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)
