DIY Project: Harry Potter Puppet Pals

A past project. One of the ones I'm the proudest of..

TA-DAAAA!!! The Harry Potter Puppet Pals! Well, replicas, but I'm happy with them. They're pretty accurate.

I made them about 4 years back, using only this video as a guide:

Snape, Snape, Severus Snape...

I couldn't find a pattern anywhere, so I decided to make my own. I figured out the proportions by watching the video again and again and again. Probably was a major reason why the video got so many hits.

Each one took about 7 hours to make. Mostly because I was quite an amateur then, and also because of the customized trial and error that I gave each puppet. It was the first time I ever made a pattern for something.

They are hand puppets, and they are made out of felt and stuffed with batting. Dumbledore's clothes are detachable, as in canon. Video canon? No idea if that's such a thing, oh well.

Voldemort has a Nagini scarf, because I had some leftover fabric. You can't quite see it very well here, but Nagini looks pretty demented.

UPDATE: Since Hagrid appeared, I made him too! He is mostly made of felt, but I knit the beard with fun fur.

I am not going to make Neville the squash, for obvious reasons. Somehow I doubt a felt replica will do any justice to a real vegetable.

That's it for now!

- christine