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    Thanks everyone (puppet pics)

    I might be hard to share the Whale I only have two patterns the side view of the whale, and the bottom. I was watching the veggie tales Jonah & the Whale show, and I noticed that the whale they used was actually a sprem whale so I went to a whale web site and had one of our puppeteers draw a...
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    Mouth problems

    No, you see this puppet was made with the material stretch going the wrong way. It is tight at the mouth so is the mouth is stretched again to wide it will pop out. now the cactus the stretch in the material is going up and down so the mouth can be open as wide as you can and it does not...
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    Thanks everyone (puppet pics)

    Yes I do. I save all my patterns just in case something happens to the orginal and I need to dup it. The Whale, Gifts, & Cactus are origanal patterns created by me. Except for the Mexcian singers those pattern came from a class I took by David Penabecker, boy that was a great class and David...
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    Need help

    I have seen stages that use pvc pipe, it really cheap. When my team first started their stage was made of pvc pipe and it held up well. bible betty
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    Thanks everyone (puppet pics)

    I just wanted to thank everyone that helped me since october. you guys have been great. You were always there when I got into trouble with my puppet building or when I needed a laugh. I showed these pics on my thread "bad mouth" but I wanted everyone to see them and to thank them for there...
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    Mouth problems

    thank-you I was worried. look at the Gifts Large, Med, Jr., now Look at large very close. on the corner of the mouth you will see the material is lifted off the corner of the mouth from the palate. One of the puppeteers opened the mouth to wide and the corners material popped out.
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    Mouth problems

    mistake I would like to thank everyone for all the help you have given me in the past months. When I got into trouble with my puppet friends you were all there to lend a hand (err computer) to help me with my problems. and now for the pictures Whale - October - Alternative night - Jonah &...
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    Mouth problems

    I Want to thank you all for helping me when i got into trouble with my puppet friends, you guys & gals were alway there when i had questions or just needed a laugh. you guys have all be great. well here goes. Big Mike just showed me how to show pictures. I have never done this be for and i...
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    Mouth problems

    that is the exact problem, but I did what the first person suggested and it worked perfect. I have pictures of all my puppet friends but I don't know how to post them on the web site for you to see, I'm asking my daughter's best friend if he knows how to do this so give me a little time and...
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    Mouth problems

    thank-you thank-you that is a great idea I may have had the material in the wrong stretch. but should i not measure the mouth? how would I do that. In other patterns the mouth is already in the head of the fabric pattern I have to make my own. So how do they measure to get the mouth...
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    Mouth problems

    Hi everybody, boy do I have a problem! I don't make people puppets I make object puppets. For instance in October I made a large Whale for Jonah and the whale script. He is 5ft long by 3ft. Also in December I made three talking christmas gifts for the play "The Greatest Gift, now for Easter...
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    Do the Muppets have nylon sleeves up to the mouth?

    still questions No, not really, I understand the opening at the bottom, but the other end of the sleeve is attacted to what? the mouth, the head, the neck or is it loose? Thank-you for the help! betty
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    Do the Muppets have nylon sleeves up to the mouth?

    I don't understand? Hi everybody! I never seen a puppet with sleeves before if there is a sleeve in the puppet that go all the way to the mouth where in the mouth would you atttach the end of the sleeve. I hope I made myself clear, I don't understand where inthe head this sleeve would be...
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    Antron Fleece?

    Hi, everybody Where do you get Antron Fleece. I have only found one place and they are really expense. $12.49 a yard. Anyone have any ideas? thanks for help
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    Looking for a female puppeteer in Los Angeles

    Hi fishbone: yes I'm in California near L.A., live in Cerritos? Most people have no idea where that is it sits to the right of the 91 fwy and the 605. So I'm close. but thank you for the heads up on the "big kid" stuff. the straight up puppet is a christian team, my whole family is in...
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    Looking for a female puppeteer in Los Angeles

    Hi fishbone, I tried to e-mail you but your e-mail says you will not except e-mail from this web site. I play a 6 yr old girl with a lisp for 4 yrs. I belong to a team called the straight up puppet team. I also build puppets. If your interested e-mail me.
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    What characters have you created?

    Hi everybody, well, about four years ago I was asked to join a church puppet team. They are called the straight up puppet team and i'm still with them today. I was ask to perform as a little girl named Bible Betty. So, being a daycare lady for 3yrs I knew what kids liked and how they reacted...
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    What characters have you created?

    Four years ago I was asked to be on a church puppet team, which I am still there and loving it!!! I was asked to be bible betty, a little girl with a dog named st. bernard. I had been a daycare lady at an elementary school for 4 yrs, Well first I gave her a lisp, then I remembered what...
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    Cutting foam

    does that mean you use a turkeyknife to shape a block of foam too. I have a knife and it is very hard to control. Does should I cut slowly?
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    Cutting foam

    What does a wood carving knife look like, see I have an electic carving knife and I can't control it very will, the sissors I use is ok until I have to cut a curve or small edge then the edge is very jagged and to glue it together its shape doesn't look really nice.
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