Living puppets

Last month was my nephew's 1st birthday. I thought about what I wanted to get him, and I knew I wanted to do something that was a little more personal than a store bought toy. I can't remember where I saw this idea but I came across something similar to this: You give the gift of The Very Hungry Caterpillar book along with a sock puppet that looks like the caterpillar, and food with holes in it that he can eat through. I liked that idea and went to my local Walmart and found a book I knew a…

Puppets for sale,Snake puppet,foam puppets for sale, boa puppet,ventriloquist figures,dummies,masks,hand,foam mouth puppets.

I get asked a lot about where I get my eyes from for my puppets, the answer is there is no one place to buy puppet eyes. I have seen a few h...

A step by step DIY tutorial on how to make a fleece head pattern for your puppet.Materials:Foam:http://amzn.to/2vbEgXmSpray Adhesive - Super 77:http://amzn.t...

Eyes have long been an important part of the Muppet aesthetic. For example, one of the most distinctive aspects of Kermit the Frog is his eyes, originally made from ping-pong ball halves and with unique cross-lined pupils. The placement of the eyes on a Muppet character is key to the success of the character. In The Art of the Muppets, the Henson Associates staff wrote, "Perhaps the single most important aspect of the Muppet look is the set of the eyes in relation to the nose and mouth. The…

This is the first puppet craft video. In this one you see how I build the foam substructure of the puppet head.

I know MR made a few of the Muppets. Were there ever any accurate sesame street puppets made available? I am mainly interested in these guys: [IMG]...

So...making blinking eyes was the task of the day. I found a great online tutorial HERE with a video walk through on how to do a simple ver...

#Puppetry #Makerspace #DIYToday I am making a puppet head for a dinosaur character. There may be some trial and error, but you will see the pattern making pr...

Stripy Dragon Everybody has a few spare socks lurking in the back of a drawer – dig out your most colourful specimens and make this fearsome dragon. Zebra Sock puppets are simple and quick to make – you can sew or glue buttons, beads, ear shapes and hair on to them. A stripey sock is […]