Crafty Tuesday: It Sure Looked Strange to Me
Posted By Kathleen David on April 18, 2012
Ariel needed a puppet for her Chorus Concert to be used in a song. She knew I had built one before but I honestly couldn’t remember where it was or what condition it was in when she was home for break. I think I may have sold it since this was about 5 to 6 years ago. So I agreed that I would build her another one for the concert. I had a bit of a brain slip and found myself looking at a 48 hour window to complete the critter.
(For the VI: This is a photo of a one eyed, one horn flying purple people eater puppet. The purple puppet is sitting on a black stool. There is green foam behind it. The puppet has one eye in the middle of it’s face. The horn is yellowish and on top of the head surrounded by a purple feather boa. There are pieces of the feather boa on both wrists. There are wings that attach under the arms and to the body.)
More Photos and Process behind the cut.
The basic puppet itself is pretty much like the Phluzzies that I make for conventions.
The basic puppet body with the one big eye.
(For the VI: This is the purple puppet on the black stool with the eye in the middle of the face. The eyelid is made of purple felt. The mouth is open and the interior is made of red material)
The horn is made of Crayola Model Magic and is probably the most delicate part of the puppet since I didn’t have a ton of time to let it dry. I painted it yellow and then stippled it with burnt umber and sponged the excess off to give it more of an organic look.
(For the VI: Same puppet only there is now a twisted yellow horn on top of the critter head)
I added part of a feather boa to give it a little more movement. There are pieces of the same boa around the wrists of the puppet
(For the VI: The same puppet but on a wooden floor. The horn is surrounded by purple feathers now)
The puppet spread out so you can see the wings.
(For the VI: same puppet laid out on the floor with its arms out to show off the wings that are bat like and under the arms. The wings are purple too but a darker purple than the body)
It went off to Ariel this morning.
I am grateful that I could pull this off in time reminding me that I do know what I am doing.
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