Completed Dog puppet Posted by cvzdesign on Mar 23, 2010
Here is my puppet I started and completed over the weekend.
It's a conversion from a stuffed animal to a puppet. I saw the stuffed animal at a thrift store, and it was in perfect condition.
It was also the perfect size and shape for a conversion.
Pretty much just removing the mouth seam, and adding a mouth plate, removing the bottom seam and adding a sleeve, removing the bean bags and much of the stuffing, and replacing with some lightweight foam to keep the shape.
The kids are loving it.
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by lovable puppet pals on Mar 23, 2010
He is very sweet!
Great work.
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by Na on Mar 24, 2010
Very cute!
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by Shawn on Mar 24, 2010
It is nice to see an example of a stuffed animal conversion. I think stuffed animals can be a great resource for puppet groups.
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by miguel on Mar 24, 2010
Very interesting!
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by LJ on Mar 24, 2010
I LOVE it!! I have made many puppets out of stuffed animals. Especially when I need a specialty puppet for one show it is lots cheaper than buying an expensive vent puppet. It is especially good when you don't want to have to worry about children wanting to touch it! I teach how to do it in my class for teachers and one teacher went on to make a whole bunch for her classroom!
THANKS for sharing your creation! He is adorable!
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by Helmut Schmidt on Mar 24, 2010
Hi, a fantastic achievement when you manage to make such a beautiful dog. For my first attempt I took a lot of support from a dressmaker. Main problem was a good hinge for folding the foot of the dog to create. And so it looked like my dog. "Unfortunately, I do not understand how you can send a picture?
Fair sake dszusgen must also have guided me in this already at the Hohenstein Kasper - Dog by Max Jacob. Surely it does not stay in a dog to your desire to make more! Sincerely. Your Helmut Schmidt www.figurama.de
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by cvzdesign on Mar 24, 2010
Yes, this was the first conversion I had done.
At a final cost of less than $4.00 it's great.
It would have been a lot of work to make this from scratch. A lot of trial and error for the angles and such.
I also built a pocket into the tongue, so I can use one of my fingers to move the tongue around.
I'll try and take more pictures too.
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by cvzdesign on Mar 24, 2010
Here is Helmut Schmidt's dog...
Re: Completed Dog puppet Posted by LJ on Mar 24, 2010
Here is Helmut Schmidt's dog
Awww - SO CUTE!!!