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Hi All... I need a resource for raccoon fur..... Any helpful links? Thanks

beeker's mouth My son and I gave this a try and came up with a pretty good working mechanism. Yes we used a mailing tube for the head (and neck) cut a semicircular mouth out and hinged it back to the tube along the cut. I used a plastic strip attached to that hinged piece and attached that to...

how puppets are made You NEED to get the "Foam Book" by Drew Allison & Donald Devet. You can find it mentioned in other threads around here. It is a great basic guide about the real "how to" of making basic puppets with foam. There are also some great basic books to make other type of puppets...

good idea Great, I'll try that...the problem I have is with the angle. the mouth is flat closed to the tube at rest and that's a pretty steep anlge to pull against to get it open, but we'll see. I also searched the forum for ideas and found some real "mechanisms". They may be too advanced to...

help with making the mouth move Hi everyone....I need help with something. We (my son and I) built a Beaker puppet. Only problem we are having is with the mouth movemets. We started with a mailing tube and cut out the mouth, but we are stuck in how to move the mouth. We've tried through the...

white coating on foam I went with the felt....the other products didn't give me the texture I wanted....(but what texture looks good for a tooth?) I just finished cutting the hands from foam and those look good spray painted. The foam arms will have felt covering to match the rest of his...

white coating Thanks....I picked up a product called "modge-podge". its basically a thick waterbased glue coating or glaze. I was going to try to coat the foam and then see if white spray would stick to it. If it doesn't work, I can always coat him in felt.... I will look for the product you...

Painting yellowing foam white... Hi this is my 1st post.... I use what is called "junk foam" (I think that's what its called) currently I am making a new puppet...its a tooth (a front tooth specifically) and the issue I'm having is coloring it. White spray paint just won't cover it well. If I...