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I actually seen something very close to the tie pattern at Walmart over the weekend as well......

Passion is a BIG part of it, I'm pretty new to it myself, only did costume designs and set design before this for local projects. Good luck in your search, and please keep us posted of your progress and findings!!!

Hi Amelia, Try the Puppet Building forum as well, also, self promotion never hurts. Do you have any pics or videos of your work to post?

Still, nice job on both.........

I really like the Cookie and Oscar! What did you use for a pattern?

It may not be as noticeable in the movies, but episodes of the Muppet Show and Sesame Street are where it can really be spotted. I could be that I just looked for it more too, even as a kid I had to know how it all worked...... :smirk:

I haven't watched it this season, but I know before he was all one piece. No arm rods, still a glove 2 man puppet, but he did not have the gloved arms separate from the body as does Ernie and Fozzie...

There really isn't an illusion to it. A character like Cookie or Telly Monster is a glove puppet where the body was all one peice, but puppets like Ernie or Fozzie were always noticeable to have the arm coming up from the bottom of the screen. To me, I never really thought they tried to hide it?

Nice job! I never shaved mine, but the stiffener worked out excellent. I did the same thing and removed some of the foam, I also removed the arms and shortened them a bit, while they were off I thinned them out as well and added wire to the fingers. I then added an insert for arm rods instead of...

I think a few of the older muppet ones were actually hinged and just swung up and down when not in closeups? Pufnstuf was much the same way.......

Nice! Love the wolf!!!

Joanns Fabrics is the easiest place...........

That link is for a puppet head, I think you are on the right track in regards to the chin strap you mentioned. If you look around, there is another thread which I believe talks about what you are trying to accomplish..... Good Luck!

He looks real good, good luck!

Wow Shoe Fairy, I think I owe you a comish for that one! Honestly, there are alot of great builders on this forum he could ask that would love the chance. But if he has been waiting a few years already for a reply from Jarrod, then I think his mind is already made up........ :)

After a few years?!?!? I would try someone else at this point......:)

Have you tried him through his blog as well? It may just be that he's focusing on orders that he already has? Nutty Puppets actually just had a few puppets up on eBay that you could have tried for if you needed one quick...

What did you use for the mouth plate?

I actually used that around the mouth sometimes to keep the hair from sticking up, never thought to use it on the whole puppet!

Excellent job, I still have mine as well. How did you condition the fur without pulling it apart???