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I really like the material you used on the blue guy. It looks great!

Hey guys, I have gotten a lot of questions about eye-blink mechanisms in the past and I just started this blog recently of my work and how I do my puppets. So if anyone was interested, I just posted the plans to one of my eye-blink methods. It's pretty primitive, but maybe it will help someone...

while it is frusterating, I would suggest moving on from him for the moment. Then maybe a puppet or so down the road, come back to him and see what you can do to fix the things about him you don't like. Maybe you can use big plastic eyes to cover any of the places where the glue shows...just...

absolutely...even bare it would be kid-safe as long as you make the connection tight enough and use a plastic washer. And if you are still worried you can either coat the metal in hot glue or just glue a patch of foam over the metal!

Also, if you are having trouble finding a glue that bonds the fleece you are using and the particular wood you are using, you can try drilling through the fabric/foam and either using screws or wood glue to bind two pieces of wood together as a sandwich around the foam. While in this particular...

Hi, my name is JD, and I am a freelance animator/sfx supervisor/ puppet builder! I am a student at NYU film school and have just recently started a blog outlining my tips and tricks for visual effects/animation/puppetry. Thanks! See you guys out there. http://jdamato.blogspot.com/

I would suggest looking at some faux fur solutions and nailing down a pattern that really makes efficient use of the long hair. In a lot of cases you can actually use different (read: less expensive) hair for less visible/important parts of the puppet. As everyone else has said, fur is...