For our Mommy & Me Preschool Co-op
the number I was given to teach was #5.
the number I was given to teach was #5.
Seeing as it was October I thought it was fitting to incorporate
5 little pumpkins...
which reminded my mom of a song that she shared with me. (Thanks momma!)
I figured finger puppets just HAD to be made because... well... let's be honest,
the only thing cuter than pudgy little fingers are plumpy little pumpkins set on top of them. :) With this adorable vision in mind, I began my 45 minute sewing venture to making my very own finger puppet pumpkin patch.
5 little pumpkins...
which reminded my mom of a song that she shared with me. (Thanks momma!)
I figured finger puppets just HAD to be made because... well... let's be honest,
the only thing cuter than pudgy little fingers are plumpy little pumpkins set on top of them. :) With this adorable vision in mind, I began my 45 minute sewing venture to making my very own finger puppet pumpkin patch.
Before I began, I got fabric quarters ($1.50/ea) of varying prints of the same color: orange. You can get these at JoAnn or Hobby Lobby. You could probably get away with a lot less fabric though, depending on how many you're making. I just happened to need 30, 6 of each fabric.
To get started, I drew and cut out various pumpkins shapes a little larger than my finger...
I traced them onto fabric...
(with the pretty printed sides facing each other.)
As I neared the top. I stopped (with needle down to hold fabric placement) and added in the little stem, a piece of cute vine-looking green ribbon.
Sometimes a few seams would come apart since I didn't serge or zigzag... :) I did this in speed mode with less than an hour till my little preschooler's arrival :) I can be such a procrastinator. Eeeh.
So I just went with it and closed up the holes with some random straight-stitches.
As you can see... I ran into this quite a few times. Ha!
I think it gives them character. :)
I had a squirly stem fall out so I just sewed it right on. Oh the joys of sewing for a preschooler and not a client. :)
I left a hole big enough to slip a finger through on the bottom and then turned them right-side out, tucking in the unsewn bottom. Simple. Easy. Fast.
I just can't get enough of these little guys.
The finished patch.
I used our vinyl machine to cut the vinyl that I used as a stencil and painted on the 5 little pumpkins as well as the little gate on the opposite side. I got these little purses for less than a dollar a piece and tied a myriad of autumn-esque ribbon onto one of the straps, (ie. orange ric rac, polka dots, gingham, as well as pumpkin patch & damask prints... in case you can't see the image very well.) The polka-dots on the 5 are compliments of a sharpie. Ha.
Haven loves that she can turn her pumpkin purse inside out and make the gate stand up as a prop to sing her little song.
So you can see how the song goes... I found this video of this cute little boy singing the 5 Little Pumpkins song. I hope this helps!
