Thanks. I saw that too. But I don't get that same fullness of the head they get. And the shape of my knuckles can be seen through the fleece.

Jack

My assumption is that it's a three-piece head method. (I don't have any of their patterns, so I assume it from their marketing) If so, then it's simply a matter of gluing pieces of foam sheet together to create a 3-dimensional form.

A tennis ball is hollow, but still has 'fullness'. The puppet above is therefore most likely 'empty' headed
That is, the foam makes the shape, but nothing is inside that 'fills' it out.

Without seeing how you're making your puppet, it's hard to know what you're doing different: got any pics?

My recommendation is to avoid guesswork and simply buy their pattern. Everyone recommends them, and you'd be able to make whatever it is your making without having to reinvent the wheel.

The mouth plate has to be 1" and a half thick, and make the grip(Top mouth with foam, like triangle and put it together (Glue it) to the top mouth plate. Maybe can work

I did buy the pattern. It is the one I have been using.

Oh, sorry. Didn't realise that.

At any rate, since I don't have their patterns, I really can't help further except to reiterate that it's probably not a stuffed head.

If this puppet was made of foam do you think they just cut the foam out with the same pattern pieces without seam allowance, glued it together then covered it with the fleece?
I just love how filled out the head is. I think it looks great.

That would most likely work.  You might have to downsize the foam pieces a bit. 

One thing to remember, is that there may not have been a hand in that puppet when they took the pictures.   Also if I recall correctly the Glorified Sock Puppet Pattern is best suited for a smaller hand unless you "upsize" it.  My big old hand is going to show more in it then a puppeteer with smaller hands or even a child's hand.   You may want to enlarge the pattern some, especially if you are going to try and put a foam skull inside. Also I don't think your foam skull would need to be that thick of foam.  Even an 1/8 inch thick foam or maybe even quilt batting would give the puppet some form.

Good idea, I will make up a few samples of different widths of foam.

Show us pics! Please!

It looks like the Glorified Sock Pattern you can use a little poly-fill to stuff the head up or if you have a really large hand it may fill the head with out it.  it does not come with a pattern for a foam piece.....you may be able to create something out of foam if you wished.

Daryl H

When I used this pattern, I made a little "pillow" utilizing the head pattern and adding a tear drop shape to the bottom, sewing it all around, leaving a hole to put stuffing in, then sewing it up.  It isn't attached to the head at all.  I insert it and then the puppeteer inserts their hand underneath.  It fills the head out and makes it smooth. 

Like this one


Here is the "pillow" I made:


I don't know how much you can tell from this picture.  But I didn't have any foam at the time, so I came up with this alternative.  It doesn't add weight to the puppet at all and was fast to make.