Per­haps I still have my Mon­day view­ing of the Dark Crys­tal on the brain, but the whole movie I sat in awe of the pup­petry and the detail­ing of all the char­ac­ters and sets. For­ever a fan of toys, I’ve always been fond of fin­ger pup­pets. For this edi­tion of Thurs­day Round Up, I present some extra-special pha­langes adornments.

Fin­ger pup­pets can be made out of a vari­ety of mate­ri­als. Per­haps the most pop­u­lar is felt and cro­chet, but as you can see, Sweet Bes­tiary and Samar­rakhaja have used air-drying clay, so these are like tiny sculp­tures that fit on your fin­gers! You can make pup­pets emo­tional or moody, or just happy-go-lucky, like Moontsy and Floon­sty (my heart melts for those tiny felted guys!). I love all of these because of their imag­i­na­tion — they aren’t the con­ven­tional ani­mals, and take fin­ger pup­pets from being a bit juve­nile to some­thing that is more seri­ous and earnest.

From top to bot­tom, in order: d.s.lookkin — Hug­ging Fin­ger Pup­pets // Sweet Bes­tiary // Moontsy and Floon­sty // Samar­rakhaja — Your New Best Friends // Baby Ani­mals — Arc­tic Ani­mals