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Victorian Cone Puppet Visit DIY's Craft Lab to learn how to create a unique Victorian cone puppet. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-208

Guest author Claudine Hellmuth joins host Jennifer Perkins and begins work on a modern Victorian cone puppet.

She starts with the bottom half of the puppet.

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	Guest Claudine Hellmuth creates an adorable Victorian Cone Puppet.
	These puppets are a fun — and clever — way to display family photos!

Victorian Cone Puppet

Project designed by Claudine Hellmuth.

Materials for the entire project:

utility knife
fabric
plastic funnel from the auto parts store
needle and thread
watercolor paper
photocopies
wooden dowel
gel medium (clear glue)
acrylic paints
paint brushes
jar of water
clothespins
markers pens
extra copy paper
duct tape

Bottom Half of Victorian Cone Puppet

1. Trim off any extra bits from the funnel. Many funnels come with a tab on one side that should be preferably cut off to give the funnel a more uniform shape. It is easy to remove by cutting with a utility knife.

2. Before painting the funnel, coat it with paper so that the paint will readily adhere to it. To do this simply tear up an extra sheet of computer paper or scrap paper and glue the bits of paper overlapping each other onto the funnel using gel medium (figure A).

3. After the glue has had time to dry, select an acrylic paint color to use and paint on the top of the paper now completely covering the funnel (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

	Figure C
	Figure D

Top Half of Victorian Cone Puppet

1. To create the figure that will be the centerpiece of the puppet, find a favorite photo of a person or even a pet and make a photocopy. Glue the cutout photocopies to heavyweight watercolor paper or cardstock to make them sturdier (figure C).

   Tip: Spreading gel medium on top of the picture will help to seal the image.

2. Cut out the figure and hold it inside the mouth of the funnel to make sure that it fits.

   Tip: Be sure to cut extra space away from the bottom of the figure, giving the figure a neck (figure D).
   
   

3. Paint the back of the figure using acrylic paint. After it dries add embellishments (like hats) and then draw in any additional desired design details.

   Tip: Painting from the center out helps avoid accidentally getting paint on the front of the figure.

4. Use the template as a guide to cut the fabric.

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