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When you trace around your hand to make the fleece/fur pattern, Don't forget to add a seam allowance! That way you know that your fingers will fit.

I think it's a mech similar to the "boxing nun" puppet. Another way to do it would be to attach fishing line to the puppet's toe and then run it through the leg and into the body. Then add a fishing weight to the puppet's heel (just enough to pull it back down when you release the string.)...

I remember when I worked on a School Play (talk about low budget!) We made an effective stage lighting set from plywood, a few of those shop lights with the spring clamp, some dimmer switches, and that colored celophane/plastic wrap. It worked pretty well. Again though, you have to consider...

I didn't put the wire in them. I adapted a pattern from about.com that I found for some haloween bunny ears--the kind you'd find on a headband. I stuffed them with blocks of foam. I'm just not sure how to anchor them so they look right. Wes, you're partially right. This puppet is the...

After reading Sean Johnson's Excellent tutorial on Puppet101, I decided I'd try to make a puppet like that myself. Esther Bunny is the result. I didn't get too many pictures of her construction, but if you'll notice, I had an assistant for a bit. She still needs arm rods, and I'm open to...

I picked up a marabou (?) boa at Hancock fabrics. I want to take pieces of it and attach it at joint like the wrists and the neck of my puppet to disguise some seams. How should I attach it so that it is secure and won't fray?

Actually, I think it was my lack of understanding of film concepts rather than any shortcoming on Faze's part. I only know what little I've picked up from watching "behind the scenes" documentaries.

It depends on how much work you want to do in "post production." Both methods would work--Dressing one chicken in different outfits or habing multiple puppets. It also depends on the scene--some methods work better than others for different types of scenes. In big budget movies crowd scenes...

Around Christmas, Buck-Beaver posted an old McCall's pattern for "The Purple-Necked, Black-Bearded Blatch" that featured a whatnot boy and girl. If you can't find the post, I think I've got the .pdf that I can send you privately.

Actually, If I'm not mistaken, Mousepads are also neoprene. Find a neutral one (or cover the design.) It should work for smaller mouths.

I think Michelle (Puppet-Planet) had a dissection of an old Fisher-Price Animal's eyebrow mech at some point. I know she's been re-vamping her site so I don't know if it's back up yet. Does someone have it in their archives?

I think ping pong balls should be available at most sporting goods stores. As far as the body goes, the no-legs version just had a tube coming off the end of the "football" shape: ( ) (pardon the poor ASCII art, but this should give || you an idea. The 'legs' version just attatches the...

I'm not too clear on the mouths. I think they're just puppet type mouths with servo motors to activate the jaw. Try modifying a "vent dummy" mouth. As far as the bike ride goes, the puppets' feet were attached to the pedals of the bike and then it was towed to give the illusion the Muppets...

Storytelling Even sketch comedy has to have a story. Most of it is implied by staging and characterization, but the audience has to absorb enough about the setting and characters to understand the joke. Granted, for sketches a writer doesn't have to delve deeply into the character's...

I've got a little kitty puppet that I've made, but I can't come up with a voice or a character for him. Right now he's mute. While that works in some situations, are there some suggestions for creating a voice/character for him? Here's the link to the thread where I introduced him...

I can't really answer the first few questions but here goes with the ones I can: If you are covering the foam with fur or fleece, you can add pieces of foam to 'adjust' the shape of your puppet's head until it looks the way you want. The fabric will make it look like one big flowing shape...

Are puppets Kid stuff only? Actually, if I recall correctly, there were some pretty "blue" Looney Tunes and Betty Boop cartoons back in the early days. (1930's?) They were shorts shown in between movies at the theater before television. I can recall one Bugs Bunny cartoon where he's...

The Muppets never really showed Jim as a character in the series. (Aside from as a puppet.) Part of Lamb Chop and her friend's charm was that they interacted with Shari as well as each other. When she died, one of the characters in the group died with her. The Muppets found replacements for...

Mouth Folds Check out the "Fabrication" part of the BARK production blog on Swazzle. I think Buck has the link on his puppetvision blog.

converting drawings to puppets I am by no means a very good 2-d artist. However, something I learned when carving wood in the Scouts is applicable here--to convert a 2-d drawing into a 3D sculpture (puppet or not) make sure you have a front view, a side view, and perhaps even a top view. That...