Finishing techniques for hand puppets

Design and technology

Exploring puppets

Fabric properties

Simple sewing techniques

Sketching ideas

Plan and make fabric templates

Joining fabric to make puppets

Giving and receiving feedback

This unit develops pupils' knowledge of the characteristics of non-woven fabrics and their joining techniques. Pupils analyse the techniques used to make fabric products and then apply this knowledge by designing and making a fabric puppet.

Templates in textiles: hand puppets

Physical activity and equipment requiring safe use

Use of equipment that may require supervision for safety, e.g. scissors in KS1, needles, paint, knives, cooking.

adding little features to make something more interesting

Can you match the word to the right meaning.

paper is joined to the design to make a picture.

fabric is joined to the design to make a picture.

paint is joined to the design to make a picture.

Which of these would be good joining techniques to join materials to the hand puppet?

Can designers change their finishing techniques as they finish their hand puppets?

a row of stitches joining two pieces of fabric

making marks on something to show how it needs to go together

How did you mark sewing holes in your fabric?

Finishing techniques for hand puppets

Lesson outcome

Content guidance