My 9 year old is a great gift maker. And by great I mean, he really thinks about the recipient and puts great time, effort and detail into the making of the gift. While I wholeheartedly admire and attempt to foster this quality, sometimes it requires a lot of time and attention from me as well. However! For this year’s teacher gifts, I was told that he would make them himself. Really, really by himself this time. (mostly)
Introducing the 3rd Grade Teacher Puppets:
Meet Mrs. S, Mrs. K and Mrs. P! Each teacher is carefully portrayed in felt as a finger puppet. Yep, he really did it this year from concept, to choice of materials to sewing and gluing. I was available for initial needle threading as well as offering a grown up finger for testing the size of the finger puppet. I love the little #1 ribbons he made for each one with a button from my button jar.
The only detail I helped with was the glasses. But how? (These are some of the details that we end up wrestling with, sending me into a wild goose chase, searching for just the right trim, tool or doodad.) Turns out a small amount of crafting wire wrapped around the square end of a chopstick did the trick.
I wish you knew how much these really resemble his teachers. Uncanny! He’s giving them out today and I’m sure they will be a hit.
School will be out in just a few days and I am sure there will be many crafting sessions this summer. He and I intend to create his own sewing kit, craft supply bin and station to help foster his crafting independence! I’ve got a great book, too, called Sewing School, that I can’t wait to dive into with him. I’ll be sure to blog about that and let you know how it goes!
They are awesome and they *do* look just like the teachers!! I just hope the teachers appreciate all the time and effort that went into them!
As a future teacher (she says with fingers crossed) I would LOVE this gift and completly appreciate all the time and thought that went into them. WOW!
Great idea, and the outcome is delightful. Thanks for sharing this project. :-]
Those are adorable! I used to teach elementary school and I would have been pleased as punch to get something like that as a gift.
Those are great! My guy (age 5.75)has been very inspired by Sewing School. He says we have to make a pile of pillows as pictured in the book. We have made one so far, and he sleeps on it every night. He even took it on our vacation and used it on the plane. Have fun!