Task: Support Operation Christmas Child by
making and decorating finger puppets and felt animals as items to be included in
the Samaritan’s Purse gift boxes.
The students
in the Petite Puppets service group are making puppets to put in the Operation
Christmas child boxes.
To make the
puppets they first get some felt and outline the picture using a template.
After cutting out the shapes they sew all of the pieces together using
different stitching techniques. Then the
decorations such as googly eyes are attached with glue.
There are
five students in this group and they chose this activity because they could
relax and enjoy being creative and stitching the puppets. They also wanted to make different designs
and things for kids. Some students had never sewn before and wanted to try
something new.
“It’s just
nice to let other kids have something they don’t particularly need but might
want” – Dawson Skinner
It is calming
to sit down inside with the air conditioning and draw and sew the puppets
whilst with your friends. You can also talk with the other people around you
and sing along to the music.
To see what
it was like we put one of our members from Stop The Press in with the group. Going
in the only thing she thought was “I don’t want to stab my finger with a needle
because that might hurt”. She found it to be easier than she initially thought
but still challenging. She found that she was proud of her work and was happy
it was going to good cause. She said, “Someone
who has nothing now has something”. What she liked best was the finished
product.
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