(trombone music)
(upbeat techno music)
- Hello everybody, it's Tommy and today
I will be showing you how you can make a base marionette.
So, let's get started.
Let's not forget about safety. Safety first.
Okay, let's have fun.
Start by crumpling newspaper into a small ball.
This will be the head.
And now you should have a nice round ball.
To make the feet, make two, flat newspaper eggs.
To make the body, crumple newspaper into a large egg.
Now you will need to cut eight strips of cardboard.
And remember, measure twice, cut once.
Now that you have all the pieces measured out
it is time to start rolling up the strips.
These strips will be used to make the arms and the legs.
Use tape to hold it together.
Repeat the same process to all the cardboard strips.
Now to make the hands. Make two flat eggs out of newspaper.
Now cut ten strips of newspaper the same size.
Crumple all ten strips of newspaper into fingers
and attach the fingers to the flat eggs.
And obviously, five fingers go on each hand.
And now add the paper mache.
I'm using toilet paper but you can use
tissue paper if you want.
Put the tissue paper on the area you want to cover
and then brush on your glue solution on top.
You'll need to add about two to three layers to each piece.
Alright, so now you should have a head, a body, two hands,
eight dowels and two feet. Just like that.
So now it is time to assemble everything.
Now when using hot glue remember that the glue is
extremely hot, so please wear gloves just to be safe.
And now, to make the holes in the dowels, simply hold it
down with your palm, keep your fingers out of the way,
and poke a hole with your scissors.
Have an adult help you with this.
And you should have a hole on both ends of the dowel.
Now to attach the pieces I'm going to
show you how to do it with pipe cleaner.
Cut two small pieces of pipe cleaner,
take a small piece and fold it into a loop.
Take the other piece and thread it through the loop.
And then form another loop with the small piece
making a chain link of two.
The loop should move freely and should be flexible.
Just like that.
And now, insert one end of the loop
into the hole you have made in the dowel.
Glue the pipe cleaner into place.
And now poke a hole in the piece you want it to attach to.
And now insert the loop into the other hole you have made.
And just like that.
It should look kinda like a pair of nunchucks.
So the two pieces should move freely
and kinda dangle like that.
And now repeat the same process for every single piece.
Just remember to use hot glue
to hold the pipe cleaner into place.
I'm going to be using chain because it will perform better
and it's a lot more durable.
Now when you are cutting chain
always wear your safety glasses.
You will need to cut chain links of three.
You will need to cut 13 pieces.
Now remember when using hot glue it is very hot
so please wear gloves to protect yourself from burns.
Make a hole, add hot glue in it.
Take your chain and slide in only one link into the hole.
Make another hole and add some hot glue to it.
Now insert the other end of the chain into the hole
and the pieces should be well attached.
Repeat the same process to all the dowels.
You should have four sets of linked dowels.
And now you will need to take the body and poke a hole
on the top and the sides to attach the head and the arms.
Take the head and poke the hole
where you want it to attach to the body.
Add some hot glue to the head.
Take another chain and insert it into the glued hole.
Add some hot glue to the top of the body.
And slide in the other end of the chain.
And just like that, the head is now attached to the body.
These are your arms and legs.
Go ahead and poke a hole on each piece on both ends.
Poke a hole in the hand.
Take an arm and hot glue the hole.
Put the chain in.
And now attach it to the hand.
Just like that.
Repeat the same process to the other hand.
Now to attach the feet,
glue the holes on the end of the dowels.
And insert the chain just like you did
with the other pieces.
Now poke a hole at the end of each foot.
Glue the holes and attach the chain.
So here's what it looks like so far.
So you have an arm here.
And then you've got the other arm there.
Then you've got the legs there.
So this is where we will be attaching them.
So make your holes exactly where you want to attach them.
And let's get this marionette all finished.
Alright, so now you have the base already made.
It's all put together.
So all you need to do now is you need to put the strings on
it and you will have your base marionette.
I will be using these paint mixing sticks.
You can get these absolutely free at any paint department.
You'll need some strings and potentially maybe some matches,
some scissors and hot glue.
Glue the mixing sticks into the shape of a cross.
Now you will need to drill holes
exactly where I'm marking my cross.
Put your safety glasses on.
(whirling drill)
Now cut some string whatever length
depending how tall you are.
You can repair split ends by burning it with a match.
Be very careful when using fire.
It can and will burn your house down if you are not careful.
Get an adult to help you with that.
Thread the string into the hole and tie it off.
Poke a hole on the top of the head.
Glue the hole
and put the string in.
Cut two more pieces of string and attach them to the hand.
Make a hole in the middle of the hand and attach the string.
Now tie the two pieces of string
through each end of the cross.
And tie the strings off once you have threaded it through.
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Well there you go. You now have a marionette base.
And you can make this into any character you want.
Anybody you like.
So let your imagination go wild.
And remember, think safety.
I'll see y'all next time.
Thanks for watching.
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