What you have to do first is check his mouth out and see how it would open up, a Bugs Bunny did not have a very big mouth and he had teeth. So, I took the teeth off first that he had and then opened up the mouth and made the pair with a little piece of cardboard, as to what it will be for the bottom and for the top, like I just showed you in the workroom.
That principle of the foam top and a foam bottom that your fingers can go inside and then, I just cut a slit right through there; I pulled up the teeth off and made that little foam mouth and stuck it in from the inside and then glued it with the fur all the way around and I add the teeth later; I add the teeth back and see the glue with a hot glue gun there, our techie glue works better.
Hot glue gun makes lumps. The hot glue guns is really good for putting the foam together, but then; see again, same things with Bugs Bunny, he has got a wires in his legs so do you see him? He is cute, to wrap around you like the, as wires wrap, you can even wrap it around here, you can give a big hug; see. “Hey, what is up doc?” “Gee, there goes papa Smurf.” “You better get papa Smurf there, I heard you are fifty years old.” “Fifty years old?” Ho there! That is right. His mouth works pretty good. Okay, how about Sylvester the cat, “Now, that Sylvester the cat.” That is the little cat, am I right? “I bet you are there attend to papa Smurf, he just fell on the ground.” “Okay, we will look at papa Smurf first.”
Papa Smurf I bought for a dollar at resale shop and what I did with him; I can feel a little different, he had a quite a big head and it was almost the same size as the foam based puppets that we make. So, I stuck inside a real puppet head, leaving the stuffing inside so that was a little bit easier, just that one of the old ones I had, and so it fit. You have to; just use your judgment to see what you can do. Now, he was old, so I took a brush and straighten his beard all over. But, it is good to get an old toy to practice on.
Now, we can see Sylvester. Sylvester is a lot taller and he can not wrap his legs around, so he can stand on a table or a stool. Now, the same thing as with Bugs Bunny, now this one, I will see. I have done so many I can not remember, with a little foam mouth like a
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