Puppetry with John Kennedy!

Posted by John Kennedy in Puppets

8/18/08, 4:22 pm

Hello Puppeteers!

Thank you for being a fan of my puppet projects. I’ve had so much fun reading your comments and now, with the ATV Blog, you can ask me your most important puppet questions and I can answer them. I am very excited about this because when I was a kid I always wished I had someone who could help me with my puppets. Also, I would love to hear about the puppets you have been making. I found my voice as a performer through the voices of my puppet characters so if your puppet friends would like to ask me something that is okay too.

Speaking of friends, one of my favorite ways to have some summer fun is to host a puppet camp. Invite your friends over to make some puppet crafts and perform them for your family and friends. Activity TV puppet projects are a lot of fun and they come with skits that you can perform along with when you’ve finished your puppet. One of my favorites is Banana Buddy. You can make you own cool banana character then perform The Banana Bread Man skit that I wrote specifically for this puppet project.

Don’t forget to have an adult helper around when you try making my puppets, and be sure to tell me about the puppet character you make in the comment section.

Keep making Puppets!

JK

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18 Comments

1. Were are the rabbit templates i need to make a running rabbit. Im a
   huge fan of john and his puppets, i have his first and second book but
   i lost the first book in our house (were moving) wich is the only
   other place i can find it. please fix this. ps ive already made
   about 5 puppets from your first book and working on the sweatshirt
   sheep.
   – Connor
   10/9/08 12:40 pm
2. Hi! My name is Jessika!
   – Hormbrold
   10/14/08 5:30 pm
3. hi my puppet Kim has a question How did you think of making my kind
   of puppet i am i teddy bear puppet
   – Lynnette
   10/20/08 5:37 pm
4. hi, I really like all of the puppets you make. but i cant do any of
   them, beacause i dont have fur. and a really helpfull question for
   me.Were do you find the patterns for things like the banana buddy and
   the running rabbit?it would really help me to find them.
   – Sabrina
   10/28/08 8:35 pm
5. I love your puppets and want to make most of them. The only problem is
   I don't know where to get the patterns. Where are the templates for
   the puppets?
   – Kara
   11/6/08 10:02 pm
6. i'd LOVE to make one but i dont know where to get the pattern.
   – vicky
   11/7/08 12:30 am
7. hi i really love the puppets you come up with.i love makeing the
   puppets at home with my mom and dad.
   – kathryn
   11/9/08 9:54 pm
8. I love the t.v. show for the ATV stuff
   – morgan
   11/14/08 12:04 am
9. Please post the pattern for the Thanksgiving Turkey puppet. It doesn't
   appear to be on the site with the video. Thanks!
   – Nora
   11/16/08 11:38 pm
10. Hi John I love the puppets! making them is very fun! but most of them
    I can not make because I can not get much stuff at My local craft
    store! do you know the best store to get craft stuff!
    – Andrew
    11/21/08 6:46 pm
11. Hi, My granddaughters, Beth age 6 and Sarah, age 3, love making
    your puppets. Beth wants to know if you can make any Dragon
    puppets? She also wants know know how you color so fast. "Thank
    You" from Sarah and Beth typed by Oma
    – Diana
    11/21/08 9:58 pm
12. I really want to make sock puppy but i dont have the fur for the ears.
    where should i get the fur. bye
    – Emily
    11/29/08 5:53 pm
13. hi my name is kelsey and i saw you on tv on fetch whith ruffruffman
    – kelsey
    3/26/09 6:23 pm
14. omg i love the pillow buddy thats adorable!
    – Kenzie
    6/30/09 5:32 pm
15. Love the skits! They're funny! :)
    – Laura
    7/20/09 5:43 pm
16. Dear John, I want to make an easter island head puppet but I don't
    know what matirials to use. Can you help?
    – Wesley
    8/1/09 1:31 pm
17. i love to be a puppeter. Can you put more activities? my favorite is
    the banana buddy.you have inspired me.
    – nina
    8/15/09 8:25 pm
18. hi! i live in san jose california. can you tell me what is the best
    craft store i can go to. i have made many puppets but some of them are
    hard because i dont have much stuff
    – nina
    8/15/09 8:30 pm

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