Hey guys, which kind of glue or adhesive or whatever do you think works best for puppets and where do you get it? Thank you.

I use contact cement. Also spray adhesive works well for some things. 
Walmart is my all-time favorite shopping for these...however, hardware stores work too. 
Of course hot glue works for a lot too.

Thank you, i'm not the biggest fan of hot glue, so i was just wondering what other people use. Are Contact Cement and Cement Glue and like, Contact Adhesive pretty much the same?

The main thing you need to look for when you buy your Contact Cement is that it is not Rubber Cement.   Folks very often confuse the two.  Contact Cement is more often found in hardware stores and Rubber Cement is in like office supplies. 3M makes a couple varieties of Contact Cement and they even have a water based one that is not as toxic.  Regular Contact Cement is very toxic and you need to use it in a well ventilated area.  You might even need to wear a breathing mask when you work with it.  I don't and never have used a mask but then I no longer have any brain cells left to kill.   

I use Weldwood Contact Cement...from Home Depot.  Very strong smelling though...use lots of ventilation.  I built a box fan unit that would suck the fumes out the window.

Later,

Dennis

ok, contact cement seems to be the unanimous favorite, thanks guys!

If you use spray adhesive, Foam Fast 74 (by 3M) is the best. Pricey but good.  One of the major puppet companies uses this.

We had a good discussion about adhesives a while back. You can probably find it by doing a search. Lots of good info there.

I use the water based contact cement and use a hairdryer to speed up the tacky stage of gluing.  I love it because I can use it anytime of year with windows closed without becoming like Shawn....lol....so far so good....I have made many professional puppets on commission and they are sturdy as anyone using regular contact cement.....just saying....there are haters saying it is not good....I say bull krap.  As well I use the spray adhesive (mainly for covering foam with antron fleece it is 3M  Super 77.  I have never heard about what Ms Puppet is talking about so it peaks my interest.  I would not suggest using it as the common glue for foam since spray gets all over the place the goal is keeping the glue focused on where YOU want it to hold the strongest with foam.

All the best on your puppet making......

Daryl H

I use quite a few different adhesives, some are actual fabric adhesives like Fabri-Tac which is clear and dries flexible. Another I use when I need something to grab quickly is Quick Grip permanent adhesive, and it pretty much lives up to it's name. It works on cloth, but makes it stiff, so don't use it on anything that needs to be flexible! I also use a glue gun, and Loctite Stick'n Seal No Mess Non-Toxic Adhesive. That last one works really well for mouth plates; it doesn't soak through the felt as easily as other adhesives (as long as you don't use too much, a thin coating is good), it grabs and dries relatively quickly while still giving you time to get things in place just right. It's a high-strength acrylic adhesive that works on many different materials. I have a can of Weldwood contact cement, but don't often use it because the ventilation where I live isn't ideal and the fumes make me very dizzy quickly. Also, clean-up isn't as easy, and since I use my bedroom as my workshop, I don't have a bench that I can make a mess of without worrying!

~Nate