How to make Puppet Hands! - Puppet Building 101

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A step by step tutorial on how to make hands for your puppet. Free pattern in the link below.
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Length: 24 inches
Width: 48 inches
Height: 1 inch
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@PuppetNerd Жыл бұрын

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@nominoodle7760 Жыл бұрын

Adam your videos helped me so much- The LEAST I can do is donate!

@jas-so8ex 11 ай бұрын

I think I'm going to dedicate myself to this

@jazzdaddycriticisms7049 4 жыл бұрын

Now that I'm in quarantine, I think I'm gonna build my first puppet. This video is a great stepping stone!

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Can’t wait to see it!

@schleichenstokpaarden9254 3 жыл бұрын

I too

@Gcuyt666 3 жыл бұрын

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@MXPcomedy 5 жыл бұрын

Simple, easy to understand, and actually doable for your average Joe this is a great instructional video

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Michael_0057 4 жыл бұрын

Adam Kreutinger Fome

@deppy_logs 4 жыл бұрын

Marisa Chaverra wth? 🤔

@deathdollie4654 4 жыл бұрын

3:02 HE PUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER UP

@llosrogthegreat8503 4 жыл бұрын

gaming with Spicey chip he had to..

@sgtvent1043 5 жыл бұрын

Adam your instructions are awesome

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy to help!

@boboblazerobinson 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info ....need to make a new puppet for a library show I'll be doing soon...

@owlize9023 4 жыл бұрын

@@boboblazerobinson oooh I wish I can see it

@cactusbuds2979 3 жыл бұрын

This helped me so much! I'm making this exact type of puppet hands and I'm so glad you could help out! Thank you very much for the information, you were clear and direct!

@nappyspuppets 3 жыл бұрын

That pencil trick for turning is awesome!!!! Thanks for all your work!

@richies6420 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, that is some technical work. I'm afraid I'd go insane. It's beautiful though and I can tell you are very skilled at this

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+RL Smail this is the quick view. I'm planning on a mother video exclusively for the arm rods.

@saltlife7307 4 жыл бұрын

i came across your site and love it. Just finished my first puppet...wish i knew how to post a picture. I can't believe how easy it was. THANKYOU!!! This will bring hours of joy to the kids.

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!!! Try Instagram.

@browniebanana5613 3 жыл бұрын

Your amazing thanks for letting us have a free copy. Most of tutorials you have to by.

@lancelot961 5 жыл бұрын

Nooooooo man!!! I really love you. You've saved me!!! I have to built a puppet for next month and I didn't have any idea how to do it. Now I know how! I'll send you a picture of my puppet when i finish it! Thaaaaaaaaaaaanks a lot 🤗🤗🤗

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see it!

@emmanuelwolf6568 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing !

@Jadsoncb 6 жыл бұрын

I love this video. Thanks, Adam.

@i90sknd75 6 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your videos Adam, I donated to your website! Thank you for everything!

@TheGameplayMaster 7 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks for making 4 videos in a row

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+TheGameplay Master you're welcome!

@stewartking4289 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the free patters to get us started - finding patterns (free) online is durn near IMPOSSIBLE ... you rule!

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@fuzzbear2233 2 жыл бұрын

I finished my first puppet thanks to you! Love your vids! Working on the arms of my puppet right now, his name is Alex.

@HavekAttacketh 5 жыл бұрын

So excited about this! Thank you for these videos!

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@giddue 7 жыл бұрын

This is awesome, thank you so much Adam!!!

@joannefrechette9153 6 ай бұрын

I just liked it 🎉really nice thank you !❤

@sasanmortazavi 10 ай бұрын

You are really talented. Thank you for amazing lessons

@user-cz6bd6bk2g 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are very useful and practical. Thank you so much :)

@fidesmaearellano8731 4 жыл бұрын

Before i watched your vids i had no a idea hoe to build the body but then i started watching your videos . BOOM!!! I knew how to build a puppet bc of you bro keep uploading how to make a puppet thank you

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@maricarmen8776 8 ай бұрын

You are very talented ❤

@jadewhiteley5057 6 жыл бұрын

It is so much fun to watch you create!!!🤯😃

@Nephina13 5 жыл бұрын

Did you by any chance kill Calvin by pouncing on him?

@kivathelemur Жыл бұрын

@@Nephina13 what?

@rufusmilkner63 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, helped me out a lot! Thanks!

@babynewtonsings3728 6 жыл бұрын

I love this!!

@sharisimonehampton5434 7 ай бұрын

Love it! Thank you. 😉👍❤

@happykidsproduction1488 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU ADAM

@reannahardy1772 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for that tutorial. It helps very much! :)

@shrek1428 4 жыл бұрын

I love just listening to your voice

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️

@tomhenss2984 6 жыл бұрын

dude you are so good! keep going.

@fabiolaherrera7160 6 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@Thefobj 3 жыл бұрын

this is so easy! thank you :)

@DAVADMDAVAD 5 жыл бұрын

WOW! EXCELLENT VIDEO!!!!

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@PUPPETSOFWORLD69 3 жыл бұрын

I am making a puppet today and this helps me a lot

@dijieditz6789 4 жыл бұрын

So cool

@loveyginahowell 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. Cute puppet.

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@dmaz5395 2 жыл бұрын

cool puppet

@jonwilmot5331 2 жыл бұрын

You make it look so easy. I'm making puppet hands with my giant puppet hands !

@thesweetyguy Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@ChristopherPepper06 5 жыл бұрын

Best puppet maker

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@GakkiSai 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for these.

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+Mark Cagle sure thing!

@OKat001 3 жыл бұрын

So cool, thank you 😁

@porkchop1184 7 жыл бұрын

This is really great, I needed hands for miss piggy

@roberthancock2563 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid,Adam! I was thinking about making a hippie rock guitarist puppet! I think that would be so cool!

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Cool! You totally should!

@DennisRegling 7 жыл бұрын

Great! Thank you

@ookypooky3600 3 жыл бұрын

I use this technique for the hands, I use wire between the foam glue it together and glue the hand edges together to make it look more even than i push the fingers in to form a little pocket, and put the fingers in. Than I push the hand in fill the arm with stuffing and sow the hole in the hand

@brextenmulti3270 4 жыл бұрын

I’m building a character with the foam body from the free series and I want to be able to switch from live hand to arm rod so can I use really strong magnets or will it come off when using the rod. Also I love your videos and your so inspiring and if you remember me because I comment on like a lot of videos lol it’s because I can’t help myself but be positive towards you I’m 10 years old and I’m getting my own workshop for puppet making! Wish me luck

@classybeaverlord524 7 жыл бұрын

Love you work

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+Classybeaverlord thanks!

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+Classybeaverlord thank you!

@PuppetNerd 7 жыл бұрын

+Classybeaverlord thank you!

@lostorbit1244 7 жыл бұрын

Hi - Great videos! How do you attach the arms to the body? You touch on it at the end briefly (stitch them on), but was just after a little more detail :) Cheers

@rubensteger2593 5 жыл бұрын

i love your video!!!!

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@katykab00m 6 жыл бұрын

You are so cool!!

@fuzzbear2233 2 жыл бұрын

I do my arm stuff differently. I have the whole arm and hand stitched up. Then I cut a whole and put the arm rod in the hole. Then I glue the foam stuff on the arm and hand and then turn it right side out.

@cableson5227 7 жыл бұрын

I covered my eyes with my hand an wound up driving the drill through my leg. Terrible advice! (Great vid, thanks for the tips!)

@blackyoshi4890 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@halazaki2310 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! like it very much. Please, I would like to make the famous mahna mahna puppets from the muppet show.

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! Can’t wait to see it!

@Milkman-kipo Жыл бұрын

I now have a use for the gift card I got for Christmas, Time to yeet myself to the nearest hobby lobby!

@kayleymiddleton2024 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to use beads for arms? This is really awesome.

@garrenreaload4344 7 жыл бұрын

I like it

@MeelOMatic 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I've been interested in making puppets for a while and i was wondering whats the recommend size of paper that the pattern should be printed? thanks and love your videos!

@xuyenle2147 5 жыл бұрын

He raised up the middle finger!!!🤣😅

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Sorry about that.

@harrisonmoss1128 6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a closeup tutorial of how you closed up the hand with fur and fleece

@Art_slaap Ай бұрын

Could you maybe do this video but with 5 fingered hands? Great video for puppeteers still after 7 years!

@denvermadison9052 5 жыл бұрын

I love cutting corners to take the edge off

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha.

@denvermadison9052 5 жыл бұрын

+Adam Kreutinger ps thanks for these videos my foam puppet is coming along greatly and my skills as a puppeteer and animator have increased tremendously from this.

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@Goblinscape 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! All of your videos are awesome! Thanks so much for making them, I'm making puppets for our church ministry, and I hope to start a drama puppet club at our local events building. What I am having a hard time finding is the atron/nylon fleece fabric. Could you give me some hints on where you get yours please? Thanks!

@PuppetNerd 6 жыл бұрын

+Scott Brown: Yeah! www.puppetpelts.com tell them I sent you!

@789productions9 5 жыл бұрын

I glue the foam hand to the fabric, (still leaving that little spot open,) then flip it around like you did and I glue the wire to the hand

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I glue the wire to the foam. But if you glue the foam to the fabric I would think it would be hard to skip the covering over. And what to you gain by flying the fabric to the foam?

@789productions9 5 жыл бұрын

Adam Kreutinger I do my hands the way you do your feet. Then put the arm rod in the little spot I leave open, I will make an Instagram video and tag you In it

@wreckingcrew3661 3 жыл бұрын

Is it 1/2 inch foam for the arms too, as well as the hands? This is a great video!

@beastfighter1 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Adam! Love your tutorials. They're so comprehensive and easy to follow! What material(s) would you recommend for puppet arms that need to be flexible and bend (like Grover or Elmo)?

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

Can can use all types of things. Foam, beads, fiber fill, rope. Lots of things could work.

@NostalgicChuk 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda late but for Elmo or Grover, they usually have a string of beads in the arms for them to be flexible and loose

@Puppeteer_Jay_Official 5 ай бұрын

@PuppetNerd how do you control both hands and the mouth?

@Anonymous221 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam how are you? Love your videos btw! Anyways, I have an 18 x 18 x 2" square piece of foam how can I make it thinner? Cut it with scissors?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Give it a try!

@creatiefmettess 4 жыл бұрын

I used this tutorial and pattern for my arms. AND LOVE IT😍 But I can't seem the attach them to my puppet. When I sew it, I take a lot of fabric. What kind of stich do you use to attach the arms to the puppet? Edit: Ooo, I saw it in an other video. You use webstich and them first in de body and then the arm.

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

You got it. Whip stitch.

@theprimereason3288 3 жыл бұрын

I'm going to use this to make arms for my snoof

@ChickenCoop82 3 жыл бұрын

What if I want rod arms, but I want a different design I’ve always been obsessed with puppets, and I would love to make my own

@andyburke4470 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate what Adam is doing I hope he’s feeling a lot better I am fighting chronic Lyme and I feel horrible but trying to fight depression I try to make puppets and hopefully will be healthy and active form I have a little money and was hoping to find the hand pattern for free to download didn’t have it copied on a machine and I can’t find it please help have a great day /puppet sisters and brothers

@aaronpughes435 4 жыл бұрын

awesome video (i hate hands). Favorite moment: 'cover your eyes and keep your fingers away from the bits". *drills into thin rod directly towards hand*

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Next time I’ll hold it with my teeth.

@EmaleesBoyfriend 2 жыл бұрын

What foam do you use and where can I get it

@crookykidz6050 3 ай бұрын

Question what foam do you use and what foams can i use? 😅😊

@Marcothemuppetfan 7 жыл бұрын

You should make a video about how to make a eye mechanism

@Ellyzien 7 жыл бұрын

is there a way to make the eyes blink or no because that's ok all sorry for no capitals or periods or punctuation im 9

@ixcairogues3699 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Adam, i wanted to learn how to make puppets for a while and i did find your videos recently, I just start making my first puppet two days ago, and man I Fell in love with all the process and how the materials talk to you and tell you everything about the puppet while you are putting it together. I think this is something that I wanna do, and I just wanted to ask you what kind of sewing machine you will recommend me to buy? Thank you for the awesome tutorials.

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

I would recommend an industrial straight stitch machine. I use a Juki

@ixcairogues3699 5 жыл бұрын

Adam Kreutinger thank you, keep the awesome work. :D

@McBernes 8 ай бұрын

I am working on 4 puppets at once now, and it's my 1st time making puppets. I have heads attached to all 4 bodies and I'm pretty happy with how they look. I spent a good part of the day today struggling to stuff the foam hand into the fleece hand but managed to get 2 sets of them done. It was incredibly frustrating. I didn't like how they looked at all, the foam wouldn't reach all the way to the fleece finger tips, the hands looked misshapen....it was not good lol. While taking a break from it I was twirling a foam hand around on it's rod and a little voice in my head said ,"That hand looks a little thick." I got a ruler and measured...sure enough all and I mean ALL of the foam hands I made were 2 inches thick! Good lord I was mad lol. So now I'm going to remake all 4 sets of foam hands, and remake 2 sets of fleece hands. I could try to trim the foam hands I have so that they are thinner, but I feel like that would be too much to deal with. For me I'd feel better just making new ones and getting a fresh new start.

@SirWeeWahTheThird 7 жыл бұрын

how to make a glove/arm for a live hand puppet.

@emeraldinferno0105 4 жыл бұрын

Could you use pillow stuffing for arms and foam fir hands?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Sure!

@alittleoff1366 4 жыл бұрын

Going to make Snoofs with (for) my kids. Any hints on using beads in the arms? Pros, Cons?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

You would only consider it really for fur covered arms.

@TheNinawitteveen 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam😊 what gauge wire is it for the hands that you used? I am so excited to finish this guy.. You are fantastic!!

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! I linked the exact wire I use in the description. Sorry, I don’t know the gauge off hand.

@TheDanielArtist 5 жыл бұрын

hey Adam is it possible to put bendy wire inside of the puppet's hand becuase im making a puppet that can bend its fingers becuase it's gonna have a removable ruler that it can hold in 2 hands

@TheDanielArtist 5 жыл бұрын

i'm geussing you answerd that in the video

@BigShoePuppetProd 6 жыл бұрын

Really good video! Hard to find clear instructions for hands and wires.

@PuppetNerd 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@clarsamcelhaney9853 5 жыл бұрын

Where's the video for removable arms - or the link for the hardware you use for removable/interchangeable arms? Or do you just use a big snap?

@PuppetNerd 5 жыл бұрын

I talk about it in this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNx2mLhl3dS6goE.html

@RosanneEs 5 ай бұрын

I tried to find nylon fleece but can't find it (Netherlands). Its all polyester. Would that work as well or are there any downsides to polyester fleece?

@museadenike5299 3 жыл бұрын

I love you

@PuppetNerd 3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@karrigane2535 4 жыл бұрын

when I print out the pattern, what should I scale it to? I printed it out normally like everything else and the hands are HUGE!

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing needs to be scaled up. It’s all to size.

@MaxMuppet 4 жыл бұрын

Can I use the exact same method to make arms of fur or is it going to be complicated?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@calebcarmouche7032 6 жыл бұрын

How did you make that puppet

@irenebusto7836 4 жыл бұрын

3:34 that totally sounded like richard hunt

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Thanks !

@magicshorts5013 7 жыл бұрын

lol... Pencil push... I do that too!

@TerifficCC 4 жыл бұрын

Great videos. Planning on making a puppet but could not find the arm pattern to download. Where do I go on the page?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

Here it is! www.adamkreutinger.com/store/p11/Free_Hand_Pattern%21.html

@debbiecomerford-lalonde2699 Жыл бұрын

you dont happeb to have a copy of the arm pattern to share do you? its not longer at the link sadly

@520cuber8 6 жыл бұрын

1:28 dang. that ring looks really tight on your finger. does it hurt a lot?

@juliapierce566 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have instructions on how to use beads for the arms?

@PuppetNerd 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t yet. You wouldn’t put beads in this style of arm anyway.

@charliesanderson4642 3 жыл бұрын

AMAZiNG! So glad I found your channel, I’m entering a competition next week and I’m definitely going to use some of these epic ideas to make my puppets for the short film, thanks so much! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

@cleezen 3 жыл бұрын