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Stork Puppet

willkrause — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:20:54 +0000

I made this stork puppet for the recent season of Whitest Kids U’Know. It needed to be used as both a sock puppet when the head peeked through a window, and as a full-size flying puppet. The head is removable to serve as a sock puppet, and it fits back onto the body when the full bird needs to be used.

The framework of the stork is foam, wire, and corrugated cardboard, and the covering is a rough, stretchy wool-like material and lots of real feathers.

Whitest Kids U’Know – Great Wall of China puppet

willkrause — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:49:01 +0000

I went to Chinatown and picked up some pyjamas from a bargain rack to get some fabric for this puppet. The head is made from foam and cardboard (with googly eyes) and the mouth is opened and closed with a piece of clotheshanger wire.

Whitest Kids U’Know – Outer-Space Handcuffs

willkrause — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:20:04 +0000

I made these handcuffs from clear vinyl tubing, plastic beads, cable routing plastic and scraps of wire.

Whitest Kids U’Know – Eiffel Tower puppet

willkrause — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:36:44 +0000

I sewed a tiny beret for this puppet, and gave it a painted wooden dowel for a cigarette. the mouth is opened and closed by a thin wooden dowel, since the puppet is too thin for a puppeteer’s arm to fit inside.

Whitest Kids U’Know – Pyramid puppets

willkrause — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:28:41 +0000

A pair of gossipy pyramids.

Whitest Kids U’Know – Deep Fried Kitten

willkrause — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:05:18 +0000

For some reason, everyone wanted to pick up this kitten by the legs and hold it like it was a tommy gun! It was made from papier mache over an armature of wire, tape, and newspaper.