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You can see him swallowing cookies in this vid- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l7KbMVdN7E

I've noticed Cookie Monster has a sorta neck-collar of foam to help keep the shape for the fur body draped below, which is more noticable in some incarnations of the puppet than others, but I can't tell if there's any foam for the hands or wrists. It's hard to tell their size with the fur...

I don't think I would have ever come up with that as a solution but has certainly got me thinking. Many thanks to you both Sir.

One could always use thicker or higher density foam but not sure how the patterning would be affected if it's thicker. When I sculpt a head, I only remove what I need for my hand or the mechanism which helps hold it's shape.

Specifically for something like Elmo, who has fur and buldgey-full eyeballs on the head. I've never really done one like that before and am considering how to secure them on. I'm thinking of having a small opening in the bottom of the eye, filling the eyeball with a foam piece, cutting a small...

Here's the thread you're looking for. http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=47158

Is 55mm a standard size because I got a plastic ball here [I believe it was a christmas ornament once upon a time] I figured was about the same size as cookie monster's eyes, after comparing it with a video of cookie with someone, and putting my ruler on the front of it, the measurement the eye...

As a newbie then, I'd recommend you make your own unique, different, nonmuppet puppets first to gain some experience making them because muppets obviously have a very distinct look and it might take a few attempts to get spot on. First few puppets never come out perfectly and you learn from your...

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Beard can just be pinned on. That's how wigs and features are kept on whatnots. Tattoo would depend on what your design is. Like if it's on the arm, you could make the arm removable with velcro, press stud, or also just pinned on. Or you could make two puppets.

heh, you guys must not venture out too far into the internet if that offends. ;-P The mouth might be a strip of foam with a slit cut in it, but just doing a little test here, the top part stays straight if you'd glue the ends of the mouth down. Pulling the bottom makes the bottom lip move...

I've used foam backed vinyl and it works great. Some bin scavenged offcuts I had that was used for marine roof lining. It was already together, but it'd be as simple as gluing a thin sheet of foam to some vinyl or leather and bob's your monkey's uncle. I made a simple sock puppet style test...

It's not illegal to make your own, or have one given to you for free. Also, IN B4 drama.

Ah.. budget version then, aye? I agree with Melonpool then, cannablize a crummy torch. You'll need some wire and stereo speaker wire should work fine for wiring. You could even just tape everything up well and not have to solder. Battery pack can just be a cardboard holder for your batteries [a...

Hobby Eletronics store. I don't know what the go with be there in the states.. radioshack? Those bits and pieces for hobby electronics kits are easy to come by and there's a ton of different types of switches like toggle switches. If all else fails, there's always google and ebay.

If I know there's something in the boards that's searchable, I try to search it for them now. It's not hard and I have more of an idea of what to search for, so why not? There's also a lot of dead links to people's personal blogs and photos in those search results. And like I said earlier in the...

A small spy cam and a hand-held tv would work as an in costume set up. Might take a little shopping around for connectors on the video input cables but I managed hook up my little tv to my brothers spycam and with the camera running on a 9volt battery it's all selfcontained. Something like this...

The family guy star wars specials are very much parody, much like everything in tv and film referencing star wars and helps keep star wars relevant and in the public eye, and Lucas did ok it. There are interviews with seth mcfarlane about it on youtube. Personally, I think anything to do with...

Site moderators hava shot down requests for posting pics before. With the site growing in member numbers, I can't see that changing anytime soon. I just use other sites for photo and video posts and link to them. Having a separate section for the ebay selling would just be a roped off section...

While I admit I am not terribly familiar with the particulars of other companies going after fan made stuff, I am an unashamed star wars geek and like to look in on the replica prop maker scene. Of course Lucasfilm could sue every replica costume and helmet maker selling stuff out there. For...