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Clif Desmond's "BiblePuppet" Pattern was designed to offer you a simple method for creating very nice, moving-mouth puppets using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials. Beginners find it easy and Puppet Professionals love the basic design which allows you, the puppet
maker, to be very creative!
The BiblePuppet Pattern & Instruction eBook is like a seed, when nurtured properly, can sprout and spread, springing up new puppeteers, puppet clubs, groups and exciting Puppet Ministries!
TRUE STORY: Once upon a time someone needed a bible puppet character. Puppeteer, Clif Desmond created a pattern that would allow anyone with even limited sewing skills to make a basic (human) puppet frame. The pattern was created so it could be printed
out on regular copy or printer paper. The frame consists of a half-body (waist up) moving-mouth puppet with individual fingers on each hand. Be sure to click around and see pictures of these puppets!
Materials are inexpensive, 9 by 11 inch felt squares line up perfectly with the printed out pattern pieces. Advanced craftsmen have experimented with this pattern using more expensive fleece cut into 9" x 11" pieces and reported outstanding results.
Felt however is highly recommended by Desmond who likes the way it stretches in just the right places adding character. These puppets can last a very long time if covered in plastic when not in use. The average price of these felt squares is twenty cents each at most fabric and department store craft
sections. Just a few dollars more for hair, which can be made from fake fur, yarn, wigs, etc. and the LARGE ROLLING EYES, all available in the craft section or your local fabric store! Clothing options are endless, these puppets easily fit into toddler T1 and some T2 sizes. Puppet pattern e-Book comes
with a simple diagram for making biblical era garments.
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My earliest recollection of being interested in puppets was at the age of 3 or 4, fascinated with Shari Lewis and her ventriloquism! I also remember Kukla, Fran and Ollie (we are talking the early 1960's), Danny O'Day and Farfel and on Channel 5 in Boston, we had Bozo the
clown, a program that featured puppets and costumed characters. I remember making a puppet out of cardboard in third grade and then experimented later with old socks! Before too long I was the oldest kid on the block who enjoyed watching Sesame Street and I took a lot of ridicule until I made a bunch of
puppets, a stage and started doing puppet shows everywhere! The schools and churches had plenty of work for me to do but I soon discovered that people paid good money to have puppet shows at birthday parties!
As a young adult I still enjoyed doing puppets but was not making enough money to pay the bills so I got into Radio Broadcasting. As that career flourished I still found myself making puppets and doing shows.... There were costume puppet mascots, live remote broadcasts,
grand openings and benefit fund raisers. Yes, as far back as I can remember, puppets have always been a major part of my life!
I often dreamed of some day passing the ability on to some young enthusiastic person. I know that just the right amount of encouragement can mean a lifetime of fun in a field such as puppetry! Over the years, my broadcasting career progressed into television production.
Somewhere in the middle I learned how to make websites and stream audio and video on the internet. I suddenly and literally woke up one day and realized that I had a lot of fascinating resources that I could now utilize in order to create puppets and pass on the ability to MANY! BiblePuppet Dot Com was BORN!!!
I owe a lot to E-Bay and some of the people who buy and sell puppets there. Without them I would have never discovered the demand for certain kinds of puppets. Having had a lot to do with ministry most of my adult life, I realized how expensive puppets were (if you have
to buy them). I have always seen a need for resources in the area of Children's Ministry. Too often churches simply don't have a budget for the kids and even more often, the children's church pastor or Sunday School teacher pays for resources out of their own pocket! BiblePuppet Dot Com makes puppetry
affordable. The pattern provides exciting group activity!
Serving Children's Ministries, my puppets are VERY EASY to make but do require adult supervision because of the use of scissors, sewing needles and melted hot glue.
The materials required to make your BiblePuppet are inexpensive and easy to obtain. Everything you need can be found in your local Wal-Mart, Fabric Store or Craft Shop! I simply want to make puppetry affordable to Children's Ministries. If you
purchase my pattern you are encouraged to use it to make as many puppets as you need. Once you build your first BiblePuppet you will experience an excitement that will make you a BiblePuppet fan for the rest of your life! In fact, it's contagious! There is nothing that generates
more excitement in kids of all ages than a well-rehearsed puppet show! What a way to get a message across! Best of all, if you don't have time to create your own BiblePuppet, I still put them together for folks once in a while! I also ask that you tell everyone you know that has
anything to do with Children's Ministry about BiblePuppet.com! Just say "Bible Puppet Dot Com!!"
BiblePuppet.com is a great resource for your Children's Ministry. In order to be successful I need to sell a lot of Bible Puppet patterns to pay the fees associated with maintaining such a website. I am here to make it financially
easier for small ministries with little or no budget to minister to children across America and around the world. Would you help by adding a link to my website from yours? If you can do that, it will help me tremendously! |
