Blowing my own horn

[Phantom]

Well, thank you. That is very encouraging to me. You've made my day.

 

[Phantom]

Added a new picture with her mouth open. (See she doesn't look as angry.)

 

[DannyRWW]

Does she have a tongue? In the pictures her mouth looks a little plain open. Still a very nice puppet. What type of audiences do you perform for? I could see this puppet working really well with teenagers.

 

[Phantom]

Thanks again.

You're right, there's no tongue. I'm about 50/50 on tongues. I'll consider adding one. She will probably be used as a baby sitter/young mom type...but the HS age angle is intriguing.

I perform mostly for children 4yo to about 4th grade, however I find that alot of adults enjoy the puppets more than the children. I've got some scripts "under construction" that are primarily focused toward adults. The humor is more subtle.

I keep having this idea for a skit targeting HS Kids, but I haven't brought it to fruition yet. I would like to try without a curtain some time, and this might be the one to do it on.

I'm also considering targeting smaller children with maybe a "monster" ministry...just a thought.


I take from previous comments that you are involved in a similar ministry. What groups do you perform to? Any suggestions on the "bigger kids"?

 

[DannyRWW]

I perform mostly for preschool through 8th grade... though I find that I tend to lose them about 5th grade or so. We started our puppet group this year so it has been a bit of a learning experience. I've performed solo and tend to be able to work with all age groups but my puppeteers are in the 7th and 8th grade range and have a harder time delivering jokes and creating characters. Interestingly I've found when we perform in the inner city that the teen agers like us as much as the little ones. When I write my own scripts I like to try throwing in a few jokes the adults should get too.

 

[D'Snowth]

I must say, that is certainly a very original looking puppet. Well done Phantom, if I were Ebert and Roper, I'd give it two thumbs up! Oh heck, I will anyway. But um, I have to agree, I'm not quite sure what the title has to do with it.

 

[MrsPepper]

Very cool. She looks pretty young. Very cool. I always admire people who build puppets and make them look really nice, as it's something that I don't know how to do at all!

 

[Phantom]

...I'm not quite sure what the title has to do with it.

I was just drawing attention to something I have done. I don't usually do that.


Thanks again everyone for the nice comments.