Making puppets

How to Build a Quality Puppet: The Muppets have had a huge impact on our culture. So much so that the Smithsonian has an exhibit detailing how the Muppets have impacted our world. The creations of Jim Henson have certainly impacted my life. Because of the Muppets, I have a lov…

In creating my puppets, I had planned to refer to several books on my shelf; I own a small library of books on the topic of building puppets and also a couple of books on making Waldorf dolls, but none of my books offered much help when it came to creating a glove-puppet with a Waldorf style doll-head. When making a glove-puppet, it is usual to have space inside the head for the fingers of the puppeteer; however, on a traditional Waldorf doll-head, it would be very difficult to create a…

How to Build a Quality Puppet: The Muppets have had a huge impact on our culture. So much so that the Smithsonian has an exhibit detailing how the Muppets have impacted our world. The creations of Jim Henson have certainly impacted my life. Because of the Muppets, I have a lov…

Thank you! If you approve of my Gobo, than I know he looks good. His head is not sewn onto his neck. Rather, it's attached to a sleeve, which I safety pin...

Let's make paper bag puppets today with this fun paper bag craft idea and put on a fun puppet show! Making paper bag puppets is a classic paper craft that

This post is in partnership with Paramount Pictures. As always, the opinions are entirely my own. Sherlock Gnomes is coming to theaters March 23 and it looks soooo funny. Just the name of the movie makes me smile. It's the sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet (I love clever movie names!) and it looks like such a fun family movie to take the kids to see. We put together a fun and simple craft project inspired by the characters in the upcoming film. These Sherlock Gnomes wooden spoon puppets are so…

These adorable spring animal popsicle stick puppets are the perfect craft for spring! Your toddler will love having a lamb, bunny, and chick to play with throughout the day. Simply download the templates for each animal, cut them out, and piece them together to make cute animals for your kids to add to their imaginative play. All you need is white embossed and colored paper, the template, popsicle sticks, a sharpie, a pencil, craft glue, and scissors to make this fun craft with your kids.

Learn how to make this adorable animal hand puppet! He is an animal, right? From the Jim Henson company! Enter to win a DIY puppet kit too! Yay! #puppets #puppet #worldpuppetryday #diy #crafts #kidstuff #kids #artsandcrafts #craftsforkids #handpuppets #handpuppet #thejimhensoncompany #jimhenson #Clods

Custom Color Muppet Style Professional Puppet Fancy yourself an puppet maker? This puppet is ready for you to add features and costume to your heart's delight. The sky is the limit with this character.This puppet is approx. 20" tall and is completely hand made with professional mouthplate and extremely lightweight. They ship in approx. 3 weeks from order date-please note international orders will take longer to arrive. Custom color choice/ethnicity. Antron Fleece Please add $50 since Antron…