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Purple furry monter happy to have a tongue
Time to get purple furry monster's tongue into the mouth. I cut the tongue in a heart shape from red fleece. (Just like cutting a heart from paper folded in half!) I hot glue the tongue in after I set it in a couple different positions to get it "just right". I've found it's good to walk at least 6-10 feet away to get a good look at how it looks from farther away.
This puppet doesn't have teeth, but I think this a great place to talk about how I do teeth. I carve them with an embroidery scissor from latex makeup sponges. For the particular teeth shown in the pictures, I also "aged" and added plaque to the teeth with 3 different shades of brown markers.
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Grungy monster teeth built from makeup sponges
 
Brrrnadette saw her shadow today. She's wondering what we'll have 6 more weeks of. It certainly hasn't been a snowy Minnesota winter, thus far. I sat outside sewing for over an hour this afternoon with temps in the upper 40s and no breeze. WONDERFUL!!  More building blog to come....please stand (or sit) by....