Blank fleece handpuppet without any facial features
We got a body! Still need to attach the arms and add facial features, but I don't really know what I want this little fellow to be as they are a bit of a practice piece.
Any suggestions?
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Construction of posable puppet hands made of foam with a wire armature.
Learning how to build posable puppet hands.
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A small goblin hand puppet with a large nose
A blue goblin hand puppet
A green goblin hand puppet
Closeup of a pink goblin hand puppet
Been working on commissions lately so it’s #FlashbackFriday. Goblins are my personal favourite monsters. Just a few of the many I’ve made over the years. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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A purple monkey hand and rod puppet, closeup view
A purple monkey hand and rod puppet, left view
A purple monkey hand and rod puppet, right view
A purple monkey hand and rod puppet, front view
SOLD already! Purple monkey is popular! Fear not there will be more monkeys of many different colours! Happy to make one for you! #puppets #puppetbuilding #artist #maker
A purple monkey hand and rod puppet
Purple monkey dun! Purple monkey lub yoo! Coming to the shop at www.operationpuppet.com tomorrow! #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #maker
Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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A purple monkey hand puppet under construction
Getting close! Purple monkey will be finished on tomorrow’s build stream! #puppets #puppetbuilding
A small yellow hand puppet with round eyes and a small blue hand puppet with oval eyes
Didn’t get to quite finish these two critters on #stream but they’re done! #puppets #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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My latest puppet building experiment.
It’s strongly inspired by the grotesque, satirical puppet legends of early Spitting Image and Les Guignols puppet caricature styles as well as The Muppets.
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A pink furry monster puppet with large black eyes, closeup view
A pink furry monster puppet with large black eyes, left view
A pink furry monster puppet with large black eyes, right view
Been a while since I just built something with no plan and see what happens. Love this lil monstor. Coming soon to the shop at www.operationpuppet.com #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist
A group of puppet arm rods set aside to let the epoxy set
In the middle of making an arm rod #puppet and realize I’m out of arm rods. Time to change that. #maker #puppetbuilding
A Grover like monster puppet, closeup view
A Grover like monster puppet, left view
A Grover like monster puppet, right view
The client requested a Greeblee that could be a relative of a certain monster at the end of a book. I believe I understood the assignment.
Perhaps a Legally Distinct Celebrity Neurotic Monster will be available for general sale soon 🤔#puppets #puppetbuilding #artist #smallbusiness
Front view of a furry blue dog live hands puppet
Left view of a furry blue dog live hands puppet
Right view of a furry blue dog live hands puppet
Finished this blue goofball for a client commission. Starting to plan next month’s builds so if you want something, reach out! #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist
Another small update, but something I'm kinda proud of.
These will be Kermits new arm rods. The rods are removable, so they can be stored away when not in use. Also, first time I'm using the fuzzy skin setting to give the handles a grippy surface.
#3dprinting #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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A pink Fraggle like hand puppet
A furry blue live hands monster puppet
A small green peanut shaped hand puppet
A green goblin hand puppet
Been working on commissions lately so not a lot new for the public, so here’s a few firsts from the archive. My first deluxe Greeblee, live hands monster, Smol and goblin. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Puppet Building Post!
(1. Character Design
(2. Prototype sculpture
(3. Finished puppet head
(4. My infp
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Ten fleece fingers cut out in a work table with a hand insert
Legally distinct celebrity amphibians got a lotta fingers. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Green fleece skin over a foam puppet body
The result of today’s #stream. Who needs patterns when you can spend a couple of hours draping? 😵💫
New Legally Distinct Celebrity Amphibian in the works 🐸 #puppets #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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A yellow human puppet with blue hair in front of a photographic background
A yellow human puppet with blue hair on a work table
It can be difficult to make two identical #puppets even working from the same pattern, but a client wanted a copy of one I did years ago and I think I got pretty darned close. #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse, I think we all need it. #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
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Four images of two hand made puppets, a green one with spherical eyes and a blue one with large hemisphere eyes and purple eyelids
First new listings for 2026 are up! Some old favourites, Greeblees! www.operationpuppet.com #puppets #puppetbuilding #smallbusiness #artist #handmade
A blue puppet and a green puppet holding hands
Hey *something* nice happened in the first work week of 2026. #puppets #puppetbuilding
Timeline cleanse, I think we all need it. #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding
www.youtube.com/@OperationPu...
www.twitch.tv/operationpup...
A blue puppet body on a stand
Greeblee 2, Electric Bloo Galoo. Will be working on this and the green one on tomorrow’s build stream. #puppets #puppetbuilding
A green puppet base on a stand
The frog lied, it wasn’t all that difficult. #puppets #puppetbuilding
