Puppet Making Secrets of Barry Gordemer... and more

Well, I don't know much about the puppet making secrets of Barry (see the youtube at the end of the post), I've not watched the link myself yet.

But... I have found out one thing - puppets have a way of making themselves in their own way.

I swear, I was making a boy puppet. A young schoolboy. I even have the clothing, little white button down shirt... well. apparently this little guy had other plans for himself. Now just look at him

Silly guy - Now I have to go back to the drawing board and try this again.

Who me? You can't mean me. I'm just an innocent puppet, you're the one who made me.

Oh, I'm so embarrassed

hee - hee, his eyes blink! I made the ping pong/coat hanger eye blinking mechanism that Mark found for me a few days ago - I embedded the youtube in my previous post.

...and the final product... Let me introduce you all to

Will Reed

Click HERE for more puppet antics by Amy
...and HERE for Will's latest

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Now for YouTube and the original reason for this post:

The next project...

Keeping Very VERY busy

Fairy Wings and Bug Things

Beware...all ye who enter the realm of the Looking Glass...                     

    A Book Feast fit for royalty

                                           

  

Just Imagine...

...Mermaid dreams and Pirate screams

I've done my first puppet show performances - about 2 weeks ago, I created a new webpage, I've been prepping for the Library's Summer Reading Program, created a display - -

and now, I've been asked to do another puppet show performance - in two weeks.

It's for the HawksLanding-apalooza -yeh, a mouthful. Just a neighborhood get together with a parade, kara, er, kareo, uh, how do you spell kareoke anyway?? And now, if I can pull it together and take the day off work, a puppet show.

This is a hard one though. Now I have to create my puppets and possibly the stage too. I don't know if this one will be doable, but here's to trying!

The following is my research into making my own puppets...


Watch Puppet Building Tutorial- Blinking Eyes in Educational  

  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
http://www.ehow.com/video_2389536_tools-supplies_-make-puppet.html

http://puppetsbrazil.blogspot.com/

http://puppeteersunite.com/

Ever heard of wix.com?

Wow, just over 24 hours ago I first found out about Wix  and WOW!

I gues I knew that there were free web building sites out there, yesterday I had my first experience with one.

In just about 8 hours I had pretty much grasped the whole "how-to" of it and had created a website. Well, not really 8 hours, I was only able to work on it off and on while I was working. But still - WOW.

I had been playing with doing a Summer Reading blog for the Library summer programming. Then Matt K. happened to show me Wix.

So, I bet you guessed it, I have created a website instead of a blog! I can't wait to upload video clips from the programs this summer, the booklists, the crafts and projects and just plain cool information we've dug up wile preparing for the weekly programs!

Check it out... OPL Summer Reading

p.s. oh, and it's all free too!

As distant and as far...

So, do you ever find yourself wondering what bloggers do when they are out in the 'there' and not blogging? I mean, not everything gets blogged, right?

I mean -  me, you - we can be anywhere. You can access the Internet at any time. We could be thousands of miles apart, and yet, we can be as close as the computer screen in front of you.

Ha! Anyway, if you didn't wodner (Amy hte dyslexic librarian strikes again...let's try that again...) WONDER before, maybe you will now...

I, for one, have been an absentee blogger. I must admit I've been filling my days with other stuff, non-blog stuff, you know, life stuff.

The truth of it is I have been having a blast creatively. Writing, planning, preparing, practicing....

Are you curious as to what it is? Check out the progress here