ROD PUPPET - DEVELOPMENT
First put your trousers on!
If you want trousers
that is. The ones that Rodney is wearing are made from an A5 sheet of
card. The card is folded in half (to make it like A6) and the two halves
are rolled round some object to make them curve.
A little glue (see blue arrow) will keep the fold together.
Glue the top corners inside the puppet's 'coat'.
A roll of paper or card will make a kilt or a skirt, and you could use paper
straws and string to make legs.....
...or what about some shorts to go with the nobbly legs?
Try PLASTIC STRAWS
or, for a really tough puppet, BAMBOO. (cut the cane between the 'NODES' to get a piece with a hole through the centre.
cut between the nodes
(the 'thick bits')
You can use the same idea for arms but build a much stronger body by using a wooden stick and a stiff card 'chest'.
With a puppet body like this you could fit a papier mache head and clothes made from fabrics
What about a string puppet - a MARIONETTE. Fasten a thread to
