Puppet builds

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...