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i dont know the make they just came in a bubble wrap bag all i did is cut of the handle and smooth off the edge they are perfect for Grover/Ernie type eyes.

The eyes on my current e-bay puppet are plastic spoons they just happen to be perfectly oval i got them from e-bay they are better quality than any i've seen in the shops.

The eyes are made from plastic spoons i cut the pupils freehand out of sticky backed flocked plastic it's the same stuff the muppets pupils are made from the mouth plate in this puppet is thick cardboard lined inside and out with strong fleece.

I think he looks good with the palstic spoon eyes i would have put the wider side towards the nose personally,plus it would look better if you sanded down the raised bits on the edge of the spoons other than that great puppet.

More often than not i get a good price on e-bay for my puppets so it does compensate for the materials, you should sell some puppets i'd like to see them.Your right about the shirt i expect he's wearing suspenders and a bra underneath.

i've never had a problem pining them that way i've been doing it for years if your puppet is made from felt it could possibly make a hole but if it's fur or fleece it wont.

I use large safety pins or nappy pins and pin from the inside of the clothes in through the wrist and palm of the puppets hand.

Hi folks i have listed a new puppet on e-bay he looks like a small ernie i hope you like him heres the link~http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6046757407&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31

Hi all the last puppet i made with the eyebrow mech was really popular on e-bay so i've made another here's the link i hope you like him.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6044895446

it wasnt Frank doing sam they were all Eric.

the mouth is operated by the person inside the costume the suit is made loose enough so they can slip their arm in and out of the sleeve to move the mouth, also the mouth appears to spring to the closed position when both arms are moving which would open and close a bit with the movement of the...

Thanks folks i'm glad you like it the eyebrow mech is made from coat hanger wire.

Hi all i have just listed another monster puppet on e-bay this one has Bert type raising eyebrows i hope you like him heres the link~http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6042868468&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:UK:31

No i never use existing patterns i always devise my own i do them by eye.

when i'm dying fleece kermiot green i use half a container of golden yellow and about a third of emerald green it gives a nice kermit green if you want to look at my kermit plus other muppets i've made go to www.picturetrail.com and type in gluvets i hope this helps.

yes i do that whenever i'm shopping or whatever i'm always thinking what i could use as puppet parts,the eyes have always been a problem ping pong balls are ok but they are a bit too small for larger puppets the christmas tree balls work a treat.

i use whatever i can find for the eyes ping pong balls plastic spoons the one on e-bay at the moment has eyes made from christmas tree balls

all my puppets with arm rods have seperate rods on each hand so i can drop one at will it takes a bit of practice to make them look natural and independent of each other.

most of my muppet replicas you've seen are quite a few years old now, i made sweetums in 1995.

i'm glad you like my puppets i like vince the wolf too.Floyds bass is a toy guitar i got from a toyshop and repainted it and bunsen is covered in antron fleece so the mouth wont tear the real bunsen is flocked over foam so i'd imagine it's easily damaged.