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DIY Octonauts felt finger puppets

September 27th, 2012 | 14 Comments

(July 6, 2012) So for a while now, Nico has been obsessed with the Octonauts, and of course wanted to play with them. Ick, you can’t find them in stores here, so after seeing Curious George’s “Sock Monkey Opera” episode, Nico wanted puppets. I brushed it off and got him busy with something else. Ok, reading this back, it sounds very weird and incoherent, but I promise it makes sense in the end, lol. I thought I could knock off 2 birds with one stone and make him some Octonauts finger puppets!

So after he got to bed, we pulled out the felt bag and lucky enough we found all the colors to do 5 characters, Kwazii, Peso, Captain Barnacles, Dashi and Shellington. I looked at pictures online as references as to what I had to cut or draw. I glued with tacky glue and glued everything so this is a no sew project, yay! I used q-tips and toothpicks to paint the eyes, facial features and the rest. I thought about you, too, and even though the paint is free handed, no patterns, I did trace all the felt pieces so you could have a pattern for those.

They do fit adult hands so you can play along and it also makes it easier for Nico to put on by himself

We had laid them out on the ottoman before we went to bed so he would see them when he got downstairs in the morning. I think he was happy?! Those are the best photos of them on his hands we could get, lol.

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Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.

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14 Responses to "DIY Octonauts felt finger puppets"

andiejaye says:

September 28, 2012 at 00:56

these are perfect!!!!!! Bear love love loves octonauts! we are sooo making these! thanks so much for sharing this!
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1. Valérie says:
  
  September 28, 2012 at 08:14
  
  I can’t wait to see yours!
  
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Christa Fairbrother says:

September 28, 2012 at 08:37

Very cute! I’ve only seen the show once but you captured the characters well.
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1. Valérie says:
  
  September 28, 2012 at 11:00
  
  Thanks Christa
  
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maryanne @ mama smiles says:

October 2, 2012 at 12:48

I don’t know who the octonauts are, but your puppets are adorable!
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1. Valérie says:
  
  October 3, 2012 at 14:48
  
  Thanks Maryanne In case you’d like to know more about them (http://www.octonauts.com/) they basically take care of the ocean. So he learns lot about different animals/fishes.
  
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2. Valérie says:
  
  October 3, 2012 at 15:00
  
  It was also books before being a tv series.
  
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Kim says:

October 4, 2012 at 08:40

Those are the cutest little finger puppets I’ve seen in a long time!
love them, thanks for sharing at tip toe thru tuesday!
xoxo
Kim
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1. Valérie says:
  
  October 4, 2012 at 21:31
  
  Thanks Kim!
  
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Charlene says:

October 7, 2012 at 10:26

Those are so cute!!! Thanks for sharing on Hey Mom, Look What I Did!

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maggy, red ted art says:

October 8, 2012 at 06:04

Oh my!! These are BRILLIANT!!!! When needs must (i.e. no octonaut products) even better things get create. Adore. Will pin.

Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

Maggy
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1. Valérie says:
  
  October 8, 2012 at 22:16
  
  Thanks Maggy!
  
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Sharon says:

December 18, 2012 at 23:17

So happy to find this on pinterest. My daughter will go nuts for these. Thanks!!

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February 11, 2013 at 07:01

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