Whoo! The final part. Not a lot left to cover in this part, but I shall make a neck, elbows, arm rods, and hair!
Step Fifteen
Continuing from last time with the body, I needed to attach it to the head. However, I still wanted it to have a lot of mobility.
I measured the collar of the body and the neck and make a similar template to the tube from the centre of the body in the previous post.
Once sewed, I simply stitched carefully to the rim of the head.
And then to the rim of the collar.
Where it's quite long, it can then be moved quite a lot and turn round sufficiently.
Step Sixteen
One little adjustment I wanted to make was to give the arms a little more movement, so I sewed a line of stitched either side of the arm roughly a third of the way up like a little elbow.
Step Seventeen
The hideous butterfly garden decorations were an odd purchase, but I was so happy I found them. They were only 99p each and were perfect for what I wanted. I removed the creature from the top and found the line of the seam on the hand.
I then carefully pierced in between stitches and guided it through the foam palm inside.
Although not attached properly inside, they felt secure enough to not have to stitch them in, which also meant I could remove them carefully if needs be.
I felt the need to make a little handle on each of the rods to first of all make it a lot neater, and secondly because it's a little dangerous otherwise, haha.
I simply took some of the leftover felt from before, wrapped it around and glued. I then added a top and a bottom circle just to cover any loose bits.
Step Eighteen
I was really toying with the idea of how to make the hair, because I didn't want to buy a wig. I found some nice fur from the local fabric shop so decided to challenge myself.
I took a spare piece of felt in order to make a template and, other than making the puppet look like Mother Teresa, it worked quite well.
Once pinned, I could pull up pieces that would be cut out so I could make a good guide.
To make a symmetrical wig, I took half and traced it twice onto some card. Like so:
Step Nineteen
I started by placing the template onto the fur (above, cost me £2) and drawing round it.
I then cut it out carefully with a razor blade as to not ruin the hair.
I could then sew up the corresponding lines, similar to what I did with the original foam head.
Once the wig was done, I could then pin it in place and start to glue it round onto the head.
I didn't particularly want it long all over, so I took my scissors, carefully trimming the sides as I wanted them. There's a slight side parting and quiff, so I also used a little hairspray to keep it all in position.
And that's it really and I know it's really cringe, but I'm actually really proud of it! I don't know what to call him, but I think I'm going to go for something like Peter because of his pea head.
I've really enjoyed making this, and would recommend it if you ever want a new project. I'm also going to think about making a couple of these for young ones in my family, perhaps at a smaller scale.
So here are some photos for you to enjoy!
See the previous step by step parts for this here:
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