5 Dinosaur Felt Finger Puppets (PDF Pattern)
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Looking for dinosaur craft ideas? This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to make dinosaur finger puppets. It’s the next of my finger puppet patterns that I adore. Previously, I have shared free patterns for 7 woodland finger puppet animals (bear, hedgehog, fox, squirrel, frog, owl, and mole finger puppet) and also 5 dragon finger puppets. This dinosaur puppet pattern can create one or many dino finger puppets. These five dinosaurs (T-Rex, Brontosaurus, Pteranodon, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus finger puppets) will become a cherished gift for any kid to play with.
Happy crafting!
After a temporary period of two years, when this 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.
General Instructions for Dinosaur Finger Puppets DIY
These dinosaur felt finger puppets are easy to make. They are stitched entirely by hand, using a running stitch, French knot, whip stitch. Looking for a concise guide on embroidery stitches? Visit the article 9 hand embroidery stitches for felt to learn more about embroidery stitches.
Step-by-step instructions follow to make felt dinosaur finger puppets. The finished puppets are approximately 3” (7,5 cm) tall. The dinosaur puppets are made from scraps of felt.
Note that finger puppets are not recommended for children under the age of 3.
Three-strand, two-strand, and one-strand embroidery floss are used to embroider the dinosaur felt puppet. Knot thread ends on the wrong side of felt.
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 used Elmer’s Craft Bond glue for this dinosaur finger puppet craft.
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 for cutting felt shapes: If you like to learn some tips on how to cut 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 Dinosaur Felt Finger Puppets
Materials and Supplies needed:
5 easy dinosaur finger puppets - find the complete e-pattern and SVG file download in my ETSY shop
felt scraps: felt colors based on your choice, white
embroidery floss: matching colors to the darker tone of felt, black, white
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 - Elmer’s CraftBOND 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)
How to Make a Dinosaur Finger Puppet
The blue Stegosaurus, red Pteranodon, yellow Triceratops finger puppet follow the instruction steps as per below. The green Brontosaurus and pink T-Rex have slightly adapted steps on how to make them.
How to Make Blue Stegosaurus, Red Pteranodon, and Yellow Triceratops Finger Puppet
Use the template shared in the FunClothCrafts ETSY shop to cut out all felt shapes from felt.
2. Pin or glue two white circles for eyes to the front of the dinosaur head shape, following the template. With one-strand white floss, sew straight stitch around the edges of the eyes to attach it.
Using the french knot, embroider the eye pupils with three-strands of black embroidery thread. I wrapped the thread three times around my needle so that the knot is more significant.
Follow with the french knot for the nostrils. Lastly, embroider the dinosaur spikes with two straight stitches for each spike.
Embroider the eyes with 8 straight stitches each
Embroider the french knot for the eyes’ pupils nostrils. For the spikes, sew two straight stitches for each spike.
3. Follow by sewing the head with a whip stitch to the front of the dino finger puppet’s body.
Attach head to the front of finger puppet’s body with whip stitch
4. Glue spikes to the finger puppet’s back body part.
Attach spikes to the finger puppet’s body
5. Place the dinosaur finger puppet’s front and back together and begin joining the pieces with a running stitch close to the edge.
Pin dinosaur finger puppet’s front and back together
Sew running stitch close to the edge
6. Your DIY: finger puppet Stegosaurus dino made with Fun Cloth Crafts dinosaur finger puppet pattern is ready for its happy owner. For the red Pteranodon and the yellow Triceratops finger puppet follow the same steps.
Stegosaurus dinosaur finger puppet
To Wrap Up
Thank you for crafting with me! I would love to see your finished dinosaur 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.
Let’s craft together!
XO, Anna
