What is a simple and easy way to make your puppet come to life? Add gleams to the eyes. Gleams create the illusion of light reflecting off the pupil and gives the puppet the illusion of life.
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Flat Felt Puppet Eyes
Figuring out the eyes for the Person Puppet was a challenge. The cartoonish bulgy eyes created for most of the animal patterns just didn’t look right. Flat layered felt eyes turned out to be the best fit.
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How to Make Cookie Monster Type Eyes
Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is known for his signature googly eyes. This post will show you one way to make those type of eyes.
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How to Change a Puppet’s Character by Pupil Size
The previous blog showed how to place the pupils. This blog will touch on the size of the pupils and how they change the character of the puppet.
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How to Place the Pupils
Once you’ve figured out how to place the eyes on your puppet, now it’s time to place the pupils. This will determine where the puppet is looking.
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How to Place Eyes on a Puppet
I originally published Where to Put Eyes on a Puppet on June 5, 2017. I revised the original article on February 3, 2021. The next few blog articles will be a series on eyes that expands a bit on the original article.
How to Use Safety Eyes
We love the look of big, cartoonish eyes for the animal puppet patterns that we create. But not everyone wants that look. Sometimes a finished puppet calls for a more realistic looking eye. In that case, safety eyes would be the best option.
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How to Reduce the Puppet Size
All of our puppet patterns were initially made for adult performers. This finished size often ends up being too big for children. However, you can reduce the pattern to fit a smaller hand.
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Video Tutorials: How to Sew Flamingo Puppet
We are working on creating step by step tutorials of how to sew all of our animal puppet patterns. Next out of the editing booth is the flamingo!
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Video Tutorials: How to Sew with a Drop-in Bobbin Sewing Machine
I’ve owned and used my Singer 328K sewing machine since my mother bought it for me in the 1960’s. Over the years I’ve used it to sew just about everything. Now it’s my main sewing machine for designing and making my puppets.
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