Colored paper is a universal material. She can easily turn into a kitten, a dog, a hero from her favorite cartoon or fairy tale. A little imagination and effort - and now you have the scenery ready. Just what you need for a fun dialogue between animals.

So, choose the right colors, prepare glue, paints, markers, pencils and go ahead - make wonderful finger puppets.

1. Print and cut out the patterns for the finger toys.

2. Glue the faces of the animals.

3. Now glue the torsos. Use a strip of white paper to make a ring-shaped finger holder and glue it to the inside of the toy's head.

Kids, as a rule, are delighted not only with the process of creating figures, but also with participation in the performance itself. So, if your little brother or sister wants to try themselves in the role of, for example, a bunny, I hope you won’t mind.

Well, the dolls are ready! The theatrical performance begins!

But if you want to make fairy-tale characters (king, princess, knight, dragon or robber pirates), print out the following templates:

Puppet theater for the little ones:

Here are a few more finger puppet templates for pleasant leisure time with your baby:

Finger toys are easy and fun to make. Note that dolls made from several materials at once - paper, fabric, beads - look very cute and touching. Think about this when creating your next character for the game.

Marina Topychkanova

The purpose of my work:

Create conditions for the development of children's creative activity in theatrical activities.

Tasks:

1. Improve children’s ability to convey the images of fairy tale characters.

2. Develop in children fine motor skills hands and fingers, develop memory.

3. Form friendly relationships.

4. Enrichment of vocabulary.

5. Increasing the level of speech development.

6. Develop the ability to behave freely and relaxed when performing.

Methods:

Playful, creative, verbal.

Preliminary work:

Reading a fairy tale, looking at illustrations.

What is finger theater?

Finger theater is a set of character figures that are put on a separate finger. It could just be individual dolls, animals, some objects for staging a fairy tale, or everything famous characters our favorite Russians folk tales. When playing, it is important to work with different fingers, pairs of fingers, one and two hands, several fingers at the same time. All this helps with the development of coordination of movements and the brain.

1. Finger theater is a unique opportunity to place a fairy tale on the palm of a child, in which he can play the role of any hero.

2. Theater is also an excellent speech and sensory-motor simulator. Dolls develop mobility of the fingers of both hands, help master the speech of characters, help develop vocabulary and activates speech functions.

3. The game can be used to get acquainted and learn counting

(for example, in the fairy tale “Teremok” a mouse, a frog, and a hare began to live together, then a fox came - there were four of them);

to get to know the characters and plot of the fairy tale,

to get acquainted with the concepts of “to the right is glory”, “nearby”, “one after another”.

4. And also small finger theater figures will keep you company during your walk. With their help you can revive any poems, fairy tales, nursery rhymes. Simple toys develop intonation, artistic skills, creativity, imagination, memory, thinking, attention, fantasy.

Advantages of finger theater

Finger theater is one of the types of puppet theater and has the following advantages over other types:

Finger theater promotes the development of fine motor skills. Thanks to actions with dolls, subtle differentiated movements of the fingers are formed;

Using a finger theater does not require the child to have special technical skills that may be needed when using glove puppets, puppets, etc.

The Finger Theater is familiar to children from a young age. preschool age, since educators widely use it in various classes during the learning process;

In dramatizations finger theater allows the child to show several characters at once;

Finger theater puppets take up little space and do not require large material costs. There are various types finger theater, made using various technologies that take into account the physiological capabilities of children.

In the finger theater, director's play is used as a type of theatrical games. In it, the child does not play the role of any character himself, but controls the artists - the dolls. In this type of theatrical play, the child “voices” his characters and comments on the plot like an author, thereby developing his monologue speech.

Types of finger puppets

1. Finger theater made of paper. Perhaps the easiest type of finger tetra that you can make with your child. The disadvantage of this type of doll is its fragility. Due to its lightness, this type of finger theater is recommended for use on initial stage working with children of all age groups.

2. Finger theater made of fabric. Such a theater can be purchased in stores. You can also make it yourself, but first prepare a pattern. Due to the material it is very functional. Can be used in all age groups.

3. Finger theater from waste and natural material. Another type of easy-to-make finger theater. The material can be various cups, pieces of fabric, threads, buttons, plastic spoons and forks, etc. You can make such a theater together with your children, having previously prepared the material. Necessary condition: safety of the material used. This finger theater can be used in all age groups, while taking into account the physiology of children.

4. Wooden finger theater. It has become widespread in various online stores. Manufacturers package such theater in various “boxes” that correspond to the theme of a particular work. The figures can also be used as tabletop theater. Often used on younger group due to the small indentation for the finger. The main disadvantage is the difficulty of selecting the size of dolls for each child.

5. Knitted finger theater. One of the most durable and easy-to-use types of finger theater. The main condition: knowledge of knitting skills, as well as the presence of certain patterns for knitting a particular character. The puppets of this finger theater turn out to be very “alive”, soft and pleasant to use. Can be used in all age groups.

6. Finger theater made of felted wool and fabric. Felting or dry felting is a process of making products using special needles that mix and tangle wool fibers. Dry felting is suitable for creating three-dimensional products: toys, decorative figurines, designer dolls, applying drawings to felt.

7. Finger theater “Puppet heads”. As a rule, factory-made. Can be made of rubber or plastic. It requires the child to master a certain technique, as it is the most difficult to use.

This is the kind of theater we have.

Now I want to introduce you to the production finger puppet origami technique.

First we make the body of our doll

Now we fold the head.

This is the little fox we got. You can also make other fairy tale characters, only by changing the ears and the sharpness of the muzzle.

Maybe someone will be interested in my work and want to make the same theater with the guys.

Tatiana Verukhina

The importance of small toys for little ones fingers are hard to overestimate. Such toys have many valuable qualities that cannot be found in any newfangled children's toy.

Games with finger puppet theater They develop a child’s curiosity, imagination, communication skills, promote the development of speech, memory, attention, perseverance, and broaden their horizons. In addition, the child can come up with stories himself. By using finger theater You can conduct educational conversations, and, of course, develop fine motor skills and prepare your hand for writing.

In addition, playing this theater The little ones, older children, and even parents can do it.

I suggest you make the simplest look together with your children. finger theater - made of paper. TO making a finger puppet theater from paper You can also involve the child himself. This process can be quite exciting for him. A younger child will be able to draw a face, and an older child will be able to complete the entire process independently, under the guidance of an adult.

For this we need:

White and/or colored paper;

Scissors;

PVA glue;

Ruler;

Simple and colored pencils, felt-tip pens.

To begin with, you need to paper draw squares.

My 6-year-old children and I made a square of 6 * 6 cm and 8 * 8 cm.

Then we boldly cut them out.

After this, we make cups using the origami technique according to the diagram (see photo)

Now the process becomes creative. You can draw faces and muzzles of various fairy tale or cartoon characters on the cups, or print them out "faces" the desired characters on the printer, cut them out and glue them onto cups with "facial" sides.

Dolls for finger puppet theater is ready!

Publications on the topic:

Making theatrical toys for finger theater and theater on flannelgraph We began our acquaintance with theatrical play in the process.

Master class for parents “Making a finger theater from dough” Master class for parents. Making a finger theater. Characters from the fairy tale “Kolobok” using the testoplasty technique. (Slide No. 2).

Good day, dear colleagues! I present to your attention master class"Little Chanterelle" for the finger theater. We need it for work.

Master class. Stand for finger theater. Educator: Kuznetsova Irina Aleksandrovna Dear teachers! I offer you a master class.

Good evening dear colleagues! As you know, “Finger Theater” is a wonderful game that adults and children enjoy. Finger.

Today I present to your attention a master class on making masks for the fairy tale “The Fox and the Hare”. The master class is designed for children.

Theatrical games occupy a certain place in the work system kindergarten. Familiarization with different types theaters begin early.

Today we will show you how to make cool paper finger toys for little ones. With the help of such animals, your children will be able to play a fun farm, or even show a small puppet theater. Making them is very simple, since we have already prepared animal templates for you. All you have to do is print them and assemble them. You can make a pig, a cat, a horse, a mouse and a rabbit for your children.

Everything that you will need:

• thick paper
• scissors
• toy templates (download)

Let's do

First, print out the templates for future toys and carefully cut them out. Look carefully, there are also parts for rings that will be glued to the heads of the animals, and then put on the child’s finger so that he can control the character’s head. These rings also need to be cut out.

Now roll the animals' bodies to form a main ring where the child will insert his finger.

Now it’s time for the little rings that need to be glued into the animals’ heads.

That's all, the toys are ready! You can start playing with the children.