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How to make a cardboard armature for a giant human face
How to do the first layer of papier mache How to put on the outer layer(s) of heavy papier-mache Some other cardboard armature shapes (dragons, etc.) How to make a giant puppet head over clay
How to make a box for a giant puppet head How to make a costume for a backpack puppet How to make the backpack and skeleton for a backpack puppet How to put the puppet together, once you have all the parts Some other kinds of giant puppets
How to sculpt a puppet head from newspaper over a cardboard armature
See also: Making Faces
See also: Making Faces
Various methods of painting a giant puppet head
How to make hands for a giant puppet from cardboard
See also: Hands
See also: Attaching Heads
See also: About Backpacks
Video by Malgosia Askanas, Miriam Avins, and Sara Peattie
Edited by Sara Peattie at Somerville Community Access TV - Many thanks!
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