Making Action Figures

Materials Needed

Making the Bible Figures

Before making the Action Figures:

Maximize Learning by following the suggestions on the
Recommendations page for making the Action Figures!

	Yardage	Metric Amounts
Flesh or tan colored fabric	1/8 yard or a fabric scrap	12 cm
Fabric scraps in 2 coordinating colors	1/4 yard of one 1/8 yard of the other	24 cm 12 cm
Brown transfer pen for faces	(Sulky brand or another brand with permanent ink)
Scraps of felt or ultra suede in hair colors
Bean bag fill	8 oz. bag
Heat N Bond Light or another brand of transfer web that can be sewn through	1/4 yard	24 cm
string	10 inch piece	25 cm
Fiber Fill	small bag
Hand sewing needles
Machine needles for woven fabrics size 80/11
matching or coordinating thread

Make the Pattern Pieces

Draw the following pattern pieces onto a piece of paper:

Basic Bible Man/Woman

Clothes front

Back headpiece

Front headpiece

Woman's hair

Man's hair/beard

Beanbag for base of Bible person

Cut a 6 1/2", (16.5 cm), circle or make a pie shape pattern as illustrated above.

Interfacing for the Bean bag

Make a pattern for a 2" circle, (5 cm).

Draw a Pattern for the faces

If you don't want to draw your own faces on the figures:

Make a pattern the same size as your basic man pattern,

Follow the measurements illustrated below to find the placement for the face.

Copy the faces provided.

Good Face

Evil Face

Cutting out the Basic Person

This is the person front.

This is the "clothes' back" and the person back.

Make a person front:

Using the basic Bible man or woman pattern:

Cut 1:

From flesh or tan colored fabric.

Make a person back:

Using the basic Bible man or woman pattern:

Cut 1:

From one of the coordinating fabrics.

Make Appliqué Pieces: Trace onto the smooth side of Heat N Bond Light:	front and back headpieces,
clothes' front,
hair for woman or hair/beard for man.
Roughly cut out these shapes. Do not cut directly on the traced lines.