Joining fabric to make puppets

Design and technology

Exploring puppets

Fabric properties

Simple sewing techniques

Sketching ideas

Plan and make fabric templates

Finishing techniques for hand 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.

By turning the stitched puppet inside out, what do we hide?

make marks on something to stop making it.

make marks on something to take it apart.

make marks on something to show how it needs to go together.

What could you use to hold fabric together to sew?

A shape or pattern used to help cut something to the right size.

To cut out a template, what could you use?

Joining fabric to make puppets

Lesson outcome

Content guidance