sewing puppets!

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you could help me with some advice. I have no sewing experience! I am a therapist and love doing all kinds of play therapy with children. I would really like to get into puppet therapy, where you work with children to create their own puppets used in play. I found a neat activity which discusses creating puppets that fit on your hand by cutting out cotton and then sewing it together. I would like to make a bunch of these and have them available for clients to decorate themselves. Are there any inexpensive sewing machines that would allow me to do this? I am not looking for something complicated here, just to be able to sew two pieces of cotton together in a typical puppet shape. I would fear that doing it by hand would take a long time, if I was going to make

30 puppets! Thanks for your feedback! Matt
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Matt
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There is fabric glue(I have never used myself) that you could used along the edges rather then machine sewing. If you have(or borrow) a pair of pinking shears,use them to cut your puppet edges that will be glued together. It will give a nice finish /look along the edges,if using the fabric glue idea. Try also asking your local High School for some volunteer assistance or even Girl Scout Troop(they always need merit badge projects) if you want the puppets sewn together Good luck,sounds like a great idea..

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DaveS

Have you thought about using inexpensive garden gloves? Have lots of yarn, buttons, cotton balls, wiggle eyes and ribbon on hand for gluing onto the glove. Kids are real creative. "LP"

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Laurel JC

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