DIY finger toys. DIY educational finger theater. Tabletop paper theater on plastic cups, corks, cubes

Good afternoon guests and blog readers! Today I again want to touch on the topic of how and how to engage a child at home. This topic is very close to me, because I have two children at home. Which require attention and care.

In the previous article, I told you about didactic games with your favorite characters from PAW Patrol. For those who missed this issue, read here.

Today I want to offer another option for playing at home, this is a puppet theater. Of course, you can take your child to a real puppet theater, or you can create one at home.

Therefore, I will share with you some thoughts and developments to make such a miracle.

We will need: your desire and a little free time :)

To be honest, at home we have different variants theaters, for example this wood.

My kids love it very much, because it is so funny and exciting when I show them a fairy tale and they sit and listen. Now I have an older son, he can show and tell fairy tales himself. Just think, this is very cool, because while playing, a child learns to retell his favorite fairy tale, build a dialogue, etc.

I think that all preschool children, and also most younger children school age people will not remain indifferent to such theaters. And if you come up with your own fairy tales with a funny plot and an intriguing ending, then it might actually work out a real holiday for a child.

The simplest option puppet theater with your own hands, it's paper. It's easy to make it yourself. Well, or together with the child.

DIY paper finger puppet theater, patterns

Paper finger puppet theater is very popular with children, it attracts them and also develops them fine motor skills hands Look here.

The first option is a flat round finger theater. You need to make a head and top part dolls, you can put them on your finger using a paper ring or you can make cones.

Create these dolls with your child together, starting with character templates. Download them from my website by leaving me a comment below, I will be happy to send you the templates, print them and have fun playing.

After all, finger puppet theater is a whole magical art, in which children learn the world. Any child will enjoy being in the role of an artist, and this helps to believe in themselves and achieve success in the future. Also this good material for the development in children of such processes as imagination, thinking, as well as the development of fine motor skills and much more.

Finger Theater can be made from any available materials, such as paper, fabric, cardboard, corks, threads, cups, etc.

DIY tabletop paper theater, templates

I show my children this tabletop paper theater, which I made very quickly.

We will need:

• cups from Rastishka, illustrations, ice cream sticks

Stages of work:

1. Take any illustrations and cut out all the characters in the fairy tale along the outline.

3. Glue popsicle sticks onto each fairy tale character.

4. Now take the cups and make a horizontal hole at the top of each cup with a stationery knife.

5. Well, now insert the stick with the hero into the glass. Look how lovely it turned out. Very easy and simple, no worse than buying it in a store.

Ice cream sticks can be replaced with plastic forks or spoons.

If you don’t want to take illustrations from books, then you can find characters from any fairy tales on the Internet, save them, and then print them out, and then cut them out and glue them onto sticks. You can download from my website the following ready-made templates of heroes based on the following fairy tales: Kolobok, Teremok, Turnip, Hare's Hut, just write a comment or review below and I will send it to you by email.

Paper puppet theater “Walkers”

This kind of theater is very popular with young children; for such a theater you need your favorite characters and a couple of holes.

Believe me, children will happily play such games.

And if you invite friends over, it will be even more fun to play.

You will also receive samples of walkers of your favorite characters to your e-mail address.

Tabletop paper theater on plastic cups, corks, cubes

This option is also very easy to make; you can even draw the characters yourself or find and cut them out, and then glue them onto corks or cubes. Everything is brilliantly simple.

What do you think of this idea? All children love Kinder Surprise, and all of them have little donations left over from them, which you can pay for in such a theater.

DIY glove puppet

In reality, there are a lot of puppet theaters that can be built. Even at almost no cost. You just need to use your wits and do it! You can sew it, for example.

Or you can learn to knit and knit these cute little characters:

Honestly, I used to knit well, but now I don’t have enough time for it all. But I never liked sewing. But, as an option, you can also create a theater for those who love this business.

Although here is the simplest master for you - a class on sewing a puppet theater from fabric using gloves. Anyone can do it, even those who do not know the art of sewing.

We will need:

• household gloves, knitted - 2 pcs., buttons for the eyes - 2 pcs., thread, scissors, braid, stationery knife

Stages of work:

1. Take the first glove and steam the seam thread on the cuff, it is usually red or yellow color. Tuck the little finger, thumb and index finger in so that they do not come out, sew them up. You should end up with a head with ears and a hare neck. Sew the bases of the ears to prevent your fingers from getting in there.

2. Now take the next glove and hide it in it ring finger, sew up the hole. Place your middle and index fingers together and now place the hare's head on them.

3. Sew the head to the neck. To hide the seam on your neck, tie it with a bow or tie in the shape of a butterfly. Sew button eyes and embroider a muzzle, or you can draw it with a marker. You can decorate a bunny using fluff or knitted threads by gluing a cute little chupik on his head. 😯

In this way, you can make other toys, such as a dog, parsley, etc.

My son generally loves such a simple glove, he puts it on and goes around making up all sorts of stories with the characters :)

Here is a short article for today. I think any of you have small children, you will be happy to diversify their leisure time. Choose any type of theater and do it with your child. And then enjoy good mood and positive. After all, everything collaborations strengthen your relationship! And the child will only be happy and delighted about this, and will definitely tell you: “Mommy, how I love you!” The most magic words in this world.

Well, I say goodbye to you for today. Until next time.

P.S. Do you know what is very important?! It is in the home puppet theater that you can observe your child and his behavior. Because the baby can come up with something, speak out, and we adults still need to listen to what the child is talking about, what topics he is talking about.

Colored paper is a universal material. She can easily turn into a kitten, a dog, a hero from her favorite cartoon or fairy tale. A little imagination and effort - and now you have the scenery ready. Just what you need for a fun dialogue between animals.

So, choose the right colors, prepare glue, paints, markers, pencils and go ahead - make wonderful finger puppets.

1. Print and cut out patterns for finger toys.

2. Glue the faces of the animals.

3. Now glue the torsos. Use a strip of white paper to make a ring-shaped finger holder and glue it to the inside of the toy's head.

Kids, as a rule, are delighted not only with the process of creating figures, but also with participation in the performance itself. So, if your little brother or sister wants to try themselves in the role of, for example, a bunny, I hope you won’t mind.

Well, the dolls are ready! The theatrical performance begins!

But if you want to make fairy-tale characters (king, princess, knight, dragon or robber pirates), print out the following templates:

Puppet theater for the little ones:

Here are some more templates finger puppets for a pleasant time with your baby:

Finger toys are easy and fun to make. Note that dolls made from several materials at once - paper, fabric, beads - look very cute and touching. Think about this when creating your next character for the game.

Today we will show you how to make cool paper finger toys for little ones. With the help of these animals, your children will be able to play a fun farm, or even show a small puppet theater. Making them is very simple, since we have already prepared animal templates for you. All you have to do is print them and assemble them. You can make a pig, a cat, a horse, a mouse and a rabbit for your children.

Everything, that you will need:

• thick paper
• scissors
• toy templates (download)

Let's do

First, print out the templates for future toys and carefully cut them out. Look carefully, there are also parts for rings that will be glued to the heads of animals, and then put on the child’s finger so that he can control the character’s head. These rings also need to be cut out.

Now roll the animals' bodies to form a main ring where the child will insert his finger.

Now it’s time for the little rings that need to be glued into the animals’ heads.

That's all, the toys are ready! You can start playing with the children.

Victoria Zdvizhkova

"A child's mind is at his fingertips"

V. A. Sukhomlinsky

The children in our group, especially the girls, love the finger theater. It’s no secret that, in addition to aesthetic pleasure, playing with a finger puppet theater develops a child’s imagination, curiosity, sociability, interest in creativity, promotes the development of speech, memory, attention, thinking, perseverance, broadens his horizons, helps cope with shyness and much more. .

In this regard, on one of parent meetings we decided to fill our theater with characters made by ourselves.

The parents tried their best and sewed the fairy tale "Teremok"

It turned out that everything was not so difficult.

Some parents are hooked for the first time. And it turned out pretty good, in our opinion.

One family presented a nursery rhyme called "Magpie Crow" made from felt.

We made some of the animals ourselves with the children from plasticine.

Thanks to the finger theater, the child has the opportunity to fantasize, invent his own fairy tales and stories. Many thanks to the parents for their active participation in the life of the kindergarten.

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Learn how to create a puppet theater with your own hands. At the same time, characters can not only be sewn and molded, but also made from plastic spoons and wooden sticks.

DIY finger puppet theater

If you want to develop your baby’s fine motor skills, speech, thinking and simply be able to lift the mood of the whole family, then turn the room into a temple of art. To do this, you need to know how to make a finger puppet theater with your own hands.

• felt;
• threads;
• scissors.

Fold 2 character blanks with the wrong sides together, sew along the edge using a machine or with a thread and a needle on your hands.

To make a beard for your grandfather, wrap several rows of thread around your fingers and cut them on one side. Fold these identical threads in half and sew the beard in place.

Check out one more interesting idea. This could be a home puppet theater for staging the fairy tale “Turnip”. IN kindergarten It's better to have larger characters so that the whole group can see them from afar. But you can do something like this by taking:

• modeling paste (preferably Jovi, which does not need to be burned; it hardens in air);
• yellow and green paste Jovi Patcolor;
• acrylic paints;
• tassels;
• markers;
• stacks.

1. Let's sculpt the grandfather first. Take a piece of pasta measuring 2x3 cm, roll it into a sausage, and form a cylinder. You should get something like a nesting doll with a body and a head, and at the bottom there will be a notch for a finger.
2. Separately sculpt the arms and attach them to the body. But outline the facial features, beard, and mustache using a stack.
3. Using the same principle, sculpt the grandmother, granddaughter and animals. Once these characters are dry, paint them with acrylic paints.
4. For the turnip, roll a ball of yellow paste, pull it out a little from the top, insert green plastic tops here, and secure.

When sculpting with paste, you will find that it dries quickly in the air, so periodically wet your fingers with water.

DIY table theater

If you want to have table theater With paper dolls, then enlarge the next image. Print it on a color printer on thick paper. If this is not possible, attach a sheet of thin paper to the screen and transfer the outlines onto it. Then place it on cardboard, draw outlines, and let the child decorate the characters with colored pencils or paints. All that remains is to cut out the images, glue each on the side and glue the top of the head to the head.

• plastic spoons;
• colored paper;
• scissors;
• ready-made plastic eyes;
• glue gun;
• textile;
• narrow tape, scissors.

1. Using a glue gun, glue the finished eyes to the convex side of the spoon.
2. Turn a piece of fabric tied with a ribbon into a dress. For male character All you need to do is glue a bow tie around your neck.
3. Cut strips of colored fringe paper on one side and glue this hair. They will also be replaced by pieces of colored cotton wool.

Other characters are controlled in the same way, to create which you will need:

• ice cream sticks;
• children's magazines;
• glue;
• scissors.

How to make a screen for a puppet theater?

This is an essential attribute of puppet theater. Check out the simplest options:

1. Cover the hole under the table with a cloth, tying its two corners to the top of one and the other leg. The child sits on the floor behind him and leads the characters at the level of the table top - just above it.
2. Take an old curtain or sheet. Gather any of these fabrics onto a rope, tie the ends of the thread on one and the other side of the doorway. Make a rectangular cutout in the center of the top of any of these pieces. It should be at such a height that it is not visible to a child or adult sitting behind the curtain who are playing the role of puppeteers.
3. A tabletop screen is made for the finger theater. The easiest way is to make it from cardboard. Take the box. It needs to be disassembled, covered with wallpaper or colored paper, and 2 sides bent so that a canvas of sufficient size remains in the center. There is a cutout in it through which the puppeteer shows finger toys.

• plywood;
• jigsaw;
• fabric or piece of wallpaper;
• glue;
• small door hinges.

1. Based on the presented dimensions, cut out 3 blanks from plywood: a central one and 2 side panels. Cover them with fabric.
2. When the canvas is dry, attach the loops to the designated areas so that you can close the puppet theater screen and fold it.

In order to make a screen, you will need:

• PVA glue;
• rope or lace;
• carton boxes;
• wallpaper;
• stationery knife;
• awl;
• roulette;
• wide brush;
• long ruler;
• rag.

1. The drawing is given for teenagers or adults whose height is 1 m 65 cm. If you are making a screen for children, reduce this figure.
2. To make it durable, make it three-layer. For this one large leaf Glue the second cardboard, then on the other side - the third. Apply PVA glue with a wide brush. This way you will make the front part - the apron.
3. The side elements are also made in three layers, but the folds, which you then glue to the apron, should consist of one layer.
4. Connect the parts by gluing them. When the glue has dried, sew in these places with a lace, having previously made holes in the fastening points. Attach the top arch in the same way.

We make do-it-yourself glove dolls

These can be seen in a real puppet theater. Dolls put gloves on their hands. By bending your fingers, you can make the fabric character tilt its head and move its arms.

If you then make human dolls, you can make the hairstyle from fabric or thread.

The thickness of the character's neck should be such that the puppeteer inserts his middle and index fingers here to control the hero of the play.

So, here's what you need to sew a glove doll:

• faux fur and/or plain fabric;
• tracing paper or transparent paper or cellophane;
• pen;
• scissors;
• threads;
• buttons for eyes.

But it is best to embroider the nose and mouth by stretching these areas onto a hoop or sewing blanks of appropriate colors and eye buttons.

Cut out a shirtfront from white fur for the bunny glove doll, sew its triangular part to the front half, and the semicircular part, in the form of a collar, to the back half. To this same back side the tail is attached, and white paws with or without pink claws are attached to both parts.

Other glove dolls, for example, a pig, are also created using this technique.