Hey guys, so i made my first foam head puppet with the roly pattern from Project Puppet, and it works great, except that when the head moves, the body moves, which i don't really like. So i had an…

Hey Guys,Just wanting some input and...HELP!!!!....here.   We are going on a three month mission trip to Warsaw, Poland in March.  We will be working in children's hospitals and…

Hi Puppet friends, recently we completed a Tall Ted music video for the up coming TV series Story Time. It has resulted in a heated debate on whether the egg who stars in the video is actually a…

Not really breaking news, haha, but I recently added another post on my blog about the making of Super Baby, and discussing starting off with puppet making, and getting past your first puppet build. I…

Hi everyone.  I'm sure many of you saw my Yeti, Jr character.  Well, I've completed another character in that same general area, but this is my first Live Arm Puppet.  His name…

I have watched this video () many times and i have decided that this is the kind of puppet that i want to construct.It is a real challenge for me and i like them very-very much.But here in Greece i…

Hey everyone, so as you all should know last night was the deadline for the Project Puppet Puppet Building Contest! I entered the puppet i built to the Cosmically Cool Kids Competition!So if you would…

ok, so i was working on my puppet, doing the palm support with the finger wires and everything, which went well, but then i got out the wire I ordered on…

Hey everyone,I know many of you will not be able to get to this due to location. But, I'm teaching a 1.5 hour beginner puppetry workshop in the TV style on Sept 25th at The Brookline Puppet…

Hi everyone,I thought I'd share this small gallery of photos from the Unraku Workshop in Toronto - http://www.flickr.com/photos/unraku/sets/72157624827023753/These are puppets built by the shop in…

hey guys, so i have a character I'm working on who is a baby, and i've thought of a few ways to emphasize the fact that he's a baby, his wardrobe, his hair, a belly button, but one thing i…

Here is a pix of the 2010 Vent Haven conVENTion, I attended in Ft. Mitchell, KY (south of Cincinnati.) Over 400 ventriloquists from 13 countries. Want to have a GREAT time, join us July 13-16 2011.…

Hi all it's been a while since I've been on and I've created a few little guys and as soon as I fix my computer I'll post some pics. Anyway I am interested in buying "left…

I know that puppets made with the Simple Series pattern from Project Puppet don't really have foam chins, but have you guys ever added foam to the chin before using one of those patterns? are…

Hello all.  I have a question for those of you thet use polymer clay to make parts of the puppets. When you make the head, for example, do you make the shape, lets say a ball, with another…

Hi gang I know i have been in and out the last few months. As some of you know my wife has been batteling cancer the last few months. It came on quick and luckily was caught earliy. So far we seem to…

Hey Folks,I got access to some livestock over the weekend. So of course we shot some video.  But, you can't always plan what the animals will do.Check it out!!!Also please notice we have…

Ok, i did some cutting and measuring with the roly pattern with its mouth. I was trying to see what the length inbetween the two mouth pieces should be (most people say one pencil's width is…

Here's my first character using faux fur.  It took a couple of attempts to get things to work out right, but I got it down.  The first time was a disaster.  The second time turned…

Hi everyone.I did a search, but it came up empty.  I'm beginning to think there's a trick to the search that I'm not getting.  When you use the one at the top of the page, does…