Rod Puppets Construction can become very complicated. Figure A suggests a rod puppet with the operator’s hand inside the body, the finger controlling the head, the arms controlled by rods. Figure B suggests a head on a dowel, controlled by the operator’s hand inside the body. Figure C shows a fully articulated rod puppet body [...]
The little bird’s body should be cast in papier-mache for lightness. Her wings are cut from cardboard or moulded Celastic and attached loosely to the body. They can be decorated with real feathers, as can the tail. Three stiff wires are needed for control from below: one to support the body, one to control each [...]
PIROUETTE and her friends, Pietre and Hilda, are finger puppets. Her body (there is only the torso and the head) can be overcast in papier-mache, cast in plastic wood or made by bending double a piece of foam rubber, binding it with adhesive tape and adding pipe cleaner arms as in A. The torso is [...]
MIZ ROO Mama Kangaroo is constructed just as the bear was, but of brown cloth, with bent paws and a button up pouch for: WALLY ROO Her son, who is a miniature version of his mother, is as small as the operator’s hand will allow.
YANKEE PANKY Yankee Panky, the All-American bear, is made of cardboard, felt and an old overcoat. His body is cut from a woman’s overcoat made of dark blue wool material with a thick nap. One great advantage of animal puppets is that they do not need to have hands. The fingers of the operator come [...]