Here are some pictures and explanations of how i made Super Baby! So the first thing I did was i dyed 1 yard of anti-pill fleece that i got at Joanns to a nice, light skin tone. By the way, for anyone dyeing fleece for the first time, don't be confused if the dye bath looks bright red when you're going for a skin tone, it somehow works out in the end!
Then i did all of the work on the foam core and the mouth, gluing the foam head and body with contact cement, and attaching the mouth (made of foam board, with foam and elastic grips) to the foam head.
And basically i followed the pattern for the fabric head and body, sewed the head and body together, added hair (some shag fur from Mendels Fabrics) and added eyes (large round self adhesive felt pads, used for furniture legs) and ears (just little sewn on pieces of fleece). I also added a little belly button, but i won't reveal how i did it, I'll let you figure out different ways to do it yourself :). Lastly, my puppet costume designer and sewing specialist (AKA, my Mom) made an aWsome cape and a diaper for my little guy, and then he was totally done! Sound easy enough? So why not make a puppet yourself! Project Puppet has some wonderful patterns available and are great for beginning puppet builders. Also, if you want to learn more about building puppets, joing Puppets and Stuff where you can ask questions, and recieve helpful answers from puppet geniuses, such as Billy Fuller or Shawn Sorrel! And let me just leave you with some words of advice, if your making your first puppet, and something isn't working out, don't give up! Making a puppet for the first time can be a little discouraging, but believe me, once you get past that first time, not only will you feel great, but everytime in the future will be a little bit easier.
