My strengths in this project is sewing. When I sew the details, it makes the clothes look more elegant and nice looking, rather than just gluing everything. I get to sew the left hand, use it like a glove for my left hand so I can make the fingers move around. It's a bit tight, but it's still manageable. Sewing may take time, but it has its own benefits, like making the clothes look awesome!
The challenge in this project is the head. The head is so hard! I have to make the eyes blink and the mouth move, so it's quite a challenge. I have to research to figure out how to make the eyes blink. I finally found out, I sort of copied it but with a little change. I can't really use one finger to make the eyes blink and the mouth move at the same time, so I have to go back and forth, but hey, it works! I just plainly sewed the mouth. The mouth's a bit tricky to move, but it stills move, which is good. The toughest part is hot gluing the head and neck to the top part of the body. The front is loose, so I can move the mouth sort of freely, but the head came out a little turned. The head's a tough cookie to bake, but I bake it, all right. I'm just glad that I can still move the eyes and the mouth. The eyes is a huge achievement, so I'm proud of myself!
What I learned about this process is the hardest part of the puppet is always the head, depending how difficult it is. I wanted blinking eyes, so that's a really hard task to beat, but I beat it and I did it! I also learned to always be careful with materials. A single mistake of cutting fabric, I have to sew it or cut another fabric. Try not to touch the hot glue from the hot glue gun! Learned it the hard way, I burned myself about 4 times. Painful for a while, but I'm fine. Most of all, I learned how much work it took just to make a puppet. Imange the muppet from Sesseme Street, the one with Elmo. Thanks to this experiance, I apperrate the art of puppet more than ever now that I know the hard work it takes just to entertain others and artists themselves!
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