The heroes of the Russian puppet theater are known to children from a very early age. One of these is Petrushka - a peculiar and characteristic jester with a cheerful character and good disposition. Initially, he was created in the form of a glove-type doll, which could be given an active character by movements of his own hand.
Later, the doll was turned into a hero of the puppet theater. However, the glove version is still popular.
What should it be like?
Mandatory features of the parsley image are:
- a red shirt decorated with patterns with folk ornaments;
- wide canvas trousers, rakishly tucked into boots;
- a long cap, at the end of which there is always a brush.
Sometimes there are no pants, a long shirt seems to cover the legs.
The cap can be bifurcated, and then there is a tassel at each end.
How to sew?
The soft toy Parsley is welcome in almost all homes where there are children. By putting it on your hand, you can easily cheer up a child, lift his spirits, and distract him from unnecessary problems. And if you prepare several similar folk characters, you can get a full-fledged troupe of puppet performers.
How to make Parsley with your own hands? We will make the head from papier-mâché, the elements of the body will help us make special patterns. You can sew them by hand; if you have a machine, use it. If neither one nor the other is acceptable, using special fabric glue you can carefully glue all the parts around the perimeter.
To work you will need the set shown in the photo.
We make a papier-mâché head with our own hands as follows:
- Chop the egg trays and pour boiling water over them.
- After complete soaking, squeeze out excess water and add PVA glue in a ratio of 3: 1.
- A cylinder must be inserted into the head in advance for subsequent attachment of the body.
- Taking a round base, we apply the finished mixture to it and additionally sculpt relief details: nose, forehead, ears, chin.
Further actions are carried out after the base has completely dried. Hand painted paints used:
- cover the head with water-based paint, after drying it paint the entire surface with a flesh-colored shade;
- we shape facial features, make them as kind and smiling as possible;
- Next comes the hair. We wind the selected threads onto the frame. We cut them along the edges;
- we glue the base with hair around the circumference of the head - it looks like curls escaping from under the cap.
Theatrical fabric dolls: Petrushka doll, master class, pattern, photo
Theatrical dolls in the form of Parsley have long conquered the theater stage. This inquisitive, active character evokes universal sympathy. Parsley is made like this:
- A semicircle is drawn on a sheet of cardboard . It is desirable that its radius is 14 cm or so.
IMPORTANT: The cardboard must be thick.
- Next, the semicircle is cut out.
This is the semicircle needed to prepare Parsley
- It is glued together to form a cone. It is advisable to choose Titan glue, but any other PVA will also work. The main thing is that it is durable.
- The cone is covered with fabric , the edges of which must be wrapped inside the figure. Traditionally, bright materials are chosen for Parsley’s costume.
- A pattern is then created from which the shirt can be made. In this case, you need to make sure that the bottom of the future shirt is equal to the diameter of the cone . You can add a few centimeters to the allowances.
This could be the pattern for the Parsley doll
- form a head from a piece of white fabric . It can be filled, for example, with cotton wool or padding polyester. A small hole is left for mounting.
- Now you can start creating a shirt using the previously made pattern.
IMPORTANT: In this case, be sure to leave small holes for the neck, palms, and fasteners to the cone.
- All that remains is to put everything together . For the base, you can take a plastic stick or twig. First, a head is strung on it , the base of which can be tightened with a thread or rope.
- It's time to put on a shirt , attaching it to your head with threads. And the hem must be attached to the inside of the base of the cone.
- out of felt .
- The palms need to be attached to the shirt.
Blank for a doll-Parsley
- Hair is made from yarn and beads act as eyes, mouth and nose .
- All this is attached to the doll. You can also decorate it with additional braid, because Parsley is a bright character!
It turns out such a funny doll-Parsley
A costume says a lot about your character.
How to sew it to make it beautiful? Parsley is a doll that “constantly visits guests.” Therefore, we use only bright, variegated colors of fabrics, the scraps of which are sewn in order:
- attach the pattern, trace it with a pencil and cut it out, taking into account the seam allowances;
- we sew the parts together and get a shirt;
- a head cap is made in the same way;
- the hand in a mitten is also performed;
- its attachment to the shirt occurs due to the inserted cylinder.
We combine the manufactured parts and get the most expressive of folk dolls - Parsley.
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How else can you do it?
If the papier-mâché head can remain the same in other versions of the doll, then the clothes can be knitted. On doll models such things look especially touching and original. You can also tie your head. This hero is made by crocheting in the round using single crochets.
The people's favorite doll can be sewn entirely from fabric using special patterns. Having cut out each part, we sew at the places where they are connected. Then we fill the inner cavity of the head with something soft, for example, foam rubber, cotton wool, holofiber. There is no need to fill your shirt.
This is a convenient place for the hand that controls the doll's movements. Legs made in a similar way can be sewn to the bottom of the shirt. Then, when you revive the toy with hand movements, they will swing funny, giving the image special expressiveness.
Don't be afraid that it won't work out! Sew and see how exciting and tempting this business is. And the hero that results from such interesting work will not only be cute and cute, but also warmed by the warmth of your soul, which he will generously share with children.
Theatrical puppets worn on the hand: do-it-yourself hare made of felt, master class, photo
To make theatrical hand puppets, you will need a minimum of time and effort. We suggest creating a cute hare that will brighten up any performance.
cut out 2 parts for the torso , white in color, from dense material You also need to take care of the ears, cutting out 4 pieces from white material and 2 from yellow.
Such blanks are needed to create a hare doll
Next, the yellow blanks for the ears are sewn to the white ones . This can be done manually.
Ear preparation for a hare doll
Now the white parts for the ears are sewn together. Of course, to begin with, there is no need to sew up the base.
IMPORTANT: In order for the ears to keep their shape, you need to fill them with something. For example, thick cardboard cut in the same shape as the ears works great.
This is how the ears of a theater puppet are made.
Next, face is shaped . For this purpose you will need felt-tip pens, buttons, beads, pieces of fabric - whatever your heart desires. With their help you need to designate the eyes, nose, mouth.
You can create such a face for a hare doll
The last task remains - to attach the ears to the body and connect both parts of the body , sewing in the ears along the way. The theatrical bunny doll is ready to delight all performance lovers!
You get these theatrical dolls in the shape of bunnies
