I hve been looking at how to make a puppet videos all week but u kno ur's were a lot more enjoyable and frankly I enjoy the puppets u hve made a lot more than other puppets , I liked ur kangaroo puppet and wondered how the pattern looked to tht how u did it
Thank you JonathanTheBeast13! For the kangaroo, I found a free round head pattern on the internet. Then, I retraced it with a carefully calculated hole in front for the muzzle. I pretty much guessed on how to make that part (frankly, it isn't exactly what I had in mind). It really is lots of trial and error. I hope this helps.
I like how you made your body and remove able arms, would love to see a video on it. I've done about three puppets so far and each one has been done a little different. I'll have to try and make some closing eyes. I like your arm attachments, what were you using? I've been using doll joints.
Thank you David Rankin! The arm removal was one of the trickier parts of building this puppet as I really had no idea how to do it until I actually got to building the arms. Initially, I was going to use doll joints (I think that's what they're called), but another puppet builder told me that would make the arms harder to remove. I realized I needed something that could be attached to each of the 4 arms that could enter the side of the body, and eventually I realized that buttons are meant to do exactly that. So far, they still work well, but I have had to tighten the thread on the buttons and reglue and resew the holes for the buttons so they could be tighter. I think it's a pretty efficient way to do removable arms, and I definitely encourage other people to use this method. I may talk about it in a future video.
PreOAP The arms are attached with regular buttons like you'd find on a coat. I had spent time considering how to make detachable arms, and every method I had found seemed tricky or expensive. I then thought about the different ways we detach fabrics from one another like zippers, Velcro, fasteners, shoelaces, and most notably, buttons. Because the arms are so big and heavy, you need large enough buttons so it's harder for them to fall out unless you purposefully take them out. I would also only recommend this for fur puppets as it's harder to see the arm isn't sewn on, however this could work for a fleece puppet wearing clothes I suppose. Also, my dog's head is attached to the body at the bottom, so the button holes are only a few inches away from the neck and I have easy access from both sides, but this could probably still work if you can only access the shoulders from the bottom. The eyes were done with a mechanism that I did in a separate video (I believe the one about constructing the head), so the full explanation of that can be found over there.
Excellent work & THIS furry puppet is almost "life-sized" ~ Bravo JORDON! I am a classical singer in West L.A and wonder how to make a "life sized" pretty woman furry puppet that could look "almost realistically" attractive to Video-Tape humorously singing duets with me. ANDY
+The SINGER Guy Thank you The SINGER Guy! In regards to the pretty woman furry puppet, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. If you are talking about a full size costume like Sweetums from The Muppets, I would build it just like a regular puppet but with a large head built around a bike helmet that has enough room and visibility to be worn by someone. I have never built a full size costume before, but that's what I would do. If you mean a regular puppet, I would probably use any info from my videos or other great puppet building videos online. I personally build my puppets for practice and I usually don't perform them for other people, so they don't look as nice up close (the seams and eyelid wrinkles on the dog are very noticeable). I would find great materials like antron fleece or nice faux fur and take extreme care when building it if you want it to look really nice for the camera. I hope this helps.
Amazing job as always and grate puppet! Very helpful tips. I'm so exited either tomorrow or Tuesday I will be getting a puppet from lunaspuppets!! If you have seen there puppets you should check them out! And like I said grate vid and keep up the good work bro!
Thank you Stampy cat! I have always wanted to build an Avenue Q puppet, and Rod would probably be one of my first choices (either him or Nicky). I don't have much time to build puppets because of school (let alone make videos), but the next puppet I want to build is a Fozzie Bear replica.
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your videos are a blessing for me guy !~! even when i cant not biuld my first puppet yet i keep trying dam its to hard ! but you are a genious
I can't believe you answered back ! You are the best voices guy and puppeteer
Thanks again Stampy cat! You're not too bad yourself!
Genial !!! loved your videos , I'm in love with this job and you bless us with your information ! thank you !
+Elisama Medeiros Thank you Elisama Medeiros!
+JordanTheVoicesGuy nah I like the live hand puppet better.
I hve been looking at how to make a puppet videos all week but u kno ur's were a lot more enjoyable and frankly I enjoy the puppets u hve made a lot more than other puppets , I liked ur kangaroo puppet and wondered how the pattern looked to tht how u did it
Thank you JonathanTheBeast13! For the kangaroo, I found a free round head pattern on the internet. Then, I retraced it with a carefully calculated hole in front for the muzzle. I pretty much guessed on how to make that part (frankly, it isn't exactly what I had in mind). It really is lots of trial and error. I hope this helps.
That puppet looks awesome! Great job!
Thank you TimsPuppetPals!
Scruffy is adorable! Cool that you made 2 types of hands!
Give Scruffy a pat on the head for us. ;-}
Thank you Fuzzy Wuzzy Anipals!
Which one of my videos was the best because yours I can't pic your puppet is amazing absolutely fabulous
I really enjoyed How to make a puppet dance! Keep up the good work Stampy cat!
I like how you made your body and remove able arms, would love to see a video on it. I've done about three puppets so far and each one has been done a little different. I'll have to try and make some closing eyes. I like your arm attachments, what were you using? I've been using doll joints.
Thank you David Rankin! The arm removal was one of the trickier parts of building this puppet as I really had no idea how to do it until I actually got to building the arms. Initially, I was going to use doll joints (I think that's what they're called), but another puppet builder told me that would make the arms harder to remove. I realized I needed something that could be attached to each of the 4 arms that could enter the side of the body, and eventually I realized that buttons are meant to do exactly that. So far, they still work well, but I have had to tighten the thread on the buttons and reglue and resew the holes for the buttons so they could be tighter. I think it's a pretty efficient way to do removable arms, and I definitely encourage other people to use this method. I may talk about it in a future video.
I tried making my puppets eye lids move and it kind of sucks but I will put a video on now
how did you clip the arms on and make the eye lids moves...
great video
PreOAP The arms are attached with regular buttons like you'd find on a coat. I had spent time considering how to make detachable arms, and every method I had found seemed tricky or expensive. I then thought about the different ways we detach fabrics from one another like zippers, Velcro, fasteners, shoelaces, and most notably, buttons. Because the arms are so big and heavy, you need large enough buttons so it's harder for them to fall out unless you purposefully take them out. I would also only recommend this for fur puppets as it's harder to see the arm isn't sewn on, however this could work for a fleece puppet wearing clothes I suppose. Also, my dog's head is attached to the body at the bottom, so the button holes are only a few inches away from the neck and I have easy access from both sides, but this could probably still work if you can only access the shoulders from the bottom. The eyes were done with a mechanism that I did in a separate video (I believe the one about constructing the head), so the full explanation of that can be found over there.
one question do you make this puppets for sale
? if you do how much are they?
Excellent work & THIS furry puppet is almost "life-sized" ~ Bravo JORDON! I am a classical singer in West L.A and wonder how to make a "life sized" pretty woman furry puppet that could look "almost realistically" attractive to Video-Tape humorously singing duets with me. ANDY
+The SINGER Guy Thank you The SINGER Guy! In regards to the pretty woman furry puppet, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. If you are talking about a full size costume like Sweetums from The Muppets, I would build it just like a regular puppet but with a large head built around a bike helmet that has enough room and visibility to be worn by someone. I have never built a full size costume before, but that's what I would do. If you mean a regular puppet, I would probably use any info from my videos or other great puppet building videos online. I personally build my puppets for practice and I usually don't perform them for other people, so they don't look as nice up close (the seams and eyelid wrinkles on the dog are very noticeable). I would find great materials like antron fleece or nice faux fur and take extreme care when building it if you want it to look really nice for the camera. I hope this helps.
Amazing job as always and grate puppet! Very helpful tips. I'm so exited either tomorrow or Tuesday I will be getting a puppet from lunaspuppets!! If you have seen there puppets you should check them out! And like I said grate vid and keep up the good work bro!
Thank you Mcslap13! Lunaspuppets makes awesome puppets by the way!
nice job
Thank you TheUglyPuppets Tup!
your welcome.
Omg thanks
Please oh please make rod from avenue q
Thank you Stampy cat! I have always wanted to build an Avenue Q puppet, and Rod would probably be one of my first choices (either him or Nicky). I don't have much time to build puppets because of school (let alone make videos), but the next puppet I want to build is a Fozzie Bear replica.
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