netmums.com shares these easy animal finger puppets that are made using a lollipop stick.
23. No-Sew Felt Owl Finger Puppets: Adorable owl finger puppet which is a no-sew craft.
24. Easy No-Sew Animal Finger Puppets: Learn How to Make Felt Finger Puppets using the included free printable templates for a pig, a koala, and an elephant finger puppets.
25. No-Sew Family Finger Puppets: The DIY family finger puppets are a fun and creative activity. The free felt pattern includes daddy, mommy, brother, sister, and baby finger puppets.
Easy finger puppet craft for kids
No-Sew Finger Puppet Family with Free Pattern
Image: Scattered Thoughts Crafty Mom
Free Finger Puppet Patterns for Various Occasions
Finger puppets provide a fun and creative activity for the entire family to engage in during the holiday season. Regardless of whether it is Halloween or Christmas, there are various designs of finger puppets accessible on the internet that you can easily make at home. For Halloween, you can make a frightening ghost, while for Christmas, a cheerful Santa Claus. Engaging in finger puppet creation as a family activity can even become a fresh holiday ritual.
DIY Felt Finger Puppets for Easter
26. Easter Bunny Finger Puppets: These felt bunny finger puppets can not only be fun for kids to play with but also can make for a lovely Easter ornament. The puppets are easy to make following the free pattern and tutorial.
27. Easter Egg Shapes Finger Puppets: These cute Easter egg puppets are so adorable. Visit the post, follow the instructions, and make your cute finger puppets.
28. Bunny Finger Puppets: Cute and adorable bunny finger puppets with a free pattern. Whites bunnies with bright colors and pom pom tail.
Free Finger Puppet Templates for Christmas
29. Christmas Finger Puppets: Follow the tutorial, get the Christmas spirit and learn how to make Christmas puppets. The Christmas finger puppet set includes a free pattern for Reindeer, Snowman, Santa, Elf, and Penguin finger puppets.
30. Christmas Finger Puppets with Free Pattern: Cute Christmas finger puppets.
31. Holiday Finger Puppets: Santa, Rudolph, and Snowman finger puppets with free template. Find easy to follow tutorial for holiday finger puppets.
Halloween Free Patterns for Felt Finger Puppets
If you want to craft finger puppets for Halloween, I have a post for you! Visit the best DIY Halloween finger puppets and find 30 free patterns for Halloween finger puppets and 25 paid patterns. Here, I'm sharing these patterns:
32. Halloween Finger Puppets: The Halloween puppet set includes a bat, pumpkin, black cat, vampire, ghost, spider, candy corn, and Frankenstein finger puppet. Download the free Halloween pattern, follow the detailed tutorial and craft your Halloween finger puppets.
33. Halloween Finger Puppets Craft: Find free templates for 10 ghostly finger puppets. These finger puppets are really creative and fun.
Image: Benzie Design
Free Felt Finger Puppet Patterns with SVG file for Cricut Maker
Owning Cricut Maker? Use the felt finger puppet templates from the Cricut Design Space and make your own finger puppets. If you need help with cutting felt on your Cricut Maker, visit the ultimate guide to cutting felt with Cricut Maker for lots of felt cutting tips.
34. Felt Animal Finger Puppets Using Cricut Machine: You can download the free SVG file on the glob from Karley Hall and craft your animal finger puppets. The set includes a monkey, a koala, and a tiger finger puppet, among others.
35. Felt Jungle Finger Puppets with the Cricut Maker: The link leads you to the Cricut Design Space project for jungle animal finger puppets. You can craft a zebra, lion, elephant, giraffe, and monkey felt finger puppets.
36. DIY No Sew Felt Nativity Finger Puppets: Another finger puppet project in Design Space is for the felt nativity finger puppets.
37. Woodland Animal Finger Puppets with Cricut Maker: The last project in this section is my project for woodland animal finger puppets. Follow the link to cut these simple finger puppets with your Cricut Maker. The tutorials for these finger puppets are in the woodland animal puppets blog post.
Free Felt Patterns for Finger Puppets Conclusions
In conclusion, the availability of free patterns for finger puppets offers endless creative possibilities. Whether you want to make a set of finger puppets for a quiet book or to make cute toys for your kids, these patterns are a great resource. The number of puppets you can craft is only limited by your imagination and the amount of time you have to make them. Finger puppets are a homemade and fun felt project that can be enjoyed by both kids and adults. They provide an opportunity to create a puppet show with different characters and colors. So next time you find yourself looking for a craft project, consider trying out some of the free felt patterns for finger puppets.
If you are looking for more inspiration for your finger puppet crafting, head over to my Pinterest board with Felt Finger Puppets!
Be sure to visit more on this website for embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. For free felt patterns, visit my Freebies page.
Let’s craft together!
XO, Anna
