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Cobblestone Way Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you liked the trailer. It was quite an ambitious project for a student film.:)

Magic Meadow It's not too many questions at all. I did the voice of the ant, Michael did the voice of the bear, and Victoria Lee did the voice of the Wood Fairy. I have had a little bit of voice training, but most of my training come from doing puppet shows for over ten years.

Magic Meadow I performed the ant and Michael performed the bear. Andrew, thanks for the post on Puppet Vision!:D

Magic Meadow We had a lot of fun with the four different puppets to get the feeling of scale. My favorite shot is when the bear leans in close to the ant and says "too small". Thanks for reminding me Andrew;)... For another cool puppet short film check out The Mystery of Cobblestone Way. It...

Smoogle, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Check out The Magic Meadow, it's a funny puppet short film made by Patrick Johnson. I puppeteered on it along with former muppeteer Michael Earl. Let me know what you think.:)

Practice Golf Balls You make a good point. Practice golf balls can also make great puppet eyes;). Check it out: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2005/11/puppet-eyes-practice-golf-balls.html

Foam Peas Snark, Those foam balls are about 12 inches across, so they might be too big for a nose - unless your making a huge puppet. They were bought at walmart:p. I would check there, or Target, or toy stores, Toys R Us etc. You might also be able to find similar items online. Sean

Using Foam Balls Andrew's got a good point. When I made the peas for Puppet Greetings I used yellow foam balls that I dyed green. That certainly cut my building time down and it was quite effective. Check them out here: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2006/01/give-peas-chance.html Which ever way...

Sanding Foam Yes, Snark you can carve foam that smoothly. Bob Fappiano, a puppet builder most well know for Timmy the Tooth, (you can see some of his puppets on Puppet Greetings.com) carves foam and sands it with a disk sander. It is quite amazing just how smooth the foam is. Apparently he...

Puppet Mouths For more information check out my blog Puppet 101. I have many posts dealing with puppet mouths click here for starters: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2005/11/bark-production-journal-mouth.html I hope this helps.:)

Henson Improv The sketches will not be pre-planned, it is all truly improv. The puppeteers have been training with Groundlings performer Patrick Bristow for the past nine months to perfect their improv skills. Just like the Groundlings (the legendary Los Angeles improv company that launched...

Beeker nose From my experience sewing Muppet fleece from the inside is not the best way to hide seams. I would do a simple hand stitch and then pick out the seam as Jinx suggested.

Painting Puppet Eyes Hey Shtick, I'm new to the forum, but I noticed that you had a question about how we paint our puppet's eyes. Here’s how to do it: Save the eye painting for last. To get the placement trace circles onto butcher paper and stick them onto the ping pong balls (trace...

I'm glad you enjoyed it - we had a great time working on it.

Check out Swazzle’s new e-card from Puppet Greeting.com. As Muppet and puppet fans I’m sure you’ll all get a kick out of it. Click here to check it out: http://puppetgreetings.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=eCards.PreviewMovie&MovieID=501, and let me know what you think.

Cool, I can't wait.

Dinosaurs on DVD This is great news, I can't wait. I love the packaging too.

Muppets in the L.A. Times don’t know if the Muppets will ever be brought back to their former glory - but it is possible. It’s hard to remember now but there was a time when Star Wars was in a similar situation. It wasn’t until the Timothy Zahn novels came out followed by the new Kenner toys...

Baba, I will - I'm already having a blast! Sean