Puppet flashback

Two and a half years ago I made two puppets that I never posted. Technically I never finished them, but I probably never will, so the introductions are past due. One of them has been played with a LOT. He even was given the name "monster" by my then 18-month old. Meet Monster.

He is loved at our house. In fact, I've had to repair him twice because he wasn't made sturdy enough to play with long term. His ears are sitting in my ribbon box and his hair seemed like such a big job I never got around to it.

The second little nameless Miss was intended to be my puppet that I would want to play with and use to interact with the kids. I made her eyes green like mine and her fabric red, which is one of my favorite colors. She was going to be a little bit of a diva, so I wanted to give her lips and eyelashes.

She has two major flaws. The first - I ran out of the fabric before I finished connecting the body to the head. Notice the lack of neck? There is just a few inches too little to make it look decent.

The second flaw, and this one was enough to make me not even interested in finishing her - once her hair was on, she overwhelmingly reminded me of Tori Spelling circa 90210. It's the chin and lips. I kind of detest this puppet now. Isn't that sad?

Anyway, I'm getting excited to make more puppets, so stay tuned. We'll see if it happens. I have a few other wish list projects on my plate. I plan on making a post about those soon to keep me motivated and inspired.