Crafting a Perfect Story with Your Lizard Hand Puppet

Creating a delightful character with a lizard hand puppet can bring immense joy and imagination to any storytelling session. This puppet can turn your tales into lively and entertaining experiences, engaging both children and adults alike.

Materials:

To make this vibrant lizard hand puppet, you will need several simple materials, including:

• Colorful yarn (green for the lizard’s body and various colors for the eyes and mouth).
• A 5mm hook for shaping the yarn.
• Buttons for detailed features.
• A pattern guide to follow for the correct size and shape.

Construction:

Using the materials listed above, follow a simple, step-by-step pattern guide. Begin with the green yarn to form the main body of the lizard. Ensure to add details using different yarn colors to make the puppet look more appealing. Attach the buttons to create eyes that bring life to your puppet. By carefully stitching and shaping, you will end up with a charming puppet ready for all your storytelling adventures.

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Materials

• Worsted Weight (4) Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Yarns
  • Medium Thyme for body (A): approximately 104 yds
  • Buff for belly (B): approximately 32 yds
  • White for eyes (C): approximately 1 yd
  • A small amount of worsted black for eyes
• 5mm Crochet Hook (H)
• Scissors
• Stitch marker
• Tapestry needle

Terms and Abbreviations

• magic ring
• and, rnds: round, rounds
• ch, chs: chain, chains
• st, sts: stitch, stitches
• sl st: slip stitch
• sk: skip
• sc: single crochet
• inc: increase (2 sc sts in same stitch)
• dec: decrease (combining 2 sts to make 1 st)
• invsc2tog: invisible single crochet 2 together

Notes

• The body is worked from the snout down, in the round, without joining.
• The arms, legs, eyes, belly, and tail are made separately and sewn on.
• Designed to be used with the hand downward (like playing piano), enhancing the lizard’s realism.
• One size fits child to adult; for a smaller fit, adjust gauge or hook size.
• Gauge: 7 sts across and 7 rnds down = approximately 2 inches

Pattern

Body (Starting from the Head)

Using A (Medium Thyme)

1. Begin with a magic ring.
2. Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
3. Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st) 3x; 9 sts
4. Rnd 3: sc in each st around; 9 sts
5. Rnd 4: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 3x; 12 sts
6. Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) 3x; 15 sts
7. Rnd 6: (inc, sc in next 4 sts) 3x; 18 sts
8. Rnd 7: (inc, sc in next 5 sts) 3x; 21 sts
9. Rnd 8: (inc, sc in next 6 sts) 3x; 24 sts
10. Rnd 9: sc in next 16 sts, 2 inc, sc in next 6 sts; 26 sts
11. Rnd 10: sc in next 16 sts, 4 inc, sc in next 6 sts; 30 sts
12. Rnds 11-16: sc in each st around; 30 sts
13. Rnd 17: sc in next 15 sts, 6 invsc2tog, sc in next 3 sts; 24 sts
14. Rnds 18-19: sc in each st around; 24 sts
15. Rnd 20: (ch 7, sk next 4 sts, sc in next 8 sts) 2x; 30 sts (counting the chains)
16. Rnd 21: (sc in each of the 7 chs, sc in next 8 sts) 2x; 30 sts
17. Rnds 22-38: sc in each st around; 30 sts

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Arms (Make 4) in A

1. Claws: (ch 4, beginning in the 2nd ch from hook, sl st in each of the 3 chs) 3x, sc in same ch as last sl st, and sc in next 2 ch sps across the bottom of the claws, ch 1 and turn to work in rounds. You will be using the last 3 sts to begin working in the round by utilizing the front loops and then turning to use the unworked back loops.
2. Rnd 1: sc in each of the FLO across, turn and sc into the unworked back loops; 6 sts
3. Rnd 2: (inc, sc in next st) 3x; 9 sts
4. Rnds 3-4: sc in each st around; 9 sts
5. Rnd 5: (inc, sc in next 2 sts) 3x; 12 sts
6. Rnds 6-12: sc in each st around; 12 sts

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

• For Assembly:
  • Sew the first two arms into the armholes.
  • Sew the other two to the sides at the back of the body (around rnds 33-38) with a slight bend for the hind legs.

Tail in A

1. Begin with a magic ring.
2. Rnd 1: 4 sc in magic ring; 4 sts
3. Rnd 2: sc in each st around; 4 sts
4. Continue increasing and working in rounds:
   • Rnd 3-4: (inc, sc in next 3 sts) to 5 sts, then 6 sts
   • Rnds 6-7: sc in each st around; 6 sts
   • Continue this pattern up to Rnd 30 to reach 30 sts

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

• For Assembly:
  • Sew the last 15 sts of rnd 30 to the back loops (or top most loops) across the top backside.
  • Sew the next 15 sts underneath, attaching only to one side of the puppet, to keep the hand hole open.

Under Belly in B (Buff)

1. Start with ch 3.
2. Row 1: Turn and inc in 2nd ch from hook, inc in last ch; 4 sts
3. Row 2: ch 1 and turn, inc, sc in next 2 sts, inc; 6 sts
4. Continue this pattern up to Row 35.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

• For Assembly:
  • Sew row 35 down to rnd 38 of the front (belly) of the body.
  • Weave in ends.

Eyes in C (White) and Black Lizard Hand Puppet

1. Begin in white with a magic ring.
2. Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring; 6 sts
3. Join to the first st with a sl st and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
4. For Assembly:

• Use black to sew elongated over the eye (1st to 4th st).
• Sew the eyes down to rnds 12-14 on the head.