Building a Walk-Around Puppet
Page Two

Creating the Maquette and Patterns
Enlarging and Cutting the Patterns
Building the Body, Head, and Feet

       
There are several steps to building a big walk-around puppet of this type. First a maquette is made from which the pattern pieces are derived. The the pieces are enlarged. Test parts are made from poly foam, the pattern is adjusted, and the final parts are made.
       
               
                           
Click here to see how the maquette and patterns are made.
Click here to see how the patterns are enlarged and cut.
                 
 
Click here to see how the body, feet and head are made.