How To Make Hilarious Finger Puppets

PHOTOS: How To Make Hilarious Finger Puppets
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This is an easy tutorial for finger puppets.

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Supplies
1) Finger tips from old gloves

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2) Swatches of fabric
3) Ribbon
4) Jewels or Beads
5) Magic Markers
6) Thread and/or Embroidery Floss
7) Sewing Needles

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E6000 Glue. This glue, pictured below, is the most amazing crafting glue I have ever used. Most of my D.I.Y. projects outlaw the use of glue, but I'll make an exception for a project as crafty as finger puppets.

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Decorating finger puppets is a lot like decorating a cupcake: there are no wrong choices and every puppet will be different and special in its own way. A lot of your design choices will be dictated by the supplies that you have lying around your house. Therefore I won't spend time outlining a play-by-play on how to do this. I'll just leave you with some examples of the finger puppets that I made.

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I think they are funniest when they are a little imperfect...or in my case, extremely imperfect.

For more about Jennie visit: www.diyrenegade.com or www.jennietaylor.com

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