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Depends what type of hold you want. What have you done before?

I realize that these are old messages in the thread, but I wanted to dispel some misinformation. Hot glue does not bond permanently. If you heat enough after it dries it will become soft and "unglue" itself. I have never heard of a chemical reaction between foam and hot glue that would cause...

This can be a bit confusing. Antron® is actually a brand name for a type of synthetic fiber that's used (at least today) primarily to make carpet. It's a type of Nylon 6-6, which is a common material used to make synthetic fabrics. The original "Antron Fleece" that was used for many years to...

A lot (if not most of) the moving mouth puppet patterns that exist today originated from that pattern. It's a piece of history!

I just realized (a year later) this was posted in entirely the wrong thread.

Post pics or videos if you can. You know some people like to use plastic from ice cream or Yogurt containers, when I lived outside of Canada for a few years and couldn't find the right materials I had luck using neoprene placemats that I found in a local store.

Very cute!

Contact cement works just fine although though I've built several versions of a beaver puppet ("Buck Beaver" hence the username) over the past 20 years. Each one has fun foam teeth that are hot glued in place and that has always worked great. Just avoid holding the teeth too close to heat guns...

They can actually work quite well, but they have to be designed properly and appropriate for the puppet. When using 1/2" foam you often need to create a firmer mouth plate(s) to glue on to the 1/2" foam (smaller than the actual mouth) to help the mouth to retain its shape and to provide...

You can also use 1/2 foam (either polyfoam or reticulated).

If you can buy cheap PVA (white) glue in a large enough quantity and use 2-3 coats of that as a primer/seal (you can water it down a bit) then you should be able to use any kind of paint you like on top of it. If you are trying to get a realistic brick-like finish, spray paint is probably not...

Some good sites for hosting photos: Imgur Flickr Photobucket

There are a lot of different kinds of paints available and acrylic airbrush paint is pretty common. You can even use tube-based fine art acrylic if you thin it with a liquid medium and strain/sieve it before putting it in the airbrush so that it doesn't clog the brush. Almost all Tempra paints...

Does anyone know of Sesame Street storybooks from the 1970s that have illustrations of the Sesame Street set (123 Sesame, Hooper's Store, etc.). Specifically, I'm thinking of books that were illustrated by artists like Michael J. Smollin and Jack Davis. I know at least a few portions of it were...

Wow, I can imagine it would be difficult - and expensive - to get supplies in the South Pacific. Whereabouts do you live? I really think the best way to learn is by doing, although forums like this certainly help. As for that video, you know I'm pretty sure I saw that a couple years ago. Have...

Another weekly puppetry news round-up... http://puppetvisionmovie.com/2014/09/weekly-puppetry-news-round-up-sesame-street-anniversary-edition/ I do post these Weekly, but don't want to constantly spam the forum with them. As I mentioned in the previous post, if you'd like to receive them via...

I understand where you're coming from. I live in Toronto, which is the centre of the Canadian media world, but still relatively small compared to what goes on in LA, New York or London. You're absolutely right about having more opportunities in a place like New York or L.A. Promotion can be...

Maybe I'm getting a different feed here in Canada, but all I ever seen is music videos, movie trailers and original web series, but that tends to be the content that's offered by all the channels I subscribe to. Blip.tv has always been more exclusively catered to original web shows. They have...

I think YouTube is certainly not without its problems and Google has made changes in recent years that are not for the better, but I also think you're making a lot of broad generalizations that just aren't supported by the evidence. It's simply not true that there is no room for originality on...

That's too bad and has not been my experience when I've used it. Are you hosting your videos on Facebook? Because if you're after awareness (as opposed to YouTube subscribers) I've been told that a video hosted on Facebook is much more likely to be seen than a video hosted elsewhere. I don't...