The Puppets

1. Jason: Jason has turned out quite well. He started off with a very long neck, made worse and a little bit hilarious by the fact that he was wearing a giraffe print tshirt. I fixed his neck by adding an extra piece of material over the top. Jason has a lot of movement and scope for expression and I particularly love his hair

2. Jason's Mother: Jasons mother has turned out very stern looking and a bit punch and judy style but I like her and she is meant to be stern, what with jason being naughty all the time and getting himself into some terrible situations... Jasons mother doesn't move as well as jason but it's allright because she doesn't have to do quite as much.

Both jason and his mother are made from material (clothes) Masking tape (hands and hair), polystyrene eggs (heads) and cardboard (neck). They are painted with acyrlic and protected with a thin layer of PVA glue

3. Jason's cat: For the line; 'Jason was a foolish lad who listened not to mum or dad'. (jason will pull the cats tail and get told off by his mother) The cat is a very brief character but I think it works well to get the point across. I should probably paint the stick pink to blend in with the back drop.

The cat is made entirely from needle felt

4. The pelican: I absolutely LOVE the pelican! I reckon he's really quirky and crazy looking. his beak works really well and you can get really good expressions out of him. I love his tongue aswell!

Naughty children beware!

The pelican is made from a sock (body), buttons (eyes), feathers and a bra (beak). It is painted with acrylic

5. Jason's Feet: when the pelican eats jason they struggle before going off stage when I will then hook jasons feet into the pelicans mouth and then bring the pelican back onstage, making it look as if jason has been swallowed

The pelican, Mother and jason will all be hung upsidedown on the theatre shelf to make it quicker and easier to insert my hands during the performance. I am going to leave the cat and the feet on the shelf for easy acess.

I've had a great time making these and I'm really proud of them!