Master class with step by step photos. Felt sheep.
Finger puppet “Sheep” for theatrical games.
Description: Toys self made are becoming more and more in demand, as they are made from environmentally friendly materials, and are absolutely unique in their design, since the hand of each master is individual, and therefore the toy turns out to be exclusive.
A little history: Where and how did the first felt toys appear? The story goes that a girl named Margarete Steiff, in 1879, sewed a baby elephant from soft felt. It is not known exactly what he looked like. Then she began to sew the most various toys made of fabric. In 1880, in her workshop, she and her sisters began sewing and selling numerous felt and plush crafts. Gradually Margaret's workshop grew and turned into a factory soft toy"Steiff".
Purpose: For kindergarten teachers, teachers primary classes, as the production of demonstration material for use in direct educational and theatrical activities of children of senior preschool and primary school age.
Target: Making a finger puppet “Sheep” from thin felt, for theatrical activities, shaping creativity and artistic skills.
Tasks:
teach how to work with felt material, how to make buttonholes, running stitches, and seams made with oblique stitches;
develop perseverance, patience, accuracy;
develop imagination, concentration;
activate speech functions;
expand vocabulary
Materials and tools:
felt;
scissors;
needle;
thread No. 50;
“Iris” threads in red, green and black, for embroidering the nose, mouth, eyes;
black beads;
store "eyes".
Lamb pattern:
Hand stitches, used in the work:
Loop stitch
Running stitch
Seam made with oblique stitches
What is felt?
Felt- (from the French feutre - felt), material obtained by felting fluff ( thin hair) rabbit, hare, fur waste from valuable breeds of fur-bearing animals, as well as sheep wool. Felt (noble felt) is a non-woven material that can be treated like fabric (cut, sewn) and like paper (glued). In addition, felt has no face or back; when cutting out parts along the edge, no fringe is formed.Safety precautions when working with scissors:
Store scissors in a case and out of the reach of children.
Do not leave the scissor blades open while working.
Pass the scissors with the blades closed in the rings forward.
Safety precautions when working with needles and pins:
Carry out work using a thimble.
Store needles and pins in a certain place (special box, pad, etc.), do not leave them in the workplace, and under no circumstances take needles or pins into your mouth or pin them on clothes.
Do not use a rusty needle for sewing.
Attach the patterns to the fabric with the sharp ends of the pins facing away from you.
Store scissors in a case and, after finishing work, put them in a place inaccessible to small children.
Collect pieces of broken needles or pins and put them in a specific place, and then dispose of them.
Stages of work:
Children's theater- finger, implies familiarity with fiction, the basics of stagecraft, plastic arts and much more. All this helps to broaden the child’s horizons, enrich the child’s speech, develop emotionality, communication skills, curiosity, and awaken interest in creativity. And if you decide to make finger theater with your own hands together with the child, then to all this you can add such qualities as love of work, development of perseverance and concentration.
For my MK I used thin felt.
In order to sew such a wonderful lamb, you need a template (shown on a checkered sheet, size A5).
You won't hear a word
You are from a little sheep.
For any question you have
He will only stubbornly say: “Bee-e-e.”
1. We take a template, cut out the details of the sheep, two parts each for the body, muzzle, bangs (ears - 4 parts, tail - one part).
2. Then we connect between consists of two parts of the head - a “loop seam”,
bangs - “oblique overlock stitches”,
two pairs of ears - “running stitch”,
3. Making the face: outline the nose, eyes;
4. For the eyes I took black beads, sew on the “eyes” and nose (from scraps);
5. Our face, ears, and bangs are ready!
We take the front part of the body and place the finished parts on it;
6. We attach them to the main part,
We decorate the sheep - sew a bell on its neck! (this decoration is from old shoes - we don’t throw anything away!)
7. Take the second back part of the body, mark the place where the tail will be located;
8. Attach the tail to the back of the body!
9. Next, carefully place the front part on the back one, connecting the edges (I remind you that both parts of the body are ready for joining), and chop them off with needles;
10. We connect the parts of the body with each other using oblique stitches (from the left leg along the circumference of the body to the right leg, leaving a hole)
The symbol of 2015 is the cutest animal - a sheep. Handmade souvenirs and toys carry the warmth and love of their creator. New Year- a great reason to make felt toys and give the symbol of the year instead of a traditional refrigerator magnet.
A homemade New Year's felt sheep can be used as a small addition to the main gift, as a keychain or decoration for the Christmas tree.
How to sew a sheep from felt
Required materials:
- Felt - 3 colors (white - main, cream, dark brown);
- Sintepon;
- Beads (dark for eyes);
- Satin ribbon of contrasting color (w - 0.5 cm; d - 20 cm);
- Bell in the color of the ribbon;
- Threads, needle, scissors.
Felt sheep pattern:
First you need to print out the pattern. For a small souvenir toy, A5 format is sufficient.
Felt sheep pattern
Cut out the details of the sheep from felt:
From white felt:
- 2 body parts;
- 2 forelock parts;
- 2 parts ponytail.
From cream felt:
- 2 parts head;
- 4 ear parts.
From dark brown felt:
- 1 piece spout;
- 2 hoof parts.
Lamb cut out details
Sheep face
Embroider the sheep's face. First we sew on two dark colored beads. If desired, we can make eyelashes. Without tearing off the thread, sew on a spout from dark brown three stitches in the corners. We embroider the mouth and fasten the thread from the inside out.
We sew together the details of the face without sewing up the top, stuffing it lightly with padding polyester.
We sew the details of the ears. There is no need to stuff your ears with padding polyester.
We sew together the details of the forelock, but do not do it completely. So that later you can insert the ears and face. We fill the sheep's forelock a little with padding polyester, insert the ears and face, and continue sewing the parts together.
Assembling a sheep's head from felt
The head of our 2015 symbol is ready. We sew it to one of the parts of the body.
Connecting the head and torso
We sew a tail for our felt toy. It can be filled a little with padding polyester. After the tail is ready, sew it to another part of the sheep's body.
Tail
The next step is to sew on the hooves. Now the front and back of our gift are ready.
Sewed on the hooves
Our felt sheep is almost ready, all that remains is to sew two parts and fill them with padding polyester.
Leaving a small hole, we stuff the sheep with padding poly.
All that remains is to decorate our souvenir.
This is what happened.
We are preparing decoration for our gift
Take the ribbon and fold it into a bow. Sew a bell into the middle of the bow. Sew on (can be glued with glue) a bow. We cut off the excess ends and melt them with a lighter so that they do not unravel.
Future decoration
Front view
Rear view
If you want to use this souvenir as Christmas tree decoration, then it is enough to sew in a ribbon or make a loop on the finished product during the sewing process. The New Year's felt sheep is ready!
Symbol of the New Year 2015 made of felt
On the eve of 2015 - cute fluffy sheep - theme New Year's souvenirs more relevant than ever. In particular, the symbol of the year is a universal gift, which you can easily do yourself. Any child, friend or girlfriend, employee, relative will definitely be happy with him. So, in this master class we will tell you how to sew a sheep from felt.
Tools and materials Time: 1.5 hours Difficulty: 3/10
- scissors;
- glue "Moment";
- thread, needle.
A felt sheep as a souvenir will appeal to both children and adults.
This craft can also be used in New Year's decor Christmas tree, wear it as a talisman or attach it to a bag, a set of keys or a phone like a keychain, hang it in the car.
Tools and materials:
- felt fabric (it is best to take black and white) - for the head and torso;
- lace or wool threads- for loops and paws;
- any filler - cotton wool, foam rubber, etc.;
- two black beads or beads - for the eyes;
- scissors;
- glue "Moment";
- thread, needle.
Pattern of our sheep
1. Carefully cut out patterns from felt.
2. Connect the body and head of the future lamb.
3. Attach ears. Their ends need to be placed under the head.
4. To secure it, remove the head, bend the tips of the ears and coat them with glue - about 5 mm.
5. Now the crucial moment - carefully coat the head. It is important not to overdo it.
6. Glue the head, not forgetting to place it on the tips of the ears.
The result should be like this:
7. Then you need to bend each ear in turn and glue that place.
8. When the head is glued, we place blank eyelets made of fabric, and black beads on them. By moving the beaded pupils to different places, you can create any eye expression for your future felt sheep.
It's best to do it this way.
9. You need to be very careful when gluing the pupils onto the eyes: excess Momenta glue not only corrodes the beads, but also stains the fabric.
That's it, the eyes can be glued onto the head.
10. We outline the muzzle with white threads.
11. Sheep's feet can be crocheted or braided.
12. We fasten the parts of the body and sew them with a buttonhole stitch. At the same time, we leave places for attaching the legs and to fill the body with filler, and also leave room for the loop.
Actually, our cute little lamb is ready!
It can be used as a pincushion, keychain, bag or mobile phone, and also hang on the mirror in the car. And it will definitely bring you good luck all year long!
The second version of the sheep will be a little more difficult, since this work involves small details.
We will need:
- copper wire 1.5 mm thick - for the body,
- a fishing float or champagne cork for the head,
- glue "Moment"
- jute twine,
- paper clips,
- yarn - black and white.
First we twist the frame from copper wire and wrap it with wool yarn.
Then we make the head of the sheep. After this, we pierce the head with a body wire, the end of which must be bent and secured so that it does not turn. We make the legs from identical pieces of wire, attach the legs and wrap the neck and body of the sheep with twine.
Then we carefully wrap the head with black thread. First of all, glue the tip of the thread to the place where the nose will be. Then carefully, in one layer, we wrap the head, coating the place where the thread passes with glue. We fix it in the middle. We do the same with the crown.
Then we wrap the legs: we unbend the loops at their ends, carefully coat the wire with glue and wrap it well again. Then we bend the ends of the wire again, coat everything with glue and make another layer of thread. When all the limbs are ready, coat the base of the body with glue.
The sheep's ears are ordinary paper clips, smeared with glue and wrapped with black thread. True, you will need to leave the small ends of the paper clips free. After all, their ears will be attached to the body. Now all that remains is to attach the ears to the head, generously smearing the remaining tips with glue.
And finally, the most important thing is wool for the sheep. We make it like a pom-pom: we wrap a thin piece of cardboard (about 1.5 cm wide) with white woolen thread, tighten one side with regular thread, cut the opposite side - we get nice bunches with which we cover the entire body.
That's it, honey New Year's sheep made of felt is ready to please your eyes!
Such a felt sheep can be hung on a New Year tree as a symbol of the coming year, and later used as a pincushion or keychain for a car or bag. The manufacturing process is not complicated, the materials used are quite affordable, so anyone can sew such a toy.
A cute do-it-yourself felt sheep, a master class with a photo of which we invite you to watch below, will not only wonderful decoration, but also an original souvenir gift for loved ones.
First of all, we sew on the trim: fasten the large heart with decorative stitches to the butt, small hearts to the ears.
On one of the parts of the head, we make 3 stitches with black thread, imitating the face of a felt sheep.
We apply 2 parts of the body evenly to each other and sew them together with a loop seam, starting approximately from the middle.
Without sewing the seam to the end and without breaking the thread, we begin to fill the body with pre-fluffed padding polyester. It is convenient to distribute the stuffing evenly throughout the figure using the tips of scissors or a stick.
We insert a ribbon between the parts so that the felt sheep can be conveniently hung on the Christmas tree, and we sew up the hole left for stuffing until the end.
In the same way we sew and stuff the head and forelock.
Sew the ears and forelock to the head.
We sew the head with a hidden seam in the middle of the body.
We glue the eyes with super glue. It is advisable to apply the glue with a toothpick so that excess does not leak out from under the eyes and spoil the face.
We lay the ends of the lace with the bell behind each other and sew it to the body.
To make the sheep look more festive and elegant, you can glue small rhinestones onto the hearts.
And paint on the cheeks with blush or dry pastel.
That’s it, this handmade felt sheep is ready to take pride of place on the New Year’s tree.
You can also do this with your kids
Useful tips
The symbol of the coming New Year is a sheep or a goat, since according to Chinese calendar 2015 - Year of the Sheep or Goat.
If you love handicrafts, you can make a beautiful sheep with your own hands. By using simple master class you can make a toy, pillow or a beautiful souvenir.
Such a sheep will become a great gift for relatives and friends.
How to sew a sheep with your own hands?
You will need:
Gray fleece
· Black faux fur
· Black floss threads 45 cm
Filler
· Threads, needle
Adviсe:
Fleece is an easily stretchable material, while fur has a fleecy surface. It is important to place the pattern pieces so that the arrows are parallel to the edge.
1. Cut out the pattern pieces and mark with chalk:
2 ears, 8 legs, 2 muzzles, 2 tails - made of gray fleece
2 torsos, 2 ears – made of black (or white) fleece
Legs
2. Place the two leg pieces right sides together and stitch, leaving an opening at the top. Repeat for the other legs. Turn the pieces inside out and stuff the lower parts of the legs with filling.
Tail
3. Place the two tail pieces right sides together and stitch, leaving an opening at the top. Turn it inside out.
Ears and muzzle
4. Take one ear piece from fleece and the other from fur and place right sides inward. Sew, leaving an opening. Turn it inside out. Fold the ear in half and secure with a pin. Repeat with the other ear.
5. Place one folded ear toward the right side of the muzzle, with the fold of the ear toward the top of the head. Baste. Repeat with the other ear.
6. Place one muzzle piece on top of the corresponding body piece, right sides facing in, aligning points A and B. Pin along the curve. Sew the muzzle to the body from point A to point B. Repeat on the other side of the muzzle and body.
7. Place the tail to the right side of the body, aligning points C and D. The tip of the tail points down. Baste.
8. Make leg slits on one side of the body and pass the legs through the holes. Fold the body over the holes and secure the legs with pins. Sew along the holes, closing them and securing the legs. Repeat for another pair of legs on the other side of the torso.
Eyes, nose, mouth
9. Take a needle and thread the black floss thread, tying a knot at the end. Thread the thread from the wrong side of the face and embroider the eyes, nose and mouth using a chain stitch. Tie a double knot on the wrong side and repeat on the other side of the face.
Assembly
10. Place the two sides of the body right sides together and secure with pins. Sew, leaving room for the hole. Fill with filler. Close the hole with a staggered stitch.
Felt sheep (pattern)
You will need:
· White felt
· Gray or black felt
Filler
· Ribbon
· Needle and thread
· Scissors
Print pattern and cut out the parts from felt (the pattern can be found)
2. Fold one edge of the ears halfway and secure with paper clips behind the muzzle detail.
3. Start sewing along the edge of the muzzle along with the ears. Before you finish the circle, add some filler so that the face is voluminous.
4. Sew eyes and nose using the sample.
5. Sew 8 leg pieces to make it 4 limbs. Add some filler to your feet.
6. Place the legs on top of the back of the white felt and secure with pins.
7. Place the front piece of white felt on top and pin again.
8. Sew around the lamb's body, leaving some room to add filling. Finish sewing up the sheep.
9. Tie a ribbon around the lamb.
Here are a few more examples of felt sheep:
Sheep Tilda: master class
You will need:
White fabric (terry, fleece, fine-pile fabric)
· Flesh-colored fabric (cotton, jersey)
· 3-4 types of fabric of different textures
· Buttons
· Strong thread for sewing on arms and legs and regular threads
· Black thread floss for the muzzle
· Padding
· Decorations
Head
1. Sewing Tilda’s sheep costs start from the head. We take white and flesh-colored fabric and cut out the details of the head. If you take knitwear or other stretchy fabric, it is worth gluing it with interlining or dublerin.
2. Occipital part the head will be made of white fabric, and the remaining parts of the head will be cut out of flesh-colored fabric, not forgetting about seam allowances and not cutting out darts.
3. Sew darts.
4. Connect the upper and lower parts of the muzzle sheep. To do this neatly, pin them together and stitch them together.
5. Turn the muzzle inside out, pin the front part of the head and sew.
6. We connect the front and back (white fabric) heads with pins and stitch them. Turn it inside out.
Ears
1. Cut out the ear pieces according to the pattern, leaving seam allowances. The front part of the ears is flesh-colored, the back part is white.
2. Sew the ear pieces with right sides facing inward.
3. Turn and iron their.
4. Fold the ears in half and sew at the edge.
Torso
1. White fabric fold in half and cut out pieces torso, arms and legs.
2. Sew the parts, turn them inside out and stuff the body.
3. Sew the ears to the head to the edge of the lower part of the muzzle.
4. Sew the back (white) part of the head
You can sew it clothes for your sheep By instructions .
DIY sheep: patterns
DIY sheep pillow
You will need:
· A square piece of sand-colored wool felt, 45 cm long
· A square piece of beige wool felt, 45 cm long
A piece of brown felt
Filler
· Threads matching color
Use material beige and sand color for the body your sheep. Brown felt will be used for legs,ears and face.
Cut out the parts according pattern(for one sheep): 2 parts for the body, 4 legs, 2 faces, 2 ears
1. Fasten the two parts of the muzzle with a pin and sew them with thread suitable color. Do the same with the leg details.
2. Pin the two body parts together. Place the legs and face between the two pieces as shown in the picture.
3. Sew across the body, starting at the front leg, about 1.2cm from the raised edge.
4. When you reach the face, stitch around in an arc of about 0.6 cm, and then continue stitching along the body with a 1.2 cm indent. Finish where the back leg ends. Leave a hole between your legs.
5. Fill the sheep through the hole. Use large pieces of litter to avoid lumps.
6. Sew the hole with a stitch so that it joins smoothly with the other stitches.
7. Fold each ear piece in half and sew with thread of the same color. Sew the ears to the body. Repeat with the second lamb.
Crocheted sheep (pattern)
You will need:
· 1 skein of cream long pile yarn
· 1 skein of beige worsted yarn
· 1 skein of mint worsted yarn
Hook 5mm and 3.75mm
Filler
· Beads for eyes
· Yarn needle
· Bell (optional)
Legend:
sc - single crochet
pt - loop
dec – decrease loops
pr - adding loops
Body
We use cream-colored yarn and a 5 mm hook.
1. Amigurumi ring(5 pt)
Here are instructions on how to make an amigurumi ring:
1st row: 1 cr in each loop (10 pt)
2nd row: sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (15 pt)
3rd row: 2 sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (20 pt)
4th row: 3 sc, 1 inc, repeat for the entire row (25 pt)
5th row: 4 sbn, 1 inc repeat for the entire row (30 pt)
6th row: 5 sc, 1 inc repeat for the entire row (35 pt)
7-10 row: sc, in a circle (35 pt)
11th row: 5 sc, 1 dec repeat for the entire row (30 pt)
Row 12: 4 sc, repeat 1 dec for the entire row (25 pt)
Row 13: 3 sc, 1 dec repeat for the entire row (20 pt)
Row 14: 2 sc, 1 dec (15 pt)
The torso will begin to gradually close. Start using filler. Continue row 14 and fill the body until it is closed.
Face
Main chain (5pt)
1st row: sc, sc around the main chain (11pt)
2nd row: 1 inc, 3 sbn, 1 inc, remaining sbn (13 pt)
3rd row: 1 inc, 5 sbn, 1 inc, remaining sbn (15 pt)
Here are the instructions This article explains the basic principle of how an oval-shaped sheep’s face is made.
Legs
We use beige yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.
Amigurimi ring (4 pt)
1st row: sc, 1 inc, sc, 1 inc (6 pt)
2nd row: sc in circle (6 pt)
Ears
We use beige yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.
Amigurimi ring (4 pt)
Collar (optional):
We use mint yarn and a 3.75 mm hook.
Chain 45 pt
Assembly:
1. Sew the eyes to the muzzle
2. Sew the muzzle to the long end of the body where you closed.
3. Attach the legs to the body and the ears to the head
4. You can attach a collar with a bell and tie it around the sheep.
How to crochet a lamb?
Another option for crocheting a lamb or lamb in this video tutorial.
