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Finally! the ‘how to’ on how to create Henri! a fun little puppet made out of recycled sweater sleeves – more on Henri here.. I’ll post some pics of the finished Henri in action tomorrow.

So, I promised instructions, hopefully these are understandable. This can be modified to do a stuffed toy rather than a puppet by simply stuffing the head fully, and then sewing up the secondary sweater where the legs meet.

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Materials needed:
Two coordinating sweaters, felted. 1 sleeve from each.
Felt for eyes
Buttons (if…

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OK, he’s actually a hexapus, since he only has 6 legs. And he was named after the Hexapus discovered in Britain (Henry), except for some reason my hubby keeps calling him Henri, so that is his name. I guess he’s french

He’s entirely made out of two recycled sweater sleeves, a ton of buttons, and some scrap felt. I had the idea back in January and had made progress on actually doing something in early March

I was planning to make this a stuffed toy, but my toddler got ahold of…

I’m going on a little vacation for a few days (to Costa Rica!) so hold down the fort while I’m gone. Don’t drink all the liquor and no boys in the bedroom! So, to keep you occupied and out of trouble, I open up this thread comments to pimp the cool stuff you’re doing, if you so desire to share with the world. (If no one posts anything, I won’t cry *sniff*, or feel unloved…. really *sniff*)

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