Is the piece of material for a scarf puppet just a piece of square cloth?   

Any sites with good pictures of "scarf" puppets?

Thanks in advance....

Dennis

Hello dacostasr, I checked out the scarf puppets on Youtube and there is a great series of vids for the scarf puppet: All About Marionettes : How to Work Scarf Puppet Marionettes - .

From looking at the vid, it seems like any light and silky material works for the puppet. A fabric light and airy, something that flows in a calm air....so I would say any silk, nylon, thin spandex, sheer, thin polyester material would work...but I may be wrong. Marionettes are not my calling...yet, but my house is filled with all kinds of fabric.

 Looking in my workshop,Boa scarf, Magic scarf, Tube scarf, Scarves-Belt-Boa-Cowl-Shawl.. I have purchased a scarf called "Magic Scarf" when I first saw them at my local walmart I bought a few, thinking they would make great fuzzies for any puppet need. I wish I would have bought more...lol. This many be too heavy for a smaller puppet, but I would think it would work fine with a larger scale puppet.

My application has been foam based puppets and these are perfect for foam based puppets and any other you can think of, It's just a very good stretchy material to use and so darn soft...cuddle cuddle

They are like a long soft fuzzy tube...and easy to work with (I know dont end a sentence with a preposition...oh well.)

I purchased mine for about $2.00 each, but now I see them running upwards to $5.00 and lots more.


These are what I have. Perfect for puppets in any application and boy do they stretch!
Great for complete bodies, partial bodies, hair, fuzzies, woozies,..you get the idea.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MAGIC-SCARF-Scarves-Belt-Boa-Cowl-Shawl-MORE-/370358521143?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item950324b06c


These I found are really big tubes, mine I bought are smaller:

http://www.magicscarf.com/stores/magicscarf/item.php?item=49


What a great fashion invention too!!!
Check them out ladies, really neat.

Hope this helps,

Sonny   

Sonny that is a reasonable price since a skein of yarn runs around $5.00

I have made scarf marionettes with children many times and yes any large square of silky fabric will work!

If you can maneuver to Gallery>User Albums>rocky you will find two examples. The moon faced critter was made with a large head scarf found at a thrift store for 25 cents.

If you can maneuver to Gallery>User Albums>rocky you will find two examples. The moon faced critter was made with a large head scarf found at a thrift store for 25 cents.

You can also just click on the camera icon under rocky's info to the left of his post. It takes you straight to his Gallery.

Thanks for the link to the pics....thanks Shawn for the quick "how to get there"

Dennis