Making puppets

[Wonka-vision]

Has anyone got any suggestions for making top class hand puppets for stage shows?

[marwel7]

A few years ago Jim Henson's daughter wrote a book about making Muppets which came with lots of bits and pieces to use.I'm not sure if it is still available but it might be worth looking it up.

[marwel7]

It's listed on Amazon from �1-87.

[Narolines]

Depends what kind of hand puppet you want to make. I'm a professional puppet-maker and I might be able to give you some advice, but first I'd need to know a lot more about what you want to achieve. The term "hand puppet" covers dozens of technologies; what do you need them to do? How big do they need to be? How many operators per puppet? Do you want one- or two-handed operation? What kind of materials are you happy working with? And that's just for starters............