5 Little Monsters: Farm Animal Finger Puppet Playset

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12 Days of Crocheted Stocking Stuffers

DAY 10

Day 10, only a couple of days left to go in the 12 Days of Crocheted Stocking Stuffers Series. Hopefully you have enjoy the projects so far and they have given you some good stocking stuffer ideas.

Today's project is another kid gift, this one is great for little kids. A little farm animal finger puppet playlet that includes a few animal finger puppets and a drawstring bag that looks like a barn to keep them in.
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This pattern is actually based on a project that I first came up with probably about 8 years ago, several years before I started this blog. I wrote down the pattern in a notebook that my kids eventually ripped up. I decided it finally time to recreate that pattern and it would make a great stocking stuffer, so why not include it in this series.

I made 4 animals but they are all made with the same base pattern so you could use it to make whatever other animals you can think of, just add different ears, faces, etc.

How to Make Farm Animal Finger Puppet Playset

You will need:

small amount of worsted weight yarn in red, white, black, and colors needed for animals (I used mostly Red Heart Super Saver)
G crochet hook
H crochet hook
yarn needle
scissors
embroidery floss
embroidery needle

Instructions:

The finger puppets are worked in a spiral, starting with a magic ring. Each one starts with the same base body, then ears, beaks, snouts, etc. are sewn on at the end.
The bag is worked in the round, joining each round.

Finger puppets are worked with G hook

Finger Puppet Body

Round 1: in mr, ch 1, 6 sc (6 sc)
Round 2: 2 sc in each st (12 sc)
Round 3-10: 1 sc in each stitch (12 sc)

sl st to next stitch, finish off, weave in end

Pig

Make body in pink yarn

Make 2 ears:

ch2, sl st in ch closest to hook, sc in next

finish off, stitch onto head

Make snout:

in mr, ch1, 6 sc, join with sl st to first stitch

finish off, stitch

Embroider face:

stitch eyes just above the snout, stitch two lines on the snout for nostrils

Sheep

Make body in white yarn

Make 2 ears:

with gray yarn, ch 2, sc in each ch

finish off, sew onto side of head

Make face:

with gray yarn, in mr, ch 2, 8 hdc, join with sl st to first stitch

Finish off and stitch to the front of the finger puppet near the top

Embroider face:

stitch eyes, nose, and mouth onto the gray circle

Duckling

Make body in yellow yarn

Make bill:

with orange yarn, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook, sc in last ch

finish off, stitch onto front of finger puppet

Embroider eyes

Chicken

Make body in white yarn

Make beak:

with orange yarn, ch2, sl st in ch closest to hook, sc in next

finish off, stitch onto front of the finger puppet

Make comb:

with red yarn, ch 3, sl st in ch closest to hook, [dc, sl st] in each of the next 2 stitches

finish off, stitch to top of head

Embroider eyes

Barn Bag

Begin with red yarn and the H hook, you will be crocheting around both sides of the chain and joining each round

ch 21

Round 1: sc in second ch from hook, sc in each of next 18 ch, work 3 sc in last ch turning so you can work down the other side, sc in next 18 ch, 2 sc in last stitch, join to first sc with a sl st (42 sc)

Round 2-17: ch 1, sc in each stitch around, join to first sc with sl st (42 sc)

switch to white yarn

Round 18: ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch, [2 dc in next stitch, ch 1, skip next stitch] repeat around, join with sl st to first dc (28 dc, 14 ch spaces)

switch to black yarn

Round 19: ch 1, sc in each stitch, join with sl st to first sc (42 sc)

finish off, weave in ends

ch 60, or long enough to fit around the top of the bag with a little extra, weave one end through the ch spaces from round 18, join ends to make a loop, finish off, weave in ends

Use surface sc or embroidery to make a white square on the front of the bag with an x inside.

weave in all ends