Simple Horse Finger Puppet [find the pattern on ETSY]

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Do you want to make a horse finger puppet for kids? Then, follow this tutorial, and learn how to make a horse finger puppet from felt. This pattern is part of my farm animal finger puppets set, which will be fun to play with on their own or as part of Quiet Book. Looking for free finger puppets’ patterns? Then, visit the Freebies section.

Happy Felt Crafting!

After a temporary period, when this horse finger puppet pattern was for free, it was moved to my ETSY shop. In the FunClothCrafts ETSY shop, you find finger puppet PDF patterns and felt board PDF patterns, including SVG files.

Instructions for DIY Horse Finger Puppet

This horse felt finger puppet is simple to make. It is stitched entirely by hand, using a running stitch, French knot, whip stitch. Looking for help with embroidery stitches? Visit the article 9 hand embroidery stitches for felt to learn more. You can use a sewing machine if you prefer. Choose straight stitch and standard thread. 

Horse finger puppet hand embroidery stitches

Tips for Sewing with Felt

TIP for holding pieces in place for sewing: Felt pieces can be pinned to the body shape to hold them in place until they are stitched.

Another option is to place a tiny dab of instant dry fabric glue on the reverse side of felt shapes and position them on the puppet’s body. I use Beacon Fabri-Tac glue for my felt crafts.

TIP for sewing with felt: Searching for more information about sewing with felt? Visit my post on how to sew felt: tips for sewing with felt.

TIP how to glue felt: Have you wondered what is the best glue for felt? Find the findings of a test comparing 8 different glue for felt.

TIP for cutting felt shapes:If you like to learn tips on cutting out felt pieces, you can read my post about 6 techniques for cutting felt shapes.

TIP for tracing on felt: You are welcome to read how to trace on felt post to learn more about transferring the pattern on felt for embroidery.

Materials & Supplies for Horse Finger Puppet

• Horse Finger Puppet Template - find the complete PDF pattern and SVG file download in my ETSY shop

• felt scraps (find great felt at Benzie Design or find more buying options in the Types of Felt section of How to Sew Felt blog post): felt colors based on your choice (dark brown, brown, beige if you want to follow my colors), white

• embroidery floss: matching colors to the darker tone of felt, black, white

• embroidery needles

• small or embroidery scissors (KAI 5 1/2 inch Embroidery Scissors are the ones I use)

• pins (optional - these are my favorites)

• a glue that works on felt (optional - Beacon Fabri-Tac glue works well)

• freezer paper (optional - Check out my tutorial to learn how to use freezer paper for cutting precise shapes from felt)

• iron (optional - if you cut felt with freezer paper: I use Rowenta travel iron)

kai 5 1/2 inch Embroidery Scissors, Black Handle Buy on Amazon

DMC Embroidery Floss Pack, Popular Colors, DMC Embroidery Thread, DMC Floss Kit Include 36 Assorted Color Bundle with DMC Mouline Cotton White/Black and DMC Cross Stitch Hand Needles. Buy on Amazon

Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive, 8 Ounce The Glue Gun in A Bottle ! Buy on Amazon

How to Make Horse Finger Puppet

Follow the steps and learn how to make this simple horse finger puppet.

1. Use the template from my ETSY shop to cut out all felt shapes from felt.

Cut all felt shapes for the horse finger puppet

2. Hold with a finger, pin or glue the white circles for eyes to the front of the horse’s body shape, following the template. With one-strand white floss, sew whip stitch around the edges of the eyes to attach it. I do 8 stitches.

Using the french knot, embroider the eye pupils with three-strands of black embroidery thread. I wrapped the thread three times around my needle to make the knot more significant.

Tip: You could use self-adhesive googly eyes instead of sewing the eyes. I would only opt for this option if the finger puppet will be used by older kids.

Embroider the eyes with 8 whip stitches

Embroider the french knot for the eyes’ pupils.

3. Next, sew the muzzle to the horse’s front body with a whip stitch.

Attach muzzle with whip stitch

4. Embroider nostrils with the french knot and the mouse with backstitch.

TIP: Before embroidery, you can draw the nostrils and mouth with a pencil following the template.

Embroider nostrils and the mouth

5. Place the horse finger puppet’s front and back together and join the pieces with a running stitch close to the edge. Remember to add the poll when sewing the upper part.

Sew running stitch close to the edge, include the poll

Your handmade felt horse finger puppet made with Fun Cloth Crafts horse finger puppet pattern (ETSY) is ready for its happy owner.

Horse finger puppet with PDF e-pattern (ETSY)

Farm Animal Finger Puppet PDF e-pattern and SVG file (ETSY)

To Wrap Up

Thank you for crafting with me! I would love to see your finished horse craft project. So if you like to share it, please send me your pictures. I welcome any feedback as it is important to make my products better. Don’t hesitate to contact me with your suggestions at anna@funclothcrafts.com.

Be sure to visit more on this website for free embroidery and sewing tips and tricks to help you out as you stitch my patterns. For free felt patterns visit my Freebies page.

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Let’s craft together!

XO, Anna

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