Glove Octopus Puppet

Do you have mismatched gloves just sitting around the house? Then this is the craft you have been looking for. This is a octopus made from a glove. The great thing about using gloves is that they come in so many different colors and pattern.

Materials Needed:

• Single glove
• Needle and thread
• Dry rice
• Hot glue
• Large pom-pom
• Buttons
• Wire
• Ribbon
• Felt

Instructions:

• First, tuck the thumb inside the glove and use a needle and thread (an embroidery needle works fine) to sew it shut. Fill the glove with dry rice, then tuck the cuff inside.

• Stitch all along the cuff’s edge, then pull the thread tightly to close the top. Knot the thread.

• Sew or hot-glue a large pom-pom to the top of the glove. At the base of the octopus — where the glove’s fingers attach to the palm — pinch the sides together and sew a few stitches to hold them, as shown. This will help make the body rounder.

• To make the tentacles, attach buttons to the undersides of the four fingers with hot glue. Sew or hot-glue on button eyes and a felt mouth. Make earrings by threading stacks of buttons onto pieces of wire; tie ribbon around the pom-pom for a head scarf, or add a felt brim to the pom-pom for a hat.

Tagged as: glove, octopus, recycle