Faith Food and Yarn
Next up in our Read Across America Crochet-a-Long is the John Darling Hand Puppet! Poor John, is the perpetual middle child. He has to take orders from Wendy, and gets overshadowed by Michael’s cuteness. I believe this is why he is often found bickering with Michael, and trying to put him in his place, calling […] Read more…
Welcome to our third annual Read Across America Crochet-a-Long, beginning with the Wendy Darling Hand Puppet! If you’ve been following a while, you’ve seen many story book characaters come to life through these blogs, from Little Red Riding Hood, Big Bad Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs, to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Puppet Collection. This […] Read more…
The final puppet of our Read Across America Crochet-a-Long is finally here!! Glinda the Good Witch Hand Puppet will complete The Wonderful Wizard of Oz puppet collection. She makes the perfect addition to the gang, bringing her “rich red hair,” and magic that Oz himself, couldn’t duplicate. Glinda encompasses all that is good and pure, […] Read more…
What would the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz be, without the actual wizard himself?! Though he does confess he is not a very good wizard. The Wizard of Oz hand puppet is made with some creative imagination from the book’s descriptions, and a whole lot of love! I enjoyed creating him so much! […] Read more…
The Wicked Witch of the West is probably the most noticeably different character in the book than in the film. The book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, makes no mention of her being green, and says she has an eye patch! Personally, I think she’s much more fun this way! However, you can use the […] Read more…
Next in our Read Across America Crochet-a-Long is the Cowardly Lion Hand Puppet! Add him to Dorothy, Scarecrow, and the Tin Woodman, for a fun puppet set for your little one! You may remember that last year’s CAL included a lion already. The was Shalock the Lion Hearted, and he went with the book, Shalock […] Read more…