Now that you have cut out the fox pattern and sewn it all together, you’re pretty much a puppet making master. We know you are itching to play with your new fox puppet, but there are just a few more steps to complete before it’s ready to perform. Finishing the arm opening Because fleece doesn’t fray, this step isn’t really …
In this part of the fox puppet making tutorial, we will sew together all of the pieces we cut in step 1: materials, tracing, and cutting. If you haven’t already cut the pattern pieces, head back over to step 1 and do that first. We use a machine for most of the sewing, but you can do it all by …
Vulpes Vulpes, or more commonly known as the red fox, is the largest and most widespread of all the true foxes. They are clever dog-like animals… that love to learn about HTML! You can make your very own fox puppet by following these simple instructions. Read through the instructions carefully before getting started and expect to spend about 3-5 hours …
I like to read, but regular books take up a lot of space in my house and aren’t easy to carry with me when I travel. That’s why e-books are so great. Like e-mail, e-books are books that you can read on a computer… or an iPad… or on your phone! Yeah, it’s not as cool as having a real …
Video editing is the process of piecing together video clips, images, and sounds to create a movie. Nowadays, this is usually done on a computer with fancy video editing programs called non-linear editors, or NLE’s. All that means is that you can view, cut, and arrange digital video in any order without the need to play through the whole thing. …
Congratulations! You made it to Part 3. This is where we put the finishing touches on the puppet. It’s also where things start to get dangerous. You’re going to work with super strong glues and very sharp cutting tools. If you’re not skilled in those things, you might want to ask someone for help. The first dangerous thing we’re going …
Now we begin to sew. We used a machine, but it’s not absolutely necessary. If you don’t know how to sew, it’s not hard to learn. If you have access to a machine and a mature individual to teach you, politely insist on lessons. We aren’t going to teach you to sew here for two reasons, 1) it’s beyond the …
Making your own python puppet is easy. Just follow these 66 simple steps and you’ll soon be entertaining and delighting audiences. Here’s what you’ll need: green fleece, ½ yd. (if your fabric store will cut less than a yard, get ½; otherwise make more puppets with the excess!) yellow fleece, 1 ft. black fleece, 1 ft. 1/2” foam sheeting, ½ …
Did you know that the pictures you see on your computer are made up of very small colored dots called pixels? It’s true! Get really, really close to your computer screen and you’ll see what I mean. That’s too close, back up! Did you see them? Pixels are so small that when you look at them from a distance you …
There are many ways to approach coloring in Inkscape. In this tutorial I’ll show you two methods that I like. Open up you graphic in Inkscape and lets get started. If you don’t have an inked drawing to work with, you might want to read the tutorial on inking in Inkscape first. Before we start coloring, I recommend grouping all …