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Artie the axolotl (Hand and rod puppet)

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  First I tested out the estimated pattern by making a mini EVA foam head. This helped me work out what was wrong and fix the pattern accordingly. While i still had easy access the the inside of the head, I marked up where the mouthplate was going to go. The mouthplate itself is made from a flexible plastic chopping board, which seems to work really well!! I saw someone use elastic to make a mouthplate so  I decidec to try it out for this build. (The head plug is now in) Shaping the body I had the basic shape of the body but I knew I wanted the body to be kind of a bean shape, so it needed Shaping some more. I added an extra layer to the top of the mouth to define it better and make it sturdier. The mouthplate is now properly attached but the eyes aren't . (1st attempt) I already attached the fleece to the body but the seams looked pretty bad so I started again. The second attempt looks much better: This fleece still isn't great for hiding seams though. The best way I found to...
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Kira the Puppy

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Fraggle puppet build (hand and rod)

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Starting with the basics I don’t have pictures of anything prior to this but I’ll explain the process: I first started out by cutting out 2 claw-like shapes out of fleece, kind of like this : I stitched both sides together using the henson stitch. Then I cut the same shape out of 0.5’’ upholstery foam and adhered the two sides using contact cement. Once I’d got the head shape, I started on the mouth plate. I traced around both sides of the mouth on the foam head onto a plastic tupperware lid and carefully cut the shapes out , roughened them up and glued them to the foam head. This was a mistake, however, because I forgot to sew the elastic grip inside.. Oops! I could have ripped the mouthplate off to do it except I didn’t want to chance damaging the head, so I decided it would be best to sew it on with the mouthplate still attached. It was a bit of a struggle but I managed it. I drilled some tiny holes into the mouth plate and used them to stitch the elastic on. the mouth itself, I tr...
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