Let’s take a look at this cute DIY handmade baby doll. It’s so cute that I can only use “only” to describe it. Don’t worry, let’s start learning the steps of DIY handmade puppets step by step~
Preparation materials: adhesive cloth, torn stockings, pins, scissors, wool, cotton, hot melt glue.
Production method:
1. Cut the stockings into a circle and sew the circumference with needle and thread.
2. Stuff cotton into the garden.
3. Tighten the needle and thread and seal.
4. Cut off excess parts
6. Cut out two pieces of pants fabric
7. Align and sew both pieces of clothing fabric. Remember not to sew the collar and hem.?
11. Stuff cotton into clothes and pants.
12. Sew the upper body and lower body.
13. The first prototype appeared.
15. Sew the needle and thread at the marked place.
18. While applying hot melt glue, put your hair up.
Finish the hair and finish it!!!!
DIY handmade puppet design and production essentials
Design: Draw a design drawing that determines the style of the puppet. Designers need to have strong aesthetic knowledge and visual creation ability, and of course they also need skilled painting skills.
Pattern making: Draw the shapes of various parts of the body according to the designed bear shape. This is the professional step that requires the most data and precise concepts in the production of the entire work.
Cutting: Draw the pattern of each part on the fabric, and then cut out each part of the fabric.
Sewing: Sew the cut pieces of fabric separately according to the connection points and order of each part. Usually the parts that need to be sewn on a puppet include the head, body, hands, feet, and ears. When sewing fabrics, you can sew by hand or use a sewing machine. Whether sewing with a needle by hand or sewing with a sewing machine, it is considered to be within the scope of hand-making, and both require precise operating skills. It’s not that you have to sew with a needle by hand for it to be considered handmade. Because the action of sewing is only one link in making a puppet, and other links must cooperate to complete a work, so the completion of a work requires many processes and a lot of time.
Fill inFilling: Fill the sutured parts with stuffing. People who have never made a puppet by hand may think that the filling action is just stuffing the stuffing into the hole, and mistakenly think that this is a very simple and effortless action. However, when it comes to actual operation, there is actually a lot of knowledge involved in filling cotton, because making the fortress uniform and beautiful requires patience and experience. Only by personal experience can you understand the tricks! If you don’t grasp the trick and can’t appreciate the techniques, it will drive you crazy!
Assembling: After the head, body, hands, feet, ears and other parts are made separately, put them all together according to their respective positions, and a handmade puppet is finally born!
Accessories and clothing: The last step is to make makeup for the puppets! According to the designed styles, help the puppets make jewelry, accessories, and tailor-made cute clothes. In short, just use everything you can think of in this step!
