Materials to make a puppet

It seems that a lot of people keep popping up my site in Google searches - they want to know what kinds of materials to use when making a puppet. The problem is, they often use generic search phrases and terms, like "what are the materials we need for make a puppet". Well, this post is going to try and make a few things clear. Skip the explanation, go to the list. In Australia? You can find info about puppet supplies here.

1. There are a variety of types of puppets, and each type of puppet requires different sets of materials and tools.

2. Each puppet type requires different materials and tools depending on what part of it you are making: the head of a puppet will often need specific materials compared to the feet; the mouth will need other materials, and so will the mechanisms of operation.

3. While there are industry standard materials used by professional puppet makers, each puppet type can use a range of materials according to one’s own tastes, styles, building techniques, budgets, and other factors, like ease of obtaining a certain material in your location.

So next time you want to Google about the materials needed for making a puppet, keep this in mind, and try a more specific search phrase. Like, "materials to make a shadow puppet", or "materials to make muppet-type puppet"… because you will no doubt get better search results. If you don’t know what materials you need to make a puppet out of, it’s more than likely that you are making a puppet type for the first time - so find an online tutorial or pattern, or a book, and learn from that first. Then you can go on and make whatever you want with greater ease and insight.

For more information on how to make a certain type of puppet, click on the link below for the most appropriate list to what you want to make. [All links below to be added soon]

• Animatronics
• Blacklight
• Bunraku
• Costume puppets
• Finger puppets
• "Foam puppets" (aka, any type of puppet that uses foam; not really a category as you see in the post)
• Glove puppets (aka hand puppets)
• Light curtain
• Marionettes
• Muppet-type puppets (inclusive of mouth puppets and people puppets)
• Object manipulation
• Parade puppets
• Rod puppets (inclusive of table-top puppetry, marottes, wayang golek, shoulder puppets or cable-control)
• Shadow puppets (inclusive of wayang kulit and karagozis) - also, read about what kind of materials to make a shadow puppet screen with!
• Sock puppets
• Toy theatre
• Ventriloquism
• Water puppets

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