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Larissa from Just Another Day in Paradise shares a free pattern and tutorial for a set of animal hand puppets. She includes patterns for a pig, a cow, a dog, a cat, a horse, a lamb, a chicken, and a duck. Go to the free pattern and tutorial.
[photo from Just Another Day in Paradise]
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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.
And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.
The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.
They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.
The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.
Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.
Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.
OMG so cute!
i would like to buy your farm animals pattern i dont know where i can buy this pattern , i want to make them for grandsons and home less kids .they are so cute .thanks vickie canrell 321 north elm st. marshfield ,mo. 65706 these would be great for kids to carry around .something small for them of their own .you are great to sare.thanks vickie
Vickie, This pattern is actually available for free. Just go to the site linked to in my post and you’ll be able to download them from there. –Anne
Your patterns are so darling and I want to make the puppets for our grandson for Christmas. The problem: I cannot get them to print full-size and I’m computer challenged. Would it help to email the patterns to me? Would they print full-sized? Thanks for you help!!! Karen
Dear Larissa from paradise,
thanks for sharing your McDonalds old farm, When I try to print either the pages come out blank or the lines are ooooh so tiny, you need a microscope to discover the lines. Can you mail old McD?
Thanks