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Hi all, I am very late in posting this, but I just did a write up about the Puppets Up! festival here in Ontario, CANADA. Anyone who is interested can read about it:HERE

Hey all, I was just curious if anyone has clear pictures of any recent puppets they have built using the "New Antron Fleece"? If anyone does could they please posts them in this thead? I have a bunch of the old stuff, but I am curious about the look that is achieved with the new...

Here is a cool video promoting the Puppets Up! festival in Almonte, Ontario, CANADA. Almonte is just outside of Ottawa. The festival runs August 12th and 13th, 2006. You can see the video and read more about the festival below. SEE THE PUPPETS UP! FESTIVAL VIDEO or HERE GO...

Hey Everyone, Well the summer is here and I have tons of free time to work on my puppets. I have just finished my follow up to the Darth Maul puppet I built using the project puppet Rotondo pattern. This one uses the Punto pattern and is Chewbacca from Star Wars. Here is a link to...

Here is a little puppet (if you can call it that) that I built a while back. I thought it would be fun to share with others. Check it out HERE

Hey Gang, I just finished running a puppet building workshop with a group of 7 to 10 year olds. In the past I have held many workshops with a variety of ages of children. This I feel has been one of the better ones. I decided to use the Project Puppet patterns with the students for...

For all you collectors out there here is a Virna Finley puppet that has only 1 hr left. You can find it here on Ebay. I didn't know who she was until I did a little web search: Who is she and why are people willing to pay so much for her puppet? Read about Virna Finley here.

Hi all, I thought I would start a new thread rather than add on to the old one. Just when you though the Avenue Q contest was over...it isn't...well not completely. The "One Night Stand" Avenue Q contest that was held and voted on had three final winners. Just to clarify for some...

Here is a little puppet that I made for a personal project I am developing. Kittie 1 The thing that was challenging for me on this puppet was that I needed the puppet to be much smaller than the other characters, but I don't want to build a rod puppet. I persoanlly don't like the ridgid...

Does anyone else have any Disney characters that they made into a puppet? I have been setting up my new workshop and I just uncovered one of my earliest puppets. It is Sebastian from The Little Mermaid. The puppet was an attempt to design a puppet from a 2D design from someone else. When...

Hello all, Well it occured to me that so many people are sharing pictures of their puppets. While I try to post information on my blog, I often forget to post stuff I am doing here on Muppet Central. So, here are some pictures. I have a few so I might break it into different posts...

Oh bother. I wrote all about this on my blog, but basically I found out that the footage that I had being worked on for over a year has been completely/accidentally deleted by the company. Heart breaking. Has this ever happened to anyone else? My project is called Chimp TV and you...

Well I know that people have been wondering about Project Puppet patterns. I have been wondering as well. I just finished my first attempt at using their patterns. I must admit that the instructions were easy to read and the final product was exactly as planned. You can see the puppet...

Sometimes I come across Ebay auctions that state items are a certin Muppet character. I got a kick out of this one of Oscar The Grouch. Now this person is definately not trying to trick anyone here. I think they are being sincere about thinking it is Oscar...but I'll let others decide if...

For people who are interested or available, there is a new puppet festival that will be happening this summer (August 6th and 7th, 2005) outside of Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA in the beautiful town of Almonte. The festival will include many professional puppeteers, builders, etc. In fact one of...

Hi all, This a little note to let people know about a new interactive DVD that features some amazing puppets is being released very soon! The show is called Slick Silly: Adventures in Truckopolis. You can read more about the show here.

Does anyone know what is going on with the Puppeteers of America website? I have tried to access it over the past few days and no luck.

I thought that people might be interested in knowing about a really nice Bean Bunny for sale on Ebay.

Hi all, I have a question for anyone with an opinion. I have had a few conversations with people and it seems that there are only two types of thinking regarding puppetry on television. The first is that puppets (especially the fleece, soft, cartoon looking puppets) and only for...

Hello all, I just thought people might want to check out Terry Angus' new ape puppet that is up for sale on ebay. I think it is an excellent likeness to the ape charcters from the movies. What do people think? - Blink :)