Family Book Corner

Make Your Own Puppets

Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves
by Miyako Kanamori
Amazon Price: $9.90
Customer Reviews:
» Received my book today, was disappointed that this book did not feature enough of other craft ideas. "Minimalist" type of book, if your into this sort of craft book. For that kind of price, I would ex...

» Okay, I'll admit, I get on craft kicks and I'm relentless while I'm plowing through, and then I lose my motivation/get distracted/get hungry and abandon projects. I just can't help myself, though, whe...

» I cannot wait to get the second book. I wish it was easier to find cute gloves that are cheap to cut up.

» This book gives great step-by-step instruction on how to create adorable softies like the dog on the cover. I found the instructions very easy to follow. The book goes on to show pictures of softies...

» Martha Stewart featured this book on her show a month or so ago (summer 2008) and she and some celebrity made a dog and a bunny. They're funky little animals and look very easy to make. For how-to p...

Puppet Planet: The Most Amazing Puppet-Making Book in the Universe
by John Kennedy
Amazon Price: $11.55
Customer Reviews:
» Like most of the people looking up this book, and books like it, I have been a Muppet fan for as long as I can remember. The idea of making puppets has been an interest for almost as long. Now that ...

» John Kennedy has really out done himsef with this book. There is an overwhelming wealth of ideas and techniques included. Not to mention step-by-step detailed instructions and colorful photos to walk ...

Ventriloquism Made Easy: How to Talk to Your Hand Without Looking Stupid! Sec...
by Paul Stadelman, Bruce Fife
Amazon Price: $10.95
Customer Reviews:
» Any book with Steve Axtell on the cover gets my attention. Ax is one of the driving forces in puppetry, and would not pose for a cover on a whim. Bruce & Paul, the authors, have collected all the ba...

» This is an easy to read and use book and a great activity to do with your kids, particularly if they have any speech difficulties. You can get started with a sock puppet if you like, so it's also inex...

» I just got the book and already I am starting to get the hang of it. I am nowhere near good enough to take it on the road, but this book will give you the tools to feel confedent right from the start.

» As someone who got interested in ventriloquism (and eventually dumped a 20 year newspaper career to work with WOODEN dummies) I was often frustrated reading how-to-do-ventriloquism books. Most were ei...

Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation, Second Edition (Focal Press Vi...
by Susannah Shaw
Amazon Price: $23.07
Customer Reviews:

Designing the Doll: From Concept to Construction
by Susanna Oroyan
Amazon Price: $18.45
Customer Reviews:
» A great technical resource for all types of media used in making art dolls. Work shown is amazing.

» great book, wonderful instructions, not for amateurs, more advanced i think. the dolls featured are amazing.

» I have this book for 2 years now,and I have to say it is intelligently written. There is a mass of information,well organized,some details in constuction,and on the whole,it is a great volume to have ...

» Too often craft/art books are whatever the subject is by-the-numbers. Do this, do that, voila you have a finished project just like mine. This is so much more and exactly what it should be. Layers of ...

» LIKE ANATOMY OF THE DOLL THIS BOOK OF SUSANNA'S IS ALSO A MUST
HAVE.I AM NOW ADDICTED.

Knitted Finger Puppets: 34 Easy-to-Make Toys
by Meg Leach
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Reviews:
» I received this book as a gift and what a surprisingly smart and thoughtful gift it has been. As a busy working mom I travel a good deal of the time and making Meg's finger puppets is the perfect in ...

» Recently, my husband went on a trip to Antarctica and he would tell our daughter about all the penguins he met on his trip. A friend gave us 4 penguin finger puppets that she made from the book. We've...

Crazy Shortcut Quilts
by Marguerita McManus, Sarah Raffuse
Amazon Price: $15.63
Customer Reviews:
» Just what I was looking for. a quick easy way to do a unique quilt. will be using this process in our quilt club to make quilts for community projects.

» I HAVE TO SAY THIS BOOK WASN'T ANYTHING THAT I HOPED IT WOULD BE. I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE ANY OF THE FINISHED QUILTS IN THE BOOK. IF YOU LIKE SCRAPPY QUILTS THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. JUST NOT MY CHOICE.

» The quilted blanket and bedspread are American icons and have proved to be enduringly popular with American families for more than two hundred years. Indeed, some of the them are to be found on displa...

» The mother/daughter team of Marguerita McManus and Sarah Raffuse have created "Crazy Shortcut Quilts - Quilt as You Go in Half the Time!". But after reading the book, there is much more to it than th...

» This book is the bomb!!! Yes, Sarah Raffuse and Marguerita McManus have finally put to pen to paper, needles to fabric and created a wonderful guide to helping all of us discover the wonderful shortc...

The Foam Book : An Easy Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets
by Donald Devet, Drew Allison
Amazon Price: $25.00
Customer Reviews:
» This book has a lot of helpful information for builders of all skill levels. Not only does it provide the prospective puppeteer several different techniques, but you also get a list of resources for ...

» I expected more from a 25$ book, this is not suitable for kids due to the fact that there is nearly not enough diagrams and simple color images.
For young adults maybe good but again not enoug...

» I got this book for my 11-year-old boy. I can't imagine a better book to show you how to make puppets. It has everything you need!

» This is a GREAT book in so many ways but I do feel as a beginner that there are a few things they left out. I found myself left with a few questions and no way of discovering what to do next. One th...

» I bought the foam book at an early stage in my puppet making, I'd made two puppets by that point and thought I'd learn a lot from this book.

In particular I'd hoped for a lot of info on c...

Puppet Mania!
by John Kennedy
Amazon Price: $10.19
Customer Reviews:
» If you are just getting into puppet building or veteran looking for some creative inspiration this book is most definitely worth a look. Everything is clearly explained, including color pictures. Ev...

» This book is wonderful to use with the kids, all the puppets and very easy to make and my six year old has made just about every puppet in the book already! The instructions are easy for him to follo...

» Well,
It is good for kids, and as a teaching aid, Good photo reference ,pattern samples. An ideal book for beginners and show an array of materials that can be used with construction methods. Ev...

» I am an Elementary Art Teacher and the ideas in this book are perfectly suited for my students and class. I have, also, used the ideas at home with my own children. It's a colorful, well organized, ...

» I was alittle disappointed when I receieved this book. God knows the title is a bit of an exageration. If you're buying for a child who needs craft projects for a rainy day then this is the book for...

Hand Shadows and More Hand Shadows
by Henry Bursill
Amazon Price: $3.95
Customer Reviews:
» I got this book to entertain my toddler. I was hoping for more animals, but it should do.

» Henry Burcill, the author of Hand Shadows, was my great-great-grandfather. He was a sculptor by trade and his statues stand in London to this day. The most famous of these are the four great lions in ...