General Puppet Manipulation Techniques for Beginners

Links

Peepers Puppets,” essentially two eyeballs joined together that you slip over your finger, can truly evince almost any living being. Invented by puppeteering genius Hobey Ford, the puppet eyeballs even star in their own television series, Oobi.

“Developing Excellence in Puppet Manipulation” by Steve Axtell (© 2002 Axtell Expressions)

“Puppetry for Beginners, Part 1: Introduction” by Steve Axtell (© 2013 Axtell Expressions)

“Puppetry for Beginners, Part 4: Emotions” by Steve Axtell (© 2013 Axtell Expressions)

Making Puppets Come Alive

How to Learn and Teach Hand Puppetry

by Carol Fijian and Larry Engler
Taplinger, 1973

Basic puppetry techniques are illustrated and explained together with ways to construct simple puppets and stages

Also available as a Kindle ebook.

Instructional Video

Lesson 1: Bringing Your Puppet to Life (8:42)
Play Video about Kimberley Faurot demonstrating puppet