Tutorial 5: Make a long-legged lockdown bird

Puppeteer Ben Thompson will show you how to make the final puppet in our web series designed by Samuel Wyer... 🐔 A lesser-spotted long-legged lockdown bird (a silly marionette with a lot of possibilities)

♻️ You will need:

Thin Card (like a cereal box)
1 x Large Plate
1 x Small Plate
4 x Plastic Bottle Tops
2 x Kebab Skewers
Coloured Paper/Pictures from a magazine
Glue Marker
Pen
Pencil
Blutack/Plasticine
Tape
Scissors
String

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