Lesson video

Hi, everyone.

It is so great to see you.

Thank you so much for opening up your design and technology lesson today.

My name is Miss Larham, and I am your design and technology teacher and I'm a very excited design and technology teacher today, because today is the day that we get to finally make our puppets.

So I'm super excited to get started.

Are you? Fantastic.

We better get going, then.

So this is lesson eight in our design and technology journey, and we've been really busy learning all about templates and joining techniques, haven't we? And like I said, today is the day we get to make our final puppet product.

So we've worked really hard up until this point, and today is the day where we're finally going to make our puppet.

Because we're making our final puppet product today, there's lots of bits of equipment that we will need to go and collect.

So firstly, you'll need your final design fabric.

So what fabric are you going to use to make your real puppet? We'll need some paper for our template, and we'll need some scissors.

Now, don't forget, because we use the scissors today, you need to be supervised by a parent or a carer.

Now, on this equipment slide here, these are your choices, the choices that you have made on your final design.

So how will you make your pattern piece? Are you using chalk, clear tape, or pins? I don't know.

You'll need to decide.

With your joining technique, I don't know what you've chosen, so you'll need to go and collect what you have written on your final design.

So a needle and thread for sewing, glue, or a stapler.

And the same with your finishing techniques.

You'll need to go and collect all of the finishing techniques, the decorations that you're going to put on your puppet.

You'll need to go find the ones that you need for your puppet.

And don't forget, everybody, if you're using pins and needles today, make sure you're being supervised by a parent or a carer.

So what I would like you to do now is pause the video, go and collect everything you need to make your puppet, and then press play when you're ready.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Welcome back.

Well done for collecting everything you need.

I think we're all ready to get started with our puppet, aren't we? Fantastic.

Let's take a look at what our lesson is going to look like today.

So first, all together, we're going to do our intro quiz.

Then we're going to do a quick recap of our previous lessons.

Then we will do our star words.

Then we're going to create and decorate our pattern pieces.

Next, we will join those pattern pieces together.

And finally, before you leave, all together we will do our exit quiz.

It is time our intro quiz, and I've got two questions for you today.

Are you ready for the first question? Excellent.

Here is one of the mock-ups that we made before, where we tried out all of our different joining techniques.

Can you remember any of the joining techniques that we used on this mock-up? A few seconds to think.

Okay, are you ready to tell me one of those joining techniques? Brilliant.

Tell me now.

Well done.

If you said sewing, stapling, glueing , or pinning, one point to you.

Well done.

Let's see the next question.

Now, when we did our sewing, some of you might be sewing today, what was the name of this stitch? Do you remember? I'll give you a clue.

What is the name of this stitch? Can you remember? A few more seconds to think.

Okay, can you tell me now the name of our stitch? Well done.

Running stitch, up and down, up and down.

Fantastic.

Another point to you.

Well done, everybody.

Do you remember, last lesson was a really busy lesson, where we were looking at and exploring all those different finishing techniques, and we had a panel, we had a pattern piece, didn't we, of our puppet, we just tried out lots of different finishing techniques.

Our puppet looked a bit funny by the end, didn't it? But it meant we were able to try out and find which ones we liked, and which ones we didn't like, and we were able to make final, final decisions.

We made some edits on our puppet design, didn't we? So we now know exactly what we want to decorate our puppet with, because we had chance to try them out.

It is star words time.

Give your hands a flash.

Well done.

Let's get started with our star words, and I've got a feeling you'll know what all of these star words mean today.

I think you're expert in all of these words already.

Let's see.

We're going to do my turn, your turn, remember? Template.

Template.

Well done for joining in.

Do you remember that template is that shape that has been drawn to help us in cutting out our shapes for our puppet? Well done.

Next one.

Pattern pieces.

Pattern pieces.

Well done.

So pattern pieces is that template that forms part of our puppet, and we cut these out before we join them together.

Our next star word.

Finishing techniques.

Well done.

Finishing techniques.

Good joining in, everybody.

I bet you know what finishing techniques means already.

We did that last lesson, didn't we? And that's why we put on all those different decorations to finish off our puppet, to make our puppet's appearance look really, really great.

Last star word.

Joining techniques.

Joining techniques.

Well done.

And I know you know what that means as well.

Do you remember that means where we join our two fabric pieces together? So you might sew, staple, glue, or pin.

Do you remember that? Well done.

The time has finally come where we are going to get started making our final puppets.

The first thing we need to do, everybody, is create our pattern pieces.

We have lots of experience and lots of practise in this, and you know your technique that you're going to use, so let's create our pattern pieces.

Now, before we get started with the making of our puppet, please make sure you have got your final design page with you, because this is going to help us with our making today.

Now, first, do any final edits need to be made before you make your puppet? So you can see on mine that I have added a new wing shape onto my final design, because do you remember these were too high and they were too narrow, and I couldn't fit my thumb and my little finger in, so I made sure that I have put that on there as well today.

I've made sure that I've labelled all the materials and components that I need.

So if you need to pause the video and make any final edits, now's the time to do that and you can press play when you're ready.

The next thing we need to think about, what are the main stages of making? So what order are we going to take today to get our puppet finished? I wonder, do you think we need to make our paper template first? Hmm, good idea.

Then we'll need to make our pattern pieces, won't we? And then we're going to decorate the first pattern piece, and I think when we've done that, should we join the front and the back together to make our final puppet? That sounds like a plan, doesn't it? Now, have you selected your materials and components? Do you have everything you need to be able to make your puppet today? So do you have the material you want to make your final puppet with? Do you have all the components, so all the bits that you're going to use to put on your puppet today? If you have answered yes, yes, and yes, then we are ready to start.

So you might still have your template from lesson.

And if that worked fine, you can keep that.

If you need to make another paper template for today, you'll have to do that before we get started.

Now we're going to turn this paper template into our pattern pieces.

So you know our three techniques and you already have chosen one that you are going to use.

So are you using chalk to draw around your paper template and cut it out? Are you pinning your paper template to your fabric and cutting it out? Or are you using clear tape around the edge and then cutting it out? So you know which one you're going to use.

Some things we need to remember, everybody.

How will you make sure it fits on the user's hand? Take a few seconds to think about what you know about getting that puppet to fit on the user's hand.

Well done for having a think.

Do you remember that we needed to make this bit wider than the widest part of our hand for us to be able to fit it in? Do you remember when I said the word seam allowance, and remember, seam allowance is leaving that little gap, can you see here, that when we do our row of stitches, it brings it down, which actually makes the gap to put the hand in a little bit smaller.

So we need to make sure that our template, that we can fit our hand inside and there's room for our fingers in the head, room for the thumb, and room for the little finger.

So we must make sure it fits on the user's hand.

That's really important, everybody.

And then how will you make sure your front and your back pattern pieces are the same? What do you think we have to do to make sure our front and our back are exactly the same? A few seconds to think.

Well done for having a think.

I wonder what you came up with.

How are you going to make sure that the front and the back are exactly the same, so they fit perfectly with each other? I've got an idea.

I think I'm going to draw around this or tape around it or make my pattern piece twice.

If I use my paper template and use one of the techniques that you can see next to me here, let's do that twice, and then we'll know that the front and the back of our puppet, the pattern pieces will be exactly the same.

Let's try that.

I'm going to quickly show you, and then it will be your turn.

So I have everything ready.

I have my two pieces of fabric.

I have my paper template.

I'm using clear tape for my template.

You might have chalk or pins in front of you.

And I've got my scissors.

So I'm going to remember, I'm going to do this twice.

So remember, when we put our paper template down, we put it close to the edge as possible.

I'm going to use my tape to tape a bit on the fabric, a bit on the paper until I have gone all the way around.

Just like that.

The tape is now all the way around the edge.

Now what I'm going to do is I am going to cut it out.

Just like this.

So I've made my third pattern piece.

Now do you remember what I said? We need a front and a back that are exactly the same.

They need to match up perfectly, so I'm going to do that process all over again.

Okay, so I'm going to make another pattern piece.

So I've made my other pattern piece, so now I have two pattern pieces.

I have a front and I have a back.

Now, one thing you want to do is just place them on top of each other to check that they fit on perfectly.

If there any bits that overlap or stick out, you'll need to trim them to make sure that they fit together absolutely perfectly.

It's going to be your turn to make your pattern pieces now, everybody.

Off you go.

Our next job is to decorate our pattern pieces with all of our finishing techniques.

So you might do some decorating on the front or your design might show some decorating on the back as well.

So our job now is to decorate these to make them look like the animal that we have chosen.

Let's do a quick reminder of all those different finishing techniques that we know.

So we know applique.

Do you remember that word, applique, where we sew a piece of fabric onto another bit of fabric, or we can glue it.

We can use ICT, so we can print off shapes and designs to help us.

We can use fabric pens and paints.

We can use buttons, sequins, beads, feathers, anything that you can find to decorate it.

So again, looking at that final design, how are you going to decorate your puppet? What components are you going to add to your puppet? Do you need some feathers? Do you need the computer to print off some shapes? Or do you need some buttons? How will you join your components to your pattern pieces? So are you going to sew them on, or are you going to glue them on? I wonder which one you will choose.

I wonder which one will be best.

Now, I'm going to show you how to get started with finishing techniques, and then it will be your turn.

So the first thing I have done is made sure I have looked at all of these different pattern pieces that I'm going to applique onto my puppet.

So what I have done is I have cut out all of these shapes on my design in paper, and I have pinned them to my felt, to my fabric that I'm going to use.

Then what I'm going to do is I'm going to cut these out.

So there we go.

I have cut out all of the pieces that I need for my applique on the front of my parrot.

So what I'm going to do now is show you a little bit of glueing and a little bit of stitching for the applique.

So these are the applique pieces that I'm going to glue.

So I'm going to glue this yellow bit onto the blue bit.

I'm going to use my glue.

So glue on the back, and place that on.

And do the same with the other side.

And I'm also going to glue this green bit of feather onto the blue bit of feather.

Again, using my glue.

Enough on there to make sure that it sticks.

Place that on.

And another bit I'm going to applique on using glue is the feather tuft at the top, so I'm going to use glue to stick that on as well.

Pat it down so it's nice and tight.

So I've done some glueing as part of my applique.

Now I'm going to do some stitching.

Let me show you how.

So I started by pinning on all of my applique pieces to hold them really securely in place when I sew.

I then got my needle and I have got some thread.

First thing you need to do is thread your needle.

Pull it all the way down so the ends match up together.

And then you will need to tie a knot at the end.

So now you're ready to say to sew.

So remember, always start at the back of your puppet to be able to hide away the knot at the back.

We don't want to see that on the front of your puppet.

And remember, running stitch is down, up, down, up.

So it's going all the way through, so it's joining the yellow bit to the red bit.

Down, up.

I would then sew all the way around here, and it's the same with all of these pieces that you have put onto your puppet that you would like to applique on.

Okay? And there we have it.

So I have appliqued on all of the little bits of fabric that I wanted to go on.

Some bits are glued and some bits are sewn, and I've remembered to tie knots when I have finished with my sewing, so it doesn't come undone.

Let's have a look at a few more other finishing techniques before it's your turn.

So I'm going to look at my final design to help me to add on the last bits of my finishing technique.

So I know that I was going to use googly eyes, so I'm going to glue those on.

I have also got some gems that I'm going to put on the feather tuft, so I will add the rest of those on.

I am also going to glue in some feathers into this part of my puppet.

I am also going to put some feathers onto the back of my puppet as well.

So some of you might like to put some decorations on the back of your puppet, too.

And I'm also going to put on some sequins to add a bit of shimmer and shine, glueing these on, and you using my fabric pen, I'm going to draw a line on my beak, just like my design.

So there I've added my extra little bits of finishing technique.

Now guess what, everybody? It is your turn to get started, so have a great time decorating your puppet.

Take your time, have lots of fun, and don't forget to come back when you have finished.

Good luck.

Hi.

Welcome back.

I hope you had great fun decorating your puppet.

I managed to get my back feathers done and I managed to finish decorating the front as well.

I did come across the problem, though.

Do you remember I said I was going to put these feathers in? As I started to put them in, I had a thought.

I thought, hmm, I'm going to have to join my pattern pieces together soon, so if I put these feathers on now, they're going to be right in the way.

So what I have decided to do is add the feathers right at the end.

So well done for getting to this stage.

We have another job to do, and that job we have to do is to join our pattern pieces together.

So we're going to join the front and the back pieces together, okay? So, remember we have our four joining techniques.

We have sewing, stapling, glueing , and pinning.

We have practised all of those and you know which one you are going to use in your final design.

So how are you going to join your puppet pattern pieces together? Are you going to sew it? Are you going to staple it? Are you going to glue it? Or are you going to pin it? It's up to you.

You have written this on your final design page.

We also need to think about how will you keep your joining technique neat and accurate? So when we're adding in our stitches or adding in our staples, I wonder what we could do to keep it really neat and really accurate.

Hmm! I wonder if we can keep all of our stitches the same size.

I wonder if we can keep the gaps between our staples and our stitches the same size.

Hmm! I wonder if we can keep them in a really nice, neat, straight line.

Hmm! I think we're going to have to think about some of those things, aren't we? I'm going to show you how to get started with joining your pattern pieces, and then it will be your turn.

So the first thing you need to do is to put your front and your back pattern pieces together, making sure that they match up really, really accurately and they fit perfectly on top of each other.

The next thing you want to do is to pin the front and the back pieces together, because this will help to keep the two pattern pieces in place when you join it together.

There we go.

So remember, if you're stapling, to keep it nice and close to the edge.

So you don't want to staple right in the middle, 'cause you won't be able to get your hand in.

Keep close to the edge, and you push it down until you can't push it anymore.

And you want to keep that row of staples in a nice, straight line with a teeny tiny gap in the middle.

Now, some of you might be sewing.

So for sewing, you need your needle and your thread and your knot at the end, and you're going to do a running stitch all the way around.

Okay? Let me show you.

I've chosen red, so it's camouflaged.

It blends in.

So down, and then back up, and just like I said with the staples, keep it close to the edge.

Try and keep all of your stitches the same size, with the same size gap in between each stitch.

Okay? And if you're glueing , you know what to do.

Rub glue all the way around the edge and pat it down until it is stuck and has started to tack together.

So now, everybody, it is your turn to join your two pattern pieces together using your chosen joining technique.

Okay? Good luck.

Take your time.

Nice and nice and accurate.

Press play when you have done that.

Off you go.

Yay! Welcome back, everybody.

Did you manage to join your pattern pieces together? Do you now have a working puppet? I do.

I hope you do, too.

Going to pop my hand.

Hi.

There he is! So I've added on my feathers, and I added on some extra little bits on the back as well.

I wonder, if yours is dry, if you've used glue, can you put it on your hand? Does your pocket work? Can you move the arms? Can you bend it down? Does it actually fit on your hand? Let's see.

Can you get it on? Well done if you can.

If you can't, not to worry.

At least you've had your best ever try.

Can you believe it, everyone? Today, we have made a puppet.

A huge well done.

Congratulations on all that hard work you have put in today.

You have made yourself a working puppet.

Now to finish off our lesson, I have one quick exit quiz question for you.

Now, having a little look at my puppet today, and you've seen me put this together, haven't you? Can you tell me one of the finishing techniques that I have used today? What have I used on my puppet as a finishing or a decoration technique? Have you got one to tell me, one that I've used today? Good, tell me now.

Well done.

You might have said applique.

I've used lots of applique, haven't I? You might have said sparkly gems. You might have said googly eyes.

You might have said sequins.

You might have said feathers.

Well done if you noticed any of my finishing techniques.

Good job, everyone.

Now, before you go, everybody, if you're able to, I would love it if you could share your work with Oak National, and if you can do that, that means I will get to see the amazing puppet that you have created today.

So if you'd like to, ask your parent or carer to share your work on Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak.

Hopefully you're able to do that, because I cannot wait to see your puppets.

Now, the next lesson, everybody, can you bring your puppet along with you, because we're going to do some evaluating.

Okay? I'll see you then, everybody.

Bye!.