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So I finally finished this tutorial. It took longer than it should-though I gave up rather early on having everything typed, and just switched almost everything to handwriting on the picture and instead typed it all down here instead:

You need:
-1 pair stretchy gloves
-Luxury Shag (1" & 2" preferred. I use the 1" for fingers and 2" for the rest. You can find this at many places, including distinctivefabric.com, fabric.com, mendels.com, and fabricempire.com . You can even ask for available fur to be sold at the fursuit or fursuitauctions communities on livejournal.com.) I can't tell you exactly how much, but you can use good-sized scraps easily. It basically comes down how big your hand is.
-Plastic Claws (I use the kind that come in bear claw necklace kits. You can also get them at greyowlcrafts.com . If you want a more substantial claw, I suggest going to *Monoyasha .)
-Hot glue (make sure to have at least one extra stick of glue-it always runs out quick, at least for me. I also use the cold setting so I don't loose as much skin-besides your skin should not hit the places you use the glue for this project.)
-Elastic tape-you can use any you wish, but I used 1/2" for the example paws.
-High Density foam-just long scraps can do. 1"x1"x4" blocks are the best to whittle into fingers.
-Exacto knife (for cutting the foam into blocks and to cut out patterns in the fur (Do not use scissors for cutting fur- it just makes a mess and makes your fur look horrible. Also I used them to cut the gloves, but be careful!)
-Scissors (for sculpting foam)
-Needle and thread (if sewing two light colors together, I suggest using light pink. idk why, but it hides well in any neon or light colored furs)
Step 1:
Cut gloves for fingers and claws. (Don't cut too much at the tips-you want the claws to fit in snugly!)
Step 2:
Carve 10 "fingers" out of foam *notch the center of the larger side the wedge to insert claw.
Step 3:
Stuff glove fingers with the foam, making sure the claws curve toward the hole at the base of the finger. Anchor claws to the glove by gluing the slit of the glove to the claw and if you are using claws with holes at the base, you can sew the claw to the glove. Also sew the finger shut, leaving only the slit at the base for your fingers to escape.
Step 4:
Sew elastic onto fingers.
Step 5:
Duct Tape Pattern and Fur. If you don't know how, go to the memories section of the fursuit community on livejournal here-> [link]
Step 6:
Touch up any of your mistakes, test out, brush, and enjoy! Go play piano/type on the computer/whatever else you can think of to do with em!

Download for large version!

Piano Paws idea and the artwork was made by Bell Griffith.
If you have questions, you can shoot me a line here or on bg.arts@yahoo.com .

If you make a pair, please link me! I'd love to see them!

Description
So I finally finished this tutorial. It took longer than it should-though I gave up rather early on having everything typed, and just switched almost everything to handwriting on the picture and instead typed it all down here instead:

You need:
-1 pair stretchy gloves
-Luxury Shag (1" & 2" preferred. I use the 1" for fingers and 2" for the rest. You can find this at many places, including distinctivefabric.com, fabric.com, mendels.com, and fabricempire.com . You can even ask for available fur to be sold at the fursuit or fursuitauctions communities on livejournal.com.) I can't tell you exactly how much, but you can use good-sized scraps easily. It basically comes down how big your hand is.
-Plastic Claws (I use the kind that come in bear claw necklace kits. You can also get them at greyowlcrafts.com . If you want a more substantial claw, I suggest going to *Monoyasha .)
-Hot glue (make sure to have at least one extra stick of glue-it always runs out quick, at least for me. I also use the cold setting so I don't loose as much skin-besides your skin should not hit the places you use the glue for this project.)
-Elastic tape-you can use any you wish, but I used 1/2" for the example paws.
-High Density foam-just long scraps can do. 1"x1"x4" blocks are the best to whittle into fingers.
-Exacto knife (for cutting the foam into blocks and to cut out patterns in the fur (Do not use scissors for cutting fur- it just makes a mess and makes your fur look horrible. Also I used them to cut the gloves, but be careful!)
-Scissors (for sculpting foam)
-Needle and thread (if sewing two light colors together, I suggest using light pink. idk why, but it hides well in any neon or light colored furs)
Step 1:
Cut gloves for fingers and claws. (Don't cut too much at the tips-you want the claws to fit in snugly!)
Step 2:
Carve 10 "fingers" out of foam *notch the center of the larger side the wedge to insert claw.
Step 3:
Stuff glove fingers with the foam, making sure the claws curve toward the hole at the base of the finger. Anchor claws to the glove by gluing the slit of the glove to the claw and if you are using claws with holes at the base, you can sew the claw to the glove. Also sew the finger shut, leaving only the slit at the base for your fingers to escape.
Step 4:
Sew elastic onto fingers.
Step 5:
Duct Tape Pattern and Fur. If you don't know how, go to the memories section of the fursuit community on livejournal here-> [link]
Step 6:
Touch up any of your mistakes, test out, brush, and enjoy! Go play piano/type on the computer/whatever else you can think of to do with em!

Download for large version!

Piano Paws idea and the artwork was made by Bell Griffith.
If you have questions, you can shoot me a line here or on bg.arts@yahoo.com .

If you make a pair, please link me! I'd love to see them!