Free marionette patterns: A list

(If you’re looking for patterns for other puppet types, please browse the other categories as you’ll find more lists there)

I will be adding to this list as I find more patterns. Please note that these patterns come free courtesy of the credited people; please respect their wishes for creditation (if requested) if you publish the link elsewhere.

This is the total of the marionette patterns listed on this site; feel free to browse for more on my site, but you’ll just end up back here again I promise. Because marionette patterns are so hard to find on the net, you may want to check out this post explaining why there are so few [link to be added]. And read about the myths of free patterns [link to be added].

• My tutorial using a teddy bear [link to be added]
• Jim Fuller’s Woody the Wood Puppet (actually for animatronics, but it will give you a great start)
• Magical Moonshine’s instructions using a scarf
• Instructable’s (by member, Very Interesting) for a bird
• Storm the Castle’s instructions for a wire/newspaper marionette
• How I Made It’s great tutorial on papier mache marionettes

Read about the types of materials you could use. Find out how to untangle the strings here, or learn how to add the strings here. [links to be added]

This post AKA free string puppet patterns, AKA patterns to make puppets on strings, AKA template to make a marionette, AKA marionette blueprints