Puppet tutorial

(I posted this tutorial in pieces, I decided to organize it and put it in one place for your convenience should you wish to make your own puppet. Is fun. *shrug*. The sock pictured is the winning sock of the Ingrid Michaelsock contest here: http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/ingridmichaelsock . I don't think they've done anything with it yet. People keep asking...) Before you start chopping up socks you'll need some materials: a sock no one is going to miss, a hot glue gun, some light cardboard…

How to Build a Quality Puppet: The Muppets have had a huge impact on our culture. So much so that the Smithsonian has an exhibit detailing how the Muppets have impacted our world. The creations of Jim Henson have certainly impacted my life. Because of the Muppets, I have a lov…

Basic rod puppet mechanics from Swazzle

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Learn how to turn a wooden spoon into a CLOD puppet from Earth to Ned on Disney Plus! Step by step directions with video tutorial! Puppets are great for story time, reading buddies, sensory play, imagination and more! #disneyplus #earthtoned #clod #puppet #diy #craft #storytime #pretendplay #imagination #sensory

In creating my puppets, I had planned to refer to several books on my shelf; I own a small library of books on the topic of building puppets and also a couple of books on making Waldorf dolls, but none of my books offered much help when it came to creating a glove-puppet with a Waldorf style doll-head. When making a glove-puppet, it is usual to have space inside the head for the fingers of the puppeteer; however, on a traditional Waldorf doll-head, it would be very difficult to create a…

In this video tutorial you will learn how to make a professional hand puppet. This project is very special to me because I got to work with my little sister....