Felt Forest Animals - Pillow with Finger Puppets

[Crafty.Canadian]

Hello Craftsters!
This is the pillow/ felt animals/ finger puppet set that I made for my nephew for Christmas.   I made a pillow case for a 21" square pillow form with 9 pockets.  Each pocket holds a different forest animal made of felt.  I designed all the patterns in AutoCAD myself, so I'm pretty proud of how they turned out.
Here's the pillow with all the animals.  If I did it again, I'd make the pockets lower on the pillow - the animals stick out too much on the top row of pockets.


Fawn and Bunny:


Skunk and Beaver:


Owl and Frog:


Bear and Butterfly:


Moose (this one might be my favourite):


It was my husband's idea to make them all into finger-puppets, so I sewed a little bit of coordinating felt on the back of each of them to make them all into finger puppets.


My nephew liked the pillow part, he might be a little young for the puppets yet, but my bro and sis in law seemed to really appreciate the gift and the fact that it was home-made, so that was pretty rewarding.    I feel really lucky to have two little nephews to make things for.

[SpookyPooky]

This is amazing! I am 23 years old and I want this! I rocked it!

[BethieB]

Best thing I've seen all week!!  Rocking it right now!

[kwality570]

Amazing!  Those puppets are soooo cute.

[Nven]

Wow, what an awesome gift!  Great work!!

[averyg]

ROCKS!
These are so amazing!!! They are so gosh darn cute!

[sunnyskies*4*]

*Rocks*

The detail is just amazing and I love that its a pillow and a toy at the same time.

[Some_Girl]

This definitely rocks! The moose is awesome . . but I think maybe my personal fave is the beaver! He has the look of a guy who's up to michief lol 

[McJulie-O]

Making them puppets was a GREAT idea! It really multiplies their fun capacity!

[teachingjonah]

Your puppets are fantastic.  They have so much character.