Marionette Puppets - Part Seven and Eight - Sealing Puppet Pieces and Making Puppet Bodies

Today Jane and I will be 

sealing our puppet pieces.

We will also be making their bodies.

For our sealer we have chosen

 a fast drying polyurethane in a clear satin.

(Follow the direction on your sealer.)

Jane and I sprayed the inside of our puppet heads first.

Then we sprayed there hands and feet.

While these pieces were drying we started making our 

puppet bodies.

Jane and I used old brown paper bags for our

puppet body patterns.

First we traced our puppets heads onto the bag.

 This give us an idea of how large to make

 the puppets bodies. 

We then drew a body on our paper bag

and cut out our pattern.

 For our puppets bodies

 Jane and I used old fabric that we had laying around.

 We folded the fabric in half and

 pinned the pattern to the fabric. 

Then we cut around the pattern leaving a 1/4 inch

of fabric.

Now we have two pieces of fabric in the shape of a body.

Using a running stitch we sewed these two pieces together. 

(Make sure to leave openings for the head, feet and hands.)

Once our stitching was finished it is time to put the 

elastic round the head, feet and hands.

Jane and I used a small round elastic for this.

It was time to turn our material right side out

 and start stuffing our puppet bodies.

We used 100% polyester poly-fill for stuffing.

Our puppet bodies are made.

Now it is time for another coat of sealer on our puppets

heads, feet and hands.