Puppets are inanimate objects used to tell a story in a play or presentation. Usually puppets are characters, but not always. Puppets have been in use for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Greek civilization. They are used in shows, theaters, movies, plays and even Saturday morning cartoon shows. Some puppets are moved by strings or sticks, these are called marionettes. Others are worn like gloves and are moved by the hand. Still others involve electronic controls and mechanisms, these are called supermarionation puppets. Puppets come in all shapes and sizes, colors, types, and denominations. Making your own puppets is a fun activity for people of all ages. There are different supplies needed for different kinds of puppets. This series of videos demonstrates how to make a moving mouth puppet. Our expert explains how to create different variables of a puppet’s face beginning with the drawing of the pattern. You will learn how to make a puppet’s mouth board and how to make it move. Watch as our expert creates a tongue and finishes the mouth of the puppet. Get tips for making the eyes and nose of a puppet. Learn what works best for the stuffing of the puppet’s arms, legs and head. Bring your puppet to life by adding wires to the arms and making it move. Put on a play with your new puppets and entertain your friends and family!
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Adding Hair: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding hair to a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from www.puppetnstuff.com. You can find on the worldwide web at www.puppetnstuff.com. We have a little character here and he is pretty cute but he is missing some hair. ...
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Adding Eyes: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding eyes to a puppet with a moving mouth. Hi, this is Paul from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay, we are going to continue now with putting the face on our character here. Do ...
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How to Draw a Pattern for a Hand Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including drawing a pattern in cloth to make a hand puppet with a moving mouth. Hello this is Paul from Puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. We are going to continue now with building our moving mouth ...
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Adding a Tongue: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding a tongue to a puppet with a moving mouth. Hi, this is Paul from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com, we are now going to continue building our little moving mouth puppet. The red ...
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Stuffing the Head: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including stuffing the head of a puppet with a moving mouth. Hi, this is Paul Lewis from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay so, we are pretty close to being finished with building this neat ...
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Completing the Eyes: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding eyes to a puppet with a moving mouth. And we can leave it like that for now as we do the other one. Now you are going to hear the Styrofoam crackling a bit making a little crackling sound as you apply the hot glue. I like to put ...
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Inserting the Mouth Board: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding a mouth board to a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay, now. We have made a mouth board and we have made our character with ...
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Adding Wire to the Arms: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding wire to make the arms of a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from www.puppetnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetnstuff.com. Now we have a nice little puppet here but you know what when he is ...
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Adding a Nose: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including adding a nose to a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello again, this is Paul from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can reach us on the web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay, now what we want to do is to create a nose for this character so you remember ...
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Tools & Supplies: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including supplies needed to create a puppet with a moving mouth. Hi, this is Paul Lewis from Puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. I would like to welcome you. Today I am going to teach you how to build ...
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Cutting Out the Puppet Pattern: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including cutting out the pattern to make a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from Puppets and Stuffed Puppets. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. So we have showed you our supplies, we showed you how to ...
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Sewing the Pattern Outline: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including sewing the pattern seams to make a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from Puppetsnstuff.com. You can find on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. We are now going to continue with building our moving mouth puppet by ...
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Stuffing the Arms: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including stuffing the arms to make a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from Puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay so now we have our character all turned inside out here. What we are ...
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How to Glue On the Mouth Board: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including gluing a mouth board to a puppet with a moving mouth. A hot glue gun and I close it like so. Now I like to dip my finger into the water and press that way I do not get burned and the neat thing about it is that the hot glue almost dries ...
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Making the Mouth Board: How to Make a Puppet
Learn how to make puppets in this free video clip, including making a mouth board for a puppet with a moving mouth. Hello, this is Paul from www.puppetsnstuff.com. You can find us on the worldwide web at www.puppetsnstuff.com. Okay, we are now going to make the mouth board for the puppet which is ...
