He thinks main stay holding shoes on and then straight in anything that you use for sewing you do not have to be a seamstress to do this but if you can sew straight stitch. I supposed you would not even have to use a sewing machine if you did not want to because you could screw up my head it would take a lot longer so let me show you can use one inch foam and you can use half inch foam. Now, the half inch foam would make a smaller puppet and the inch foam would make a larger puppet like this one if it is this and I am going to show you as we make them first of all you are going to need two a felt tip pen and you take your foam. I got half piece here. Remember the pattern that I told you that I would send you for free and cut that pattern out and you put it on the foam as you cut it up. You see and you dot it all around that you do not want to draw a straight line because it looks merely round so you dot around it and take your nice shirt and scissors and cut it out and I will show you what it looks like not either each five pieces that I have made because they make a bigger puppet and that is what I like to do.
Now, when I first started making puppets and this is what this picture is here. All of this puppets probably 10 years ago were my puppets and the head pattern was a little bit smaller but I like the bigger size I do not line them that was my point. I do not line them and the foam if you have a cushion or pillow that does not have a cover on it then you will know that very soon it rots that is why you can see like this is an older puppet and this is the brand new one because as they get older they age. So, I discovered that it is a lot better if you line them so I just get some old sheeting or some old material or new material may be and while the other side cut it out again make a little gun and line it. You do not have to do it but your puppets will last a lot longer and you are going tell you what figure are with and that longer. That is first tip take those out.
This is a little dart here that makes the head round so you take your hot glue gun and spread it on and then hold it together like that until it is fixed. Now this back here you do not want to close up because that is the part that gets the head space. You be careful I have done a lot a workshop and people and people be careful that you do not glue the mouth shut and leave this part for opening so be careful that you glue the right spot together.
Now, we have to glue these edges together like that. Pick the hot glue gun fill it all in. You have to hold it for a while. Hold it tight like mouth to mouth at the opposite direction and the inside have here. Lining, right we do the same thing all the way round and that is already glued shot and then the same thing in the sun but do not glue the mouth shut. Same thing on the front chin to chin and then the front and it will look like this one all glued together and see all the way round. Now we have to have a…
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