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Ah. Thanks!

Hey, cute or kill...thanks so much for your instructions!

Hey, everyone--maybe other people have discussed this in other places on the forum, but I was just wondering if anyone's seen "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" yet and how they liked it. It just came to Chicago and is here for another week, and I'm really excited about seeing it. I've heard...

One of the best things about JoAnn Fabrics is the fleece in the remnant bins. Make sure you check them out! They usually have TONS of fleece (usually a yard or two each from the end of a roll) that are generally half off. I get lots of different colors, which come in really handy for puppet...

Thanks. I guess I'll play around with the shape a bit!

Hey--that's looking really great! I'm thinking about doing a Kermit replica (will be my first puppet in a few years, so we'll see how that goes), and I was wondering if anyone knows how Kermit's head holds his shape. Is he really just a simply sock puppet-esque character, or is there some foam...

Yeah--my puppets are mostly for home use (entertaining friends and young relatives). I find the soft fuzziness of polar fleece to be great for them. And I totally agree about the 'sparkly thing' with antron. It makes puppets look very strange whenever they have their pictures taken with a...

The detail work is awesome! I love the pads on the paws and the whole design of the mouth.

Great job! I really like the hair. Like someone else said, too, the color selection is fantastic. I hope your daughter is enjoying it!

For a first puppet, the 'baseball stitch' tends to be a pretty easy one, and (for me, at least) it hides seams pretty well. Part of that depends on the material. That is, seams disappear more easily with nappier fabric.

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, since it is more made for live performance, where the puppeteers are obvious and unhidden (a la Avenue Q). However, Thistledown Puppets did an interesting stageshow using gloved lower arms/hands on the main Bull character. (see link) It also...

"Dead Tom's dead! Long John shot him." "Dead Tom's always been dead. That's why he's called 'Dead Tom'" "Oh" (drops body)

I have mixed feelings about the movie, having loved the book as a kid. The book, however, is only 10 (I think sentences long) and has no real plot or character development. It's so minimalistic. But Drtooth, I think you're totally right--it was an interesting psychological piece. Some...

Sweet; same here. Immediately followed by their "I'm Gonna Keep On Lovin' You" and Styx's "The Best of Times".

I'm looking forward to the new film, probably more for what it represents for the future of animation than for the story itself (which looks pretty good, too; I'm one of those people who likes a dose of classic Disney smarminess). Whenever my family would go to Disney World when I was a kid, I...

Hey, great to know there are more Chicago fans around! Go Cubbies! My random fact: The phrases "toe the line" and "cross the line" both come from the British House of Commons, where there are two lines drawn in front of the benches on each side of the chamber. The majority sits on one side...

Muslin can be really effective for puppet clothing (since many shirts--especially those from before the 1900's-were made from it). I'm doing a medieval/rennaisance fox with it, and it works well. It can also be used for puppets where you want intentional seams to show (like ghosts or other...

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. For anyone else looking at making an animal puppet, PlastiDip works really well for the interesting sheen that animals' lips have (see here for example). I used it on Virgil and am using it on a fox puppet that I'm making, too. I also used it around his...

Hi, everyone. I began working on this jaguar puppet for the Project Puppet contest over the summer, but my best friend got married the weekend it was due, so I wasn't able to finish it then. However, he has finally been completed. My mom called him 'Virgil', so that's his new name. He's a...

I grew up on a farm on a highway, so we never really got trick-or-treaters, but this year, I'm going to my girlfriend's place in Sleepy Hollow, NY (where 'The Legend' is set). Of course, given that, they've always really done up Halloween. They dress up, carve a bunch of pumpkins, and set up...