Puppets don't need to be potty trained.  Made ya look though didn't I?

I just wanted to just show off my completed projects. 
First an order for a "nice red-headed girl with a white t-shirt" for Sunday school Bible story puppet skits at my home church.  I call her Suzie Q.  She is made with the Rotundo pattern sold at Project Puppet.

Next are three puppets made for an after school program.  Customer requested a grandfather, girl and boy that had some color because the school has a heavy concentration of African Americans, Mexicans and Asians.  I named them Grandpa Tuttle, Ed and Sonja.

I'm glad these guys are done.  Now I can build for the Project Puppet contest!

FYI - The last photo shows them all together and illustrates the size difference between the Simple series and Forma series puppets.

Great puppets puppet lady.. I always did love your eyes.  What do you use to trace the black around them?  I assume black foam but wasn't sure.

They could be one happy family.....they have have bright and happy looking eyes and you did a great job covering them with your fleece.  

You have some lucky people getting new puppets to use......congrats on your well done puppets.  Hope to see more.

Thanks for taking the picture of all of them together to show the different sizes from the forma to the simple series.  It is a nice example to share with newbies to compare them all. 

Daryl H

Great Job puppet Lady............................ what good looking family indeed. Thanks for sharing the pictures and the size comparision.

Billy D.

Are you SURE that puppets don't need to be potty trained!!!  Another very adorable puppet!!  You really have a knack of giving them LOTS of personality!!

Wow, these are great!  I too was admiring the eyes.  What do you use to make them and the lashes?  Is it a mixture of ping pong balls and spoons?  They all look wonderful.  Your customers are going to be excited!

Good luck with your space creature.  Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Impressive puppets!! Love Suzie Q especially her hair. Well done!

Helen

How did you do the hair for the girls?  Are they wigs or did you buy extentions and create a wig yourself?  The flip on Suzie Q's hair is so cute. 

Those are some beautiful looking puppets.  Kudos.

LJ: The floor of my workshop does get wet sometimes, but I'm pretty sure it isn't the puppets:)

The girls are both wearing drawstring ponty tail wigs. I got Suzie's at wig shop because I needed long red hair.  Cost me $12.  I found Sonja's fantastic locks at a thrift store. 

The eyes for Suzie are halved ping pong balls.  The smaller puppet's eyes are made from orange foam balls used in a kid's toy gun.  I found those at Walmart.  They are about 1.5 inches in diameter.  The little boy's eyes are wooden novelty egg halves.  I used to freehand paint my pupils but have started using a circle template to rough them in with a sharpie before painting and I love it!  The pupils come out consistent and round. 

The lid liner and eyelashes are indeed craft foam.  I've started using another glue besides hot glue to lay in those small details because it's hard to be precise and tidy with hot glue.  The DAP brand OneStik2 works pretty good for that because it has a tiny nozzle.