Well, here we are with another puppet update.  Our brown furry friend is coming along nicely....

 

As you can see, his red mouth has finally gone (much happier with it this time), and I used Fast-Tack fabric glue rather than spray adhesive, as it gave me a much longer working time.  On my next puppet though, I may glue the fabric to the mouth-plate first, and then glue the fabric from the head to the mouth, rather than stich it...

 

I also added ears, but I made them so small they ended up more as bumps on his head!  Never mind though, as I it gave me other ideas....

 

So anyhow, I've started on the hands and arms.  Here's a hand....

 

It's made from two pieces of foam, glued together.  Inside the foam is a wire armature that allows the hand to move, as well as a piece of plastic tube that will be used to connect the arm rods...

Arm Rod Hole!

Next came the fur outside, stitched using "muppet stitch".  Once I'd made one arm, I realised just how BIG the hands are!  On my next puppet, I'll make the hands much smaller...

 

Finger pointing!

The size of the hands and the length of the arms has given me an idea.  This puppet will be a drummer in a band, and my other puppets will be the other band members.  as this puppet is a drummer, I'm toying with the idea of him not having any eyes - maybe just heavy eyebrows.

Maybe they'll be a "cover" band.  It would certainly give me a platform to use my music skills!