Hi Sunbeetle,

Yes you cut 2 of them on all of my patterns it will say cut 1x or cut 2x.

Hope this helps,

Mike

oh yeah it does say that i totally missed it thanks. I think it looks so good i might have to try it sometime! (bookmarks this)

Hi Guys,
So here is one more pattern for you. I do not have a foam one or photo of it but it does work great. So here ya go.





Give it a try. Let us see what you do with it.

Enjoy,

Mike

Thanks Mike could you some how name the file or put you name on the pattern as things get lost from time to time. If someone post it in a blog I want you to get credited for it.

Billy D.

Hello, I am a 1st time puppet maker and I used this pattern. It came out bigger than I thought it would but that's my bad. Lol. I have cut the mouth but now I'm in a bit of a jam. Seeing that I don't know how ti go about free handing a mouth piece for my 2 wonderful puppets to be. Please help me.

Thank you for any and all information you can share.

Jess

Oh Thanks Mike, its awesome that you have given us another pattern to play with!! so the pattern at the top of the page is yours?? i have had this pattern for such a long time and always wondered who made it, i mean, i knew it was by a guy called Michael moore, but didnt know you where on the forum!! lol!! i will definatly be trying this one out, as the first one is amazing, i just love the shape of the head, i did make a few modifications to allow for different mouths, as i found that the pattern worked a little better if the mouth was designed into it beforehand.

do you have a website with any more patterns on it?? and you say you didnt work with Dave Privett on playoup or the the DVD's, but is this the sort of stuff he teaches how to do on his DVD's?

Thanks again for another pattern.

Jessica,
Are you using the first or second pattern?  The second one looks like the mouth is part of the pattern where the first one you have to cut it into the final shape or add it in before you cut and glue. Either way once you have the opening in the foam where the mouth is to go you could take a piece of paper or cardboard and lay it flat against the upper or lower "gums". Then draw around the outer edge of the face so you get the shape for your mouth plates. Then you need to take the thickness of your foam off that line to get the shapes you want to cut out.

Here are a few videos about moth plates that may help you.

What shape does this one give?

Hi Guys,
So here is one more pattern for you. I do not have a foam one or photo of it but it does work great. So here ya go.





Give it a try. Let us see what you do with it.

Enjoy,

Mike

I just built it out of paper and tape (yeah, bored at work) and got a kind of "Fraggle" shape, very long mouth, but the funny thing is if you turn it upside down it looks kinda like a lizard.....

If you take a look at Dr. Puppets videos, he has a great video lesson on how to pattern a custom mouth plate for any size or shape