How Much Do Materials Cost for Your Puppet Patterns?

The cost of the materials to make one of my animal puppets is a bit tricky to pin down. Finding the materials in your area could be really easy or challenging depending on where in the world you live. I’m fortunate to have Michaels, JoAnn and SAS Fabrics just a drive away. Others might need to rely only on online stores with additional shipping costs.

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Puppet Costume 101: Headband Hats

Halloween is just a week away and the perfect time to shop for headband hats. Or maybe shop a day or two after Halloween for the sales. These cute, tiny hats are available at seasonal costume shops, thrift stores and dollar stores. Most are about $7-$12, but you can find them at dollar stores too. The best part is that the small hats are a perfect fit for most of my animal puppets.

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Free Skeleton Felt Hand Puppet Pattern

Create a spooky skeleton hand puppet for Halloween this year. This puppet makes a great base as a Day of the Dead puppet. You can use colored Sharpies to decorate it or even glue felt accents or accessories.

The puppet is very simple to make – just cut felt and glue together. You could hand sew it too, if you wanted.

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