Crochet Animal Finger Puppets!

I have got the crochet bug!  These fun finger puppets were fast and easy to crochet.  I made seven sets for a “busy bag” exchange.   For those of you who don’t know:  in a “busy bag” exchange you get a group together where each of you comes up with a fun activity for kids to do that will fit in a bag.  My activity was these Old MacDonald finger puppets.  The kids can use the puppets to sing the song, or if your kids are like my daughter the puppets became her friends and for an hour she was lost in the wonderful world of make believe!

Here is how I made the puppets. 

First, I just used yarn from my stash and tried to think of what animals the yarn could represent.  (Hence the black cow, my son really wanted the black yarn to be a cow.)

I used a 5.50mm hook, you can adjust the amount of stitches based on the size of hook you choose.  Just remember your first chain needs to be big enough that fingers can fit through.

1.    Chain 10

2.    Connect the chain by single crocheting in the first crochet you made.  This makes a circle.  You will now work in a round.

3.   Double crochet in each of the crochets around the circle.

4.   Connect with first double crochet.

5.   Chain 3.  Repeat instructions 3-4 twice.  This will give you three rows of double crochet.

6.   Single crochet in every other crochet until you close the circle.  Tie off and pull extra yarn to inside of puppet.

Now you have your basic puppet shape.  I used puff paint to paint on the different animal faces.  Just make sure the paint dries before you or your little ones start to play.