Make Your Own Monster Puppet!
Monster Puppet-Making Workshop
Have you ever imagined making your own puppet, transforming pieces of foam and fur into a character with its own look and expressions?
Duration
12h
Sessions
4 sessions × 3h
Price
240 JOD
Seats
6 left of 6
Location
Harat Adduma Studio, Amman
Minimum age
16+
Schedule
4 sessions, 3 hours each
In our Monster Puppet-Making Workshop, you’ll experience the puppet-making process from beginning to end and learn, step by step, how to turn simple materials into a real puppet made with your own hands.
You won’t just learn how puppets are made. You’ll create your own unique puppet and take home the patterns and skills you need to start making more puppets after the workshop!
From a Piece of Foam to a Character with a Personality!
Puppet making is a world full of details, experimentation, and discovery. With every step, you get closer to bringing your imagined character to life.
During the workshop, we’ll work together on shaping the head and face, installing the eyes and mouth, adding fur, and refining the details that give your puppet its distinctive look and expressions.
You’ll explore puppet-making techniques and put them into practice yourself, discovering how a collection of materials gradually becomes a complete character.
By the end, you’ll have made your own puppet, from the first step to the final detail!
Discover the World of Harat Adduma
I’m Buthaina, and for more than 20 years, I’ve been designing and making puppets, developing their characters and manipulation techniques, and exploring how puppets can be used in education, theatre, and communication.
Over the years, I’ve learned that puppet making is much more than putting materials together. It’s a combination of design, experimentation, technical problem-solving, and creative details that give every character its own identity.
Through this workshop, I want to share a part of that world with you and give you the opportunity to explore these techniques yourself and experience the joy of turning an idea into a real character.
Welcome to Harat Adduma!
What You'll Learn
- ✓Shaping the head and face
- ✓Installing the eyes and mouth
- ✓Working with fur and fabrics
- ✓Assembling your puppet and finishing touches
Workshop curriculum
- 01
Shaping the Head and Face
Learn how to use foam to shape your puppet’s head and work on the facial proportions and details that bring your character to life.
- 02
Installing the Eyes and Mouth
Discover how to install the eyes, mouth plate, and related components, and learn how these details contribute to your puppet’s appearance and expressions.
- 03
Working with Fur and Fabrics
Learn how to work with fur and fleece to cover different parts of your puppet, refining the details and finishing touches that give it its final look.
- 04
Assembling Your Puppet and Adding the Finishing Touches
Bring all the components together and work on the tongue, nose, hands, and other details until your puppet is complete and ready to take home. Throughout the workshop, I’ll share techniques, tips, and insights I’ve gained over more than 20 years in the world of puppet making.
Materials kit
- Foam for constructing the puppet.
- Faux fur.
- Fleece for the nose and hands.
- 3D-printed eyes.
- A 3D-printed mouth plate.
- 3D-printed hand armature components and wire fittings.
- Coloured foam for sculpting the tongue.
- Plastic patterns for the puppet design.
Along with the components and details needed to complete your puppet during the workshop.
- •Your own puppet
- •Reusable plastic patterns
- •Practical puppet-making skills
Please note: Working tools, including a hot glue gun, glue, and cutting tools, are not included in the kit.
What you take home
1. Your own Monster Puppet
A puppet you’ve made yourself, from shaping its components to assembling its final details. A unique character you can use, develop, and bring into your own creative projects.
2. A Reusable Set of Plastic Patterns
You’ll receive a set of reusable plastic patterns for your puppet design, including:
- •Foam patterns.
- •Fur patterns.
- •Mouth plate patterns.
3. Practical Puppet-Making Knowledge and Skills
You’ll learn practical techniques and processes that you can revisit and apply after the workshop, developing your skills with every new project. You won’t leave with just a finished puppet. You’ll also take home a practical foundation you can build on for future projects.
Ideas for your puppet
Puppet Shows and Theatre
Create a small puppet show or develop a character for a theatrical performance of your own.
Family Fun
Invent stories and characters together, creating funny moments and imaginative adventures with your family and children.
Create Your Own Social Media Content
Make your puppet the star of your Reels and videos! Use it in comedy sketches, storytelling, creative content, or develop a character with its own unique personality and style.
Education and Storytelling
If you’re a teacher or educator, you can use your puppet to tell stories, introduce concepts interactively, and design activities that encourage children to participate, imagine, and express themselves. And the best part? You’ll have made the puppet yourself, so you can develop its personality and adapt the way you use it to suit your educational needs.
Film and Video Production
Bring your puppet into a dramatic scene, a short film, or a video project of your own.
A Handmade Gift
Give someone a unique and meaningful gift that you’ve made yourself, from beginning to end.
Who it's for
- •Enjoy hands-on crafts and character creation.
- •Are curious about how puppets are made.
- •Are interested in design, theatre, or model making.
- •Are a teacher or educator who wants to explore puppet making and use puppets in education, storytelling, and interactive activities with children.
- •Work with children in kindergartens, schools, or cultural centres.
- •Want to learn a new skill and experiment with different techniques.
- •Have creative content ideas you’d love to bring to life using puppets.
- •And if you have no previous experience, that’s absolutely fine! You don’t need to be a professional or have made a puppet before.