Because I am raising gamers and comic book geeks,  I made my 5 year old son Mario and Luigi finger puppets (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=267900.0) for his birthday.  For Christmas, I promised to make him Princess Peach and Bowser finger puppets.  I made them both but Bowser did not turn out so I am only showing Princess Peach.

Peach's hair took forever because she has a strange combination of 70's hair and mullet.  It was sort of hard to pull off with crochet thread.

[Basic Finger Puppet Pattern]

I made my twins each a set of finger puppets for their birthday a few days ago.  My 5 year old son loves all things Mario so his puppets are Mario and Luigi.  I somehow ran out of time to make more so I will be adding Princess Peach and Bowser for Christmas.  In the meantime, here are Mario and Luigi.



I wrote up the pattern for the body and arms.  This is the base that I use to make most of my finger puppets.  I do not generally write patterns so if anything is unclear, let me know and I will do my best to answer any questions.

Basic Finger Puppet Pattern
Materials:  Size 10 crochet thread
         Size 7 hook

Body:
Round 1:  Magic ring, 6 sc in magic ring, join; or
Ch2, 6 sc in 2nd ch from hook, join.
Round 2:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join. (12 sts)
Round 3:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in next st, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join.  (18sts)
Round 4:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around, join.  (24 sts)
Round 5:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * around, join.  Weave in end.  (30 sts) 
Rounds 6 – 10:  Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join.  (30 sts)
Embroider eyes after finishing round 10.
Round 11:  Ch 1, 1 sc dec in same st as join and next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts, *1 sc dec over next 2 sts, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * around, join. (24 sts)
Round 12:  Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join.  (24 sts)
Round 13: Ch 1, 1 sc dec in same st as join and next st, 1 sc in next 2 sts, *1 sc dec over next 2 sts, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around, join. (18 sts)
Stuff head after finishing round 13.
Round 14:  Ch 1, 1 sc dec in same st as join and next st, 1 sc in next st, *1 sc dec over next 2 sts, 1 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join. (12 sts)
Embroider mouth after finishing round 14.
Round 15:  Ch 1, 1 sc dec in same st as join and next st around, join.  (6 sts)
Finish stuffing head after round 15.
Round 16:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join. (12 sts)
Round 17:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in next st, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, repeat from * around, join.  (18sts)
Round 18:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of next 2 sts, repeat from * around, join.  (24 sts)
Round 19:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, *2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of next 3 sts, repeat from * around, join.  (30 sts)
Round 20 - 37:  Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join.  (30 sts)
FO at the end of rnd 37.  Weave in end.

Arms (make 2):
Round 1:  Magic ring, 4 sc in magic ring, or
Ch2, 4 sc in 2nd ch from hook. 
Round 2:  Ch 1, 2 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join. (8 sts)  Weave in end.
Rounds 3 – 13:  Ch 1, 1 sc in same st as join and in each st around, join. (8 sts)
Leave a long tail and FO at the end of round 13.  Use tail to sew arms to body. 

My 4 year old daughter is a future comic book geek.    She loves to watch the Justice League on Boomerang and begs us to buy her comics whenever she sees them.  With that in mind, I made her a set of finger puppets which I will giver her for her birthday this year.  They are her 5 favorite characters from JLA:  Hawk Girl, Batman, Green Lantern, Superman, and Wonder Woman.  I also wanted to say that I used the amazing hair tutorial by *Owly* (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=192140.0).



Hawk Girl


Batman


Green Lantern


Superman


Wonder Woman

I still have to decide how I am going to add Superman's S to his shirt.  My embroidery skills are pretty lacking and I haven't figured out how to make the S yet. 

Thanks for looking!

I made these for my son's birthday.
The whole group together

The clown

The ringmaster

The highwire lady

The strong man


The biggest challenge was coming up with a clown that didn't completely freak me out.

This is my version of the Experimental Sweater from Hookorama by Rachael Matthews.  I modified it to fit my almost 4 year old son and I did not include the "burn holes" in the back.  I think having holes in the back would drive my son crazy. 



This is for Eamon's birthday.  I will try to get a picture of him wearing it after I give it to him at his party tomorrow.

I have boy/girl twins who are going to be 4 next month.  They are both fighting over their birthday party because my daughter wants a girlie party and my son wants a boy party.  I have been trying to think of something they both can enjoy that we haven't done before.  They have had a beach party and a monkey party.  Does anyone have any ideas?  I would be forever grateful.

I made this for one of my twins for her 4th birthday next month.    





You can't really see the mouth in the pictures but she has one.  It is just a really light pink semicircular line.

After almost 2 years of lurking, I am finally posting something.  I made these finger puppets for my daughter's teacher a few months back.



The Queen of Hearts is unfinished in this picture.  I ended up fixing her hair in an up-do and I added a crown.  Unfortunately, I did not get a picture.


I have been so inspired by this site but I have been too nervous to post until now.