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Finger knit snake craft

July 20, 2022 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Here’s an easy finger knit snake craft using chunky yarn, pom poms and felt. Don’t worry, these guys are harmless and will leave you alone so long as you don’t step on them!

This easy yarn craft was first published in 2018 and has been updated and re-shared for today’s audience.

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fingerknit yarn snake craft for kids

Have you tried finger knitting? If not, you should—it’s super easy. We have a basic finger knitting tutorial here.

My girls love the process of finger knitting because it’s so simple and fast. The only question is what to do with the knitting once it’s done? In the past, we’ve wound up long ropes that had no real purpose. Seriously, they’ve been so long we could trail them around the room more than once because the girls are that obsessed with finger knitting.

So here’s something you can make from finger knitting… Finger knit snakes!

How to make finger knit snakes


You will need:

  • Chunky yarn – the thicker the better
  • Small felt scraps
  • Tacky craft glue (or PVA if you have no tacky craft glue)

How to:

  1. Make a length of finger knitting using two fingers, and tie it off at the end. It is up to you how long you make it, snakes come in all different lengths.
  2. Make two small white pom poms for the eyes. If it helps you can use the smallest template from our DIY cardboard pom pom maker to make them.
  3. Tie a piece of white yarn tightly around the centre of one pom pom, then tie it tightly to the second pom pom. Tie the two pom poms to the finger knitting about 2 inches away from one end, securing underneath with a double knot.
  4. Glue two small felt circles to the centre of the pom poms at the front for eyes, and a small felt forked tongue underneath at the front of the head.

Told you it was easy to make!

fingerknit yarn snake craft steps

finger knit snake steps

finger knit snake steps

finger knit snake steps

They love to hang out in the garden, especially near the pond where there are lots of tasty frogs to eat.

yarn snake made from finger knitting

finger knit snake steps

finger knit snake craft for kids

Snakes are very misunderstood creatures. Mostly they just lay around doing nothing, sunbaking on rocks and minding their own business. Be nice to snakes (real ones too).

More yarn craft ideas

• Make a finger knit friendship necklace
• These pom pom spiders are almost as scary as the snakes!
• Fluffy pet rocks are just too cute
• Yarn dolls are another simple DIY toy
• Make some cute yarn ghosts

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    I’m basically a big kid who never grew up and still loves to muck around with paint, glitter, glue and toilet rolls. With the crafts shared here on this website I’m hoping to give other parents and carers inspiration to get crafty with their kids at home – make our projects, or use them as a source of inspiration to spark ideas of your own. When it comes to crafting no rules apply!

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