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I DID THE SAME THING YEARS AGO !!! SO AWESOME TO SEE HOW YOU DID IT

I thought the title said “I turned myself into Kermit” for a sec

A) That song rocks B) Finally a Kermit video C) This made my day Great vid Adam!

My Mother actually took that picture of Steve with Kermit seen at 6:12. That was backstage of Carnegie Hall after the Henson Musical concert from 2012. I got to meet and hang out with the Performers after the show.

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Adam: "gOoD gRiEf!!"

I would love to see an updated Kermit replica build and maybe Miss Piggy!

Me: I'm 24 years old I have class and taste as an adult Also me: *laughs at Kermit farting stuffing*

This is EXACTLY the kind of content I love.

Simple and straight forward. Thank you Adam. Love your videos.

You do a really good Kermit impression! The voice and the character and body language was very believable in that short clip at the end, even with a non-replica puppet!

Stumbled across your first puppet tutorial several years ago and I’m glad I stayed subscribed over the years because one day you unexpectedly started doing much more consistent tutorials. Keep up the great work!

In love with the new song

Those impressions weren't cringey, they were actually pretty good!

Kreutinger: "I'm going to dissect the frog" Me: Let the frog go!

You have an amazing voice. It sounds perfect fro any character.

*"Today i'm going to dissect my Kermit plush and turn it into a puppet"* Kermit Himself: *YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAYY!!!* :D

The sleeve solution was a great idea! definitely adding that to the bag of tricks!

Love this. Though I have a Kermit like this from 90’s that my mom gave me and I wouldn’t wreck it trying anything close to this!

Oh my gosh I love the theme song

If you will update a replica I would love to see Kermit! It would be really cool to see you do a replica series! I would love to see replicas that are hardly made like, Statler and Waldorf, Walter, The Electric Mayhem, and Bunsen Honeydew!! (Edit: I also love the new intro! It’s so catchy!)

I did this many years ago. Before social media, and probably when the Muppet Show was still on TV. I still have it...

I ALWAYS USED TO WATCH THIS CHANNEL BEFORE I CREATED MINE AND I JUST CAME BACK FROM 10 MONTHS AND I ALREADY LOVE IT! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES!!!

Hey Adam, I’m gonna make my own Kermit custom from scratch but I’ve got a few questions before I’m gonna buy the pattern. I saw your Fried frog pattern but does you have a pattern too for the 5 finger hands and 4 toes feet? Greetings Vincent

I would love to see a video on tips and tricks to get puppets to hold objects, how to get the hands in the correct position for certain kinds of shots, and how to stick on temporary accessories without hurting the puppet. Thanks!

Cool song 😻 Thank you for this tutorial ✨✨

I think I might have beat you all to the race, let alone to the "finish line" on this project. Not meaning to brag, but I did this pretty much exact thing with an original issue Kermit plush myself, way back in the _fall of 1979_ ! I was a senior in high school at the time and the original *Muppet Movie* had just been released to theaters 4 months earlier. It was pretty much brand new, played all summer, was a big hit and on everyone's mind. I didn't know a soul who saw it and didn't love it. The marching band at my school in was going to play a rendition of "Rainbow Connection" for a football half-time show and the director wanted someone to perform the song up front, puppet style along with them. A plywood board stage was erected and moved on to the football field at the appropriate moment, when we did the presentation. We later did it again for an indoor concert with more of a scripted lead in bit with me as Kermit talking Greg, to the student director/drum major, who was also friend of mine. We did the same thing for the act with an "Animal" Muppet character plush and another friend operated him (I would have preferred a Fozzy for the bit, but the Fozzy plushes and hand puppets of the time were disappointing in appearance and size). I practiced non stop for a week to get Kermit's voice right and folks commented that I had gotten pretty good at it (for someone who was _not_ Jim Henson that is, I have to add). It must have made an impact as I actually got a piece of fan mail from a little girl who was in attendance at the later, "season's end" indoor concert. The little girl's Mom was a "Band Parent" and was in on the ruse, so she looked up my home address and sent it to my house. Little Anne wrote to "Dear Kermie", telling him how much she loved him and was thrilled to see him live in her home town. ☞ A side note: The next week, I dummied up some _Muppet Productions_ headlined stationary at the local copy center (home computers were as rare as Faberge Eggs back then) with logo art work from a Muppet Coloring Book. With this printed paper, I sent her a warm reply from Kermit. Her Mother later told her how excited she was to get the letter. Anyway, the plushes must have been less complicated back then as the mouth plate seemed different than what you had to work with and puppeteered just fine without removing. There were no vests on the ones available then either, so nothing to worry about removing that. There was an actual Kermit puppet available at the toy stores from the same manufacturer back then, but that one was just Kermit's head down to (and including) the collar and then strangely only a tube of the fabric, with no body... sock puppet style. The heads were identical, but I didn't buy that one as I wanted the body, arms and legs. The construction of the head configuration was identical on inside of the plush as the sock style puppet, so they basically operated the same. I opened up my newly purchased plush and pulled out the stuffing (exactly as you did it Adam, including fixing the arms and legs) and it basically puppeteered just fine without all of the modifications. I did have to cut the stitches at the corners of the mouth as you did, but didn't have a seam ripper at the time and didn't even know enough about them to ask my Mom to borrow hers. I had to carefully do it with X-acto blade instead. I also got wire rods from the Hardware store, did a little "hockey stick" bend at the far ends, painted them with a can of matte black DupliColor brand auto parts store touch-up spray laquer paint (dries quickly, less sticky) and puncture fixed them to the hands at the wrists. I also really had no problems with the eyes and don't recall all of that "kid friendly" stuff in the back of them. I didn't experience any "digging into my knuckles" sensation, but maybe all of that was not there on the backs of the eyes in those first ever issued plushes? Leaving them alone, the eyes remained oriented nicely, so I lucked out there. I will agree, however, that your method, Adam, would undoubtedly produce a more professional product, but mine worked fine with the plush toy style of 1979. For the body, I shaped a piece of a slightly stiffer 1/2 thick urethane upholstery foam acquired from an unused throw pillow (with some scissor shaping on the inside) into a 4/5's around egg shape by darting and gluing with Barge contact cement. I carefully fitted it inside the fabric body space as is, without any of the fiber fill. Friction and compression surprisingly held it nicely into place. I never needed to hard attach the foam with glue or sewing. It worked really well as it was and I didn't have a problem fitting my hand and arm inside as I expected I would. To camouflage my arm, we found a spandex swimsuit material in the local So-Fro Fabric store (a fore runner and eventual competitor of the JoAnn's stores) that was tennis ball green. My Mom sewed some into a fairly snug fitting, sock like tube sleeve for me and I cut a thumb and finger holes in it for mobility - like cutting the fingers off of a long, woman's style "opera" glove. This particular spandex frabric was mostly nylon (not a polyester blend), so it dyed nicely in a pot of 180° to 200° water, using Rit brand Fabric dye. I mixed a few of the liquid version greens to get the right shade, testing it on the spandex scraps. I dyed the sock tube fabrication (in several dips until I got it right) to darken the color from the almost neon green that it originally was, in order to get it closer to "Kermit color". It ended up just a touch darker than Kermit's actual fabric, but that seemed to help make it less noticeable. Attention to the presence of my arm going up into puppet was drawn away by the predominance of the slightly brighter green of the body, the proper Kermit color, when seen under the lights on the football field at night at the halftime show and later inside on stage at the concert. I didn't actually attach the sock to the finished puppet, I just put it on my hand and inserted it into the body for performance. It seemed more flexible that way. Since the plush Kermit was as you said, undersized compared to the original Jim Henson Group fabrication, being in two pieces like this helped with any twisting action necessary. I don't know how it would have looked on camera, but from a distance folks said it was very successful... and I got fan mail to boot! Who'd a thunk it!!

Oh my goodness! I have never thought of this!!! You could pretty much do this with any stuffed toy!!!thank you!

This is great! I've been working on turning this exact plush into a puppet!

Love the new theme song!!!

I've always wanted you to do a video like this!

I think that you’re coming impression is really good

Good, simple conversion! Nicely done!

I was thinking the same thing ... and Boom!!, the perfect video that show the "how to" was publish at the same time

Awesome video! Hey, do you have a link of where you buy your Antron fleece? I’ve been using thrift stores to find similar materials but I want to try finally using the real deal. Thanks Adam!

This video was extremely helpful. I also converted an Eden Kermit several years ago (pretty sure he didn't have the vest and bow tie), but I never really noticed the side stiches on the mouth. After some struggles with a knife that badly needs sharpening, they're now history and Kermit seems none the worse for wear. Still a snug fit, though. I'll have to give that inner sleeve idea a try, should cut down on the amount of loose fluff I've got strewn around here...

I love this content, PLEASE make more videos like this

Great job on the video, also Love the new song

That turned out really well

This was really humorous. And I've been looking for a project~! Great content man

Yes, please for the replica builds. Also, a merch request, "Sorry I was Late" short sleeve t shirts, please.

I just made a Kermit puppet based on a stuffed animal pattern I found online, I also used cardboard, plastic, and the bottoms of Easter eggs for the eyes

That opening song man... I love it.

Just bought your Big Mack. Can you use PVA foam for the head?

Wow. I wish I could make puppets just like you. And I like how you turn your Kermit plush into a puppet. He looks like a real Muppet from the Muppets.

I had this almost life size Fozzie Bear I bought at a thrift when I was a kid. I wonder if I could do this to it? I wonder if my parents still have it?

This is such a fun video. Thank you for sharing your ideas. I often take children’s dressing up costumes, cut them down and make puppets from them. I start with the head and make a mouth plate and carry on from there. I love Kermit, so thanks for sharing some fab memories. - Dawn 🌅

we are deconstructing Sunny Toys puppets to create our own "metal band" characters. So far they are coming along great. Thanks to your tutorials on how to make arms and other instructional vids you make.

I did this for my channel! Although mine was a little less professional looking (I made it when I was 11) I think it came out great!

WOW this is CRAZY I did this same EXACT thing with the same type of plushie too!!

I was able to turn my sock monkey plush into a hand and rod puppet.. Puppets are truly a work of art.

When I Discovered this channel I wanted to ask you for video like this but now I dont have to😅 you just made it and its awsome

I buliding a kermit puppet and i use ping Pong bolls as eyes but i dont know what im gonna fill the bolls with. Do you know anything i can fill the bolls with

I have a couple puppets but I watch you all the time on KZfaq

so much hot glue!! LOVE IT

Thanks for sharing this technique

Yeah! Amazing Adam! Hugs from brazil

Like the new intro Adam very catchy

Hi buddy where is the bet place to get the puppet do you have the link on eBay thanks

I actually have a Kermit puppet that came out in the early 2000s when Henson was owned by that German media company. Very well made

You sound just like kermit your impressions are great you sound just like the voice actor of kermit

It looks so good

This guy is so amazing

awesome work!!!

This New Intro Is Just BASIC

I died of laughter at the derpy eyeless Kermit face at like 5:13

Your voices were GREAT!!!

im about to get a really good looking kermit doll and im gonna kinda use this video as a tutorial to turn it intoa video cya in a few days if im lucky! :D

I would love to see an Animal plush to puppet. Awesome video.😊

Great video Adam!. Just a quick question, how small is the plush to make a puppet ?. Because I have a pretty big hands!. Lol

another amazing fun how to :) it's really close.

I had a kermit puppet as kid it had a white lining just like yours.

this is a video i really couldve used in 2013 back when i was super obsessed with puppetry. even if i didnt have access to any of this stuff. i tried to dissect a kermit then, he now sits in the closet with an awkwardly-stitched bottom its a shame commercial kermit puppets arent the best, and the most decent one fetches extremely high prices on ebay

Hehe this video was fun, I like your new intro and got too say eye less Kermit is my favorite, I love it when you need too put eyes on your Pupet and before you put the pupels on, they look so soulless and scary, hehe

Kermit turned out great! And the impressions were good, too!

I definitely didn't expect to see Arlo in the intro there! Did you make him?

disecting a frog

8:40 Jabba Kermit haunts my dreams now.

OMG my friend made the same one and this video was the inspiration

9:55 I could watch this all day

The Muppet Know sounds cool.

Thus has peeked my interest

I love this

og kermit: made with clothing and ping pong balls adams kermit: kermit with a extra hint of kermit salt

Speaking of Kermit, pls do a video on how to make a Kermit replica!! I have been working on one but I really need help and I would love to have reference from you! Your videos are amazing!

I would love to see more plushies turned into puppets

I always thought you sounds like Kermit the frog anyway so it was a good impression

Hay Adam, I have a personal pupet question, this weekend at my church we are doing a talent show thing and I’m doing puppetry, I’m extremely nervous because I’m not completely prepared, I have a huge fear of judgement, I’m already seen as weird and I don’t know what too do, I want too do this, your a professional puppeteer, what can I do?

I’ve been asking him to do this in the day has come

Kermit: good grief Charlie brown:.thats My line

So cool What other plushies are you planning to turn into puppets?

R.I.P. Kermit Plush. You will never be forgotten!

that's a cool intro o:

The song is stuck in my head

I was very excited to make the Kermit the frog puppet, also, i was making it from night to morning - Jim Henson

I did that with my muppet plushies when I was a kid

Yes

I love the new intro

I like the new intro 😄😁

I have this exact one and I did the exact same thing