I am not dead yet...

Project Puppet's Glorified Sock Puppet Contest has extended it's deadline to June 4, 2006!!

That's great news for me! I has unable to finish my entry due to my littlest one's baptism.

Thanks for the extension Project Puppet!

Hot off the press...

My copy of Puppet Planet has finally arrived! If you like Puppet Mania you'll love this book. John has added some nice features to this book, like "Insider's Guides" to tools, materials and techniques.

With 12 new puppets John provides us with come unique new characters. My favorite is the Stuffed Strongman, a soft sculptured Bunaku style puppet.

John also adds a "field guide" to each of the puppets, suggesting ways to perform them. Another favorite is the Monkey Mitten. This is a hand puppet with a latex face and hands. He shows a pretty simple way to make a pretty effective latex puppet. With each puppet John also shows us other example puppets he has made using the same technique.

Thank you John, for another great puppet building resource. Click on the image to order your copy.

Where'd I put my socks???

I started making my puppets today to enter into Project Puppets' Sock Search Contest. Wish me luck.

Post vacation blues...

I am back home and back to work. Vacations never last long enough. I am spending the week paying catch up at work. At home I need to setup my puppet building space. I hope to do that over the coming weekend. Once that is setup I'll start posting more puppet building entries. I have a request to show more on how I get the foam in the fleece hands. I'll get something posted ASAP.

Kinka Doo and Chee-Chee Doo are done.Now what are you going to do next?

I am going to Disney World!

Introducing Kinka Doo

Hmmm...

La La La

Seriously, we spend the last week on Sanibel Island and tomorrow we head north to Disney area for 3 nights. One day at the Magic Kingdom and then maybe a day at Sea World or Blizzard Beach.

In my hands...

Here's what's in my posable hands.