How to start making puppets?

[drmolarmagic]

how puppets are made

You NEED to get the "Foam Book" by Drew Allison & Donald Devet. You can find it mentioned in other threads around here. It is a great basic guide about the real "how to" of making basic puppets with foam. There are also some great basic books to make other type of puppets from simple materials. I love the book "Puppet Mania" by John Kennedy. Just hit Amazon.com and look at all the options.

 

[CrazyHarryFan]

Thanks very much! I will get to work on both those books. Im trying to learn as MUCH as humanly possible before I spend any money on making one.

I am pretty sure that the minute I spend money and make my own, I will learn something new I wish I'd know earlier.... haha So it goes.

That is why I very much want to do my homework and learn all I can before I take that first step to making my own custom "Muppetesque" puppet!

This really is so exciting! Thanks again!

--Chuck

You NEED to get the "Foam Book" by Drew Allison & Donald Devet. You can find it mentioned in other threads around here. It is a great basic guide about the real "how to" of making basic puppets with foam. There are also some great basic books to make other type of puppets from simple materials. I love the book "Puppet Mania" by John Kennedy. Just hit Amazon.com and look at all the options.

 

[SJohnson]

Check out my puppet building blog, I've got lots of puppet building info and some puppet building tutorials: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2006/03/puppet-building-tutorial-ratchet.html

Good luck.

 

[CrazyHarryFan]

That is a great tutorial! Simple, effective, and it looks GREAT! I may have to try that soon!

Any other great tutorials out there? I still don't really know how they actually make the Muppets! Any suggestions?


Thanks again! I am LOVING this forum!

Check out my puppet building blog, I've got lots of puppet building info and some puppet building tutorials: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2006/03/puppet-building-tutorial-ratchet.html

Good luck.

 

[CBPuppets]

I may not be a wiseman or whatnot but my advice for building puppets is to be creative.

 

[Bob1995]

There's a great Puppet tuitorial on www.indymogul.com where you can make a pretty decent puppet for 25 bucks or more. If followed correctly, making an amateur puppet look good is fairly easy.

 

[Nick22]

Check out my puppet building blog, I've got lots of puppet building info and some puppet building tutorials: http://swazzle.com/blogs/2006/03/puppet-building-tutorial-ratchet.html

Good luck.

that's an AMAZING tutorial. i have been looking all over the web for GOOD tutorials on how to make puppets, and this is perfect

 

[Meepsterboy]

Hello. I'm a total puppetry noob, but I'd like to ask- Where on difficulty would you rank attempting a character like Pepe? Is it out of reach of someone with no experience, but a lot of determination? I do a mean Pepe voice, so I'd love to build a replica, and if anyone has any tips, I would be very, very happy, okay.

 

[Bob1995]

For people who don't use antron, use the ladder stitch to close a seam. It works well on most fabrics, but it can be difficult to do due to the many folds of fabric in your way, but otherwise it is an effective technique.

 

[Bob1995]

Sorry about the double post, that's my fault.