I'm going a bit crazy and can't tell if these eyes look right. I kind of stuffed up the painting of them, and now I can't figure out if the puppet is looking straight ahead or slightly…

Ok, so this far I have made my own eyes, attached them last and focused pupils (which I have attached separately) absolutely last so that I can focus them where I've wanted.I like some of the eyes…

Hello,recently I finished my first puppet (well, not really finished, as some details have still to be done). I had a lot of fun and everything worked out much better, than I did expect on my first…

I was looking today to the video's on stigmanpuppets side. A product of the week is doe suede. I am trying to get clear what kind of fabric that is in Dutch. Does somebody have good pictures of it…

This morning I was watching the telly with my kids. We were looking to Bol and smik a dutch program(Belgium production) . Bol is the purple doll an smik the orange one It looks like they have a…

I have been using an exacto knife when cutting poly foam and reticulated foam from patterns, and have had with good results.  When it comes to carving these foams, that is a different…

My friend who is an Ozzie will be retiring from teaching in June and I want to do a hand puppet skit to the song Waltzing Matilda as a tribute to her Australian heritage. At the end of the song, the…

Hey Gang!Lately I have been discovering neat little tips and secrets as I have been bulding puppets. I dont think there is a thread here with every day uses for materials we use to make puppets.I…

Here is Miriam.  She was made using the Roly pattern from Project Puppet.  She sports the alternate body pattern and a smaller version of the Forma Series hand.  Made for a school, she…

Haven't done any puppet building for over a year, sort of got burned out, but a talk with my sister got the juices flowing again and I'd like to hear any thoughts and ideas on this project.Her…

Are there any puppet patterns available for an obese puppet? I'm looking to make a muppet-style puppet with a nub of a chin, and a "tire" of a second chin.Also, is there a pattern…

Hello everyone! As regards to the monster puppet, I should be able to start making it hopefully in a few weeks, I am searching for materials I could use to create it. One thing that I'm thinking…

Hello,My name is Crystal, and I'd like to say I really appreciate the help and advice made available through your forums here. Hopefully this is the right place to be asking all these questions,…

Hello  -It's been awhile since I posted, I've been busy building/designing my new puppet set. I should have a few videos coming soon to show that off.  Any-who....I wanted to post a…

Hi Guys,I'm just wondering if any of you have ever tried to dye vellox...like the blankets.  I have an old one that I thought about using, but it's awful big to use the same color all of…

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a "library" for constructing shapes out of foam or fabric -- what I should be cutting out in 2-D material to achieve specific 3-D shapes once it's…

I was watching one of my favorite PBS television shows " Between the Lions " and noticed that the Mom lion has upper and lower blinking eye lids. Has anyone used this method…

Hey Gang,  I have not had as much time to build over the last little while, but I have completed two puppet relatively recently.  Here is a blog entry to my gorilla puppet and another entry…

Heheh, I managed to take pictures of my two puppets that I made, I would have uploaded them onto this site but I didn't know if the images were too large to insert (my design of my 3rd puppet…

Hello there, I'm new here! I'm 15 and I have made 2 puppets, with each one I'm slowly getting better at making puppets. My 3rd puppet is to be a monster, I actually have the designs on…