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You can cut a triangle out and then glue two edges together to make a horn. You'll have to experiment to get the right shape you want. Once the foam is glued together you can paint it with latex (available at any art supply store). I find several thin coats is better than one or two thick ones...

Yeah, deciding on foam thickness really depends on what you're making. For example, 1/2" foam works really well for fingers, ears and that sort of thing (although you might use 1" foam for very, very fat fingers or ears). You have to look at what the requirements for what you're making are - how...

The topic of the Henson stitch popped up recently on the puptcrit list and someone posted this diagram of a ladder stitch which I believe the Henson stitch is a variation on. The whole site contains several stitching diagrams that are helpful.

What you're describing is "the wedge method" which I use for most of my puppets. You should use foam that is either 3/4" or 1" thick. The real key is to make sure every wedge is cut exactly the same size with the edges cut straight up and down and not on angle. You can hot glue the wedges...

Really? Mohair usually works well and it much better quality than synthetic fur but I suppose it depends what kind you get.

Hi Hillary, I'd be willing to do a link exchange if you like. My links page is down right now but I want to get it back up and running soon. The link would be to www.bear-town.com (not Muppets, but it is puppets) There's a link banner that can be downloaded from...

There is a cheap lobster puppet here but if you can afford it I'd also suggest getting Terry or Larry or someone else here to build you a custom puppet - they're much, much better.

I think it was written about 12 years ago, I would imagine most of the information is current. It's a very well-regarded book.

That happens a lot; for one character I had built for a TV pilot we actually tracked down the textille mill that produced the fur we used and we bought out all the fur they had left. I know Ravagefrackle has mentioned here that some of the fur and fabrics used by the Muppets was bought in large...

Yup! I was waiting to see if someone noticed that - it's a framed picture of the three bears from the original "Bear Town" shoot ten years ago signed by the original puppeteers. There's little easter eggs like that buried in every episode, some of them are listed on the site and some aren't.

I'm not sure where you are in the UK but I'd try hitting the fabric shops in London (there has to be tons of them that sell fake fur). That's your best bet. Not all colours are always available aside from a few basics (red, blue, white, black). A lot of the puppets you see on TV have fur custom...

Glad you guys like it; I'm still sort of playing around with the video and audio settings and trying to find the appropriate balance between image quality and file size. With the first episode the file sizes were huge, it was rediculous. This time around I tried using using Cleaner to reduce the...

I can't do accents well, everything ends up sounding either Scottish or a Vampire. It's sad. :(

I don't know what the voices sound like so it's hard to say. I really have limited training in that area anyway...I don't really think it matters what I think - the best thing is to find out what an audience thinks. Generally, I wouldn't attempt to mimick Muppet voices or famous cartoon...

Voices are easy, puppetry is hard.

Hi everyone, Just thought that I would post a quick note to let people know that the second episode of my little puppet web series is online. You can check it out here. It's still kind of a work in progress, but let me know what you think!

I haven't, but Neil Gaiman wrote about this in his blog today...seems to be true.

I got this via email from a puppeteer named Ken Berman and thought that it might be of interest to anyone here from around NYC: For those of you in the New York area who are interested in attending a "beginning" level class on puppetry, or know of anybody who might be interested, please...

What about Furry Fabrics?

Yeah, I was referring to the crummy 1/2" poly(upholstry) foam because I assume that's what most people here are finding when they talk about getting 1/2" foam. The 1/2" stuff up here that's manufactured by Eversoft is especially porous and usually won't even support the weight of fur when it's...