Duck, duck.....Chicken!

More ducks, and a chicken puppet.   The chicken really ought to be red, as in the little red hen, but I had enough white fleece left over from something and wanted to use it up.

You'll notice each duck is slightly different - I'm trying out various eye and fabric colors, partly because I like variation & partly because I'm cheap & digging through the remnants bins means "you get what you get"

I think some of the ducks need bows or something to spiffy them up.  Perhaps I'll get some inspiration this weekend.

Each of these puppets has a head that is formed in the hoop on my embroidery machine, and some three-dimensional features.  The beak, comb, and duck bill are also embroidery files, making the cutting of these pieces simpler - just follow the stitch lines.  The body is machine-sewn from pattern pieces and the head & beaks are attached with hand stitching.  A little fiberfill gives some shaping to the faces.  The puppets are large enough for a small adult hand to fit inside - giving plenty of room to grow with the child.

 

As an aside, I feel obligated to make a grey duck at some point in the near future.... I've learned through friends that some regions of the country (to remain nameless) don't play "duck-duck-goose".  They grow up playing "duck-duck-grey duck" which is much more difficult to say and somewhat confusing why a grey duck would even matter, given all the various colorations of ducks that are readily observed in the wild.