I have made a handfull of puppets just for my kids, neighbors, etc. So far I have just been stuffing the heads with fiberfill. Someday, when the budget allows, I hope to make a real foam puppet. Till that day comes, probably in January, I will continue to stuff their little heads. How do you keep the stuffing in? The stuffing doesn't fall out or anything but i hate to give a kid a puppet they can just pull the stuffing out of. I considered making  like a pantyhose bag to put the stuffing in, Anyone still stuffing heads with any suggestions? Laugh if you must, I know it is  a dumb question. I think i'll make the children eat noodles all week so I can save up seven dollars and buy a cheap piece of foam at WalMart.

HaHa, maybe not noodles, but Walmart has the little mac and cheeses for .98!!!

And no question is a dumb question, but I will say, foam may make your life of building a WHOLE lot easier....

Now when do we see some pictures???

I put three pictures in the gallery.  This is just something we have been doing for fun this summer, really just the last couple of weeks. It is so fun watching the kids give each one a personality. I will put up some  more pictures later today hopefully. It's intimidating seeing the things you guys have made, but it's addictive, you want each puppet to be better than the last. I know I have  alot to learn.

  Here is a fun little zombie puppet I made this weekend.

Welcome to Puppets and Stuff!  Nothing at all wrong with stuffed heads. If you want to keep it in the head you can aways make a pillow the same shape of as the upper head and stuff it. Use the upper part of your patter and simply create an oval or round piece of fabric based of your upper mouth plate. You should end up with three pieces of fabric that you can sew and stuff that fit nicely up in the head.

Love the zombie. You other creations are great also. Tell your daughter she did really good on her puppets also.

The first puppet I ever made (and still have and use) has a fiber-fill brain. In his case it's still loose, but as Shawn suggested just make a pillow that fits, and you're good to go. The smaller puppets that One Way Street sells are all fiber-fill stuffed. The only right way to make these things is the way that works for you.

welcome to Puppets and Stuff........... I agree the pillow technique is the way to go until you convert to foam.

Check thrift stores, garage sales, and such for foam.  I found 4 1" thick 24' x 24" pieces at an estate sale recently (still in the packages)and paid $1 for all of them.  You can also use one of those mattress top foam pieces in a pinch.

Thank you everyone , i will try making a head shaped pillow. I saw the foam at walmart is relatively cheap. How thin is too thin, I think what i saw was half inch thick. Is that thick enough to use?

Welcome aboard! Nice Zombie!