Need help making Ernie

[Danie and Lemmy]

I've decided to make my first puppet, and I've decided to have Ernie be my first puppet. Has anyone ever made him before? I want him to come out professional quality but I've never made a puppet before and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to make a good Ernie.

 

[SesameKermie]

While making replicas of famous characters may seem like the way to begin, it takes lots of skill. I recommend creating your own characters first, and then once you've got a few under your belt, then trying to recreate someone. That being said, I recommend the Project Puppet simple series as a starting point. The patterns are really easy to follow, and require little sewing experience. They also come with ideas for customization.

If you still want to create Ernie, I would consider starting with PP's Melonhead pattern from the simple series, or the Ovale pattern from the Forma series.

 

[CoOKiE]

if this is your first puppet... i advise you to skip on Ernie for now. I made several puppets and learned how to make the next one better as i trained myself. Research forums, tip sites and videos help too.

I advise you because i tried Ernie without proper knowledge and FAILED. It looked like him, dont get me wrong... but i made his head SUPER LARGE... i cried and feared ever trying again. lol. I'd like to now that i have a better idea, but i'm afride of failure. I've made Cookie and Sherlock Hemlock... I'm in a LONG process of Telly, Grover, and Homer Honker.

I have the material for Telly n Grover... and made their foam skulls... but i stopped to do Homer First... which i'm still tryin to hunt affordable fabric down for. I would most likly do better hunting online, but i like seeing and feeling the fabric to see if it will work for me. I had good luck with the right fabrics... but i'm HORRIBLE with dy'n fur (tried 3 types and failed...)

Yea sry bout that but yes i say work on your own, learn by creating your worst mistakes BUT DO NOT GIVE UP. Every puppet gets better then the last. I know some ppl who feel they can't do better and give up... Not everyone can make their best on their first try. So, DONT GIVE UP.

 

[HauntedPuppet]

Professional puppet quality would be unobtainable for any first timer.

But you can still make a cool Ernie. Project Puppets melonhead would be the way to go. This way you will learn to stitch, glue foams, cut materials etc etc . . correctly.

And it will make a great Ernie that you can boast about that you made yourself.

 

[CoOKiE]

Well sure.... that is if you want to do it the easy way