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ggarcia Veteran user San Antonio Tx 395 Posts |
Hi,
I am in the planning stages for a kids show that I plan on doing in August for my daughters 4th bday party. One of the items I want to do is David Ginns Woof Woof Dog puppet. the challenge I am having is I don't want to just present him to the kids, I want to produce him. here is my basic idea. I would like to have some flat pieces of cardboard that have been in full view and I as I ask about different pets the kids have, I take the pieces of card board and put them together to make a dog house and then I pull the dog puppet out of it. I have no clue on how to do this. any direction or ideas would be greatly appreciated. |
Spellbinder Inner circle The Holy City of East Orange, NJ 6438 Posts |
Sounds like you need to take a look at "Puppy-Fiki" by Wiz Kid Qua-Fiki and in The Wizards' Journal #18 on my site.
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Brian Lehr Inner circle Edmonton, Canada 1605 Posts |
Don't have an answer to your question, just a question for you. I've had this dog puppet for over a year, but have never used him. I've attempted to several times, but I find he just "sheds" too much hair. After playing around with him for a few minutes, I'm covered with puppet doggie hair!
So now he just sits on my shelf, with big puppet doggie eyes, waiting for the day when someone will play with him again. (Sounds like a scene from Toy Story 3). Does this happen with your puppet dog? Brian |
ggarcia Veteran user San Antonio Tx 395 Posts |
Hi brian,
yeah mine sheds too. I actually was going to vacuum him to get all the loosed stuff off. not sure if I'll end up with any bald spots but I'll let you know. spellbinder, thanks for the tip. I look at your site quite often but I slipped my mind when I was thinking about this last night. |
Daniel Ulzen Elite user Berlin/Germany 490 Posts |
Maybe you can use the standard production trick where you show two tubes empty and then something appears:
http://www.supplierlist.com/photo_images......CLE_.jpg |
MoonRazor Special user 843 Posts |
Any bunny production item would work..... or a duck bucket if you want to do a transformation.
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Trekdad Elite user Telford, PA 445 Posts |
Doesn't have to be very complicated depending on the age and venue. And, since your daughter is turning 4, my solution could work.
For a younger group of children, I once produced this very same puppet seemingly out of my rather small square circle, and the kids thought it came right out of it. Just had the dog sitting on the floor behind my MAK briefcase table (which was covered with a tablecloth of sorts to screen the front and sides). After some smaller productions from the square circle (bone, dog biscuits, silks), I bent down to look into the tube, grabbed the dog sitting patiently on the floor behind the collar and quickly brought him up and into view. Since all of the kids were to the front, I had no angle problems, and it really looked like he came from the SC. Your mileage may vary . . . Best
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ggarcia Veteran user San Antonio Tx 395 Posts |
Some great ideas...thank you all very much for your input.
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Rodney Palmer Inner circle 1317 Posts |
When I was performing I produced my Dog called "Hollywood" from a Dog Carrier that I had purchased at Wal-mart. This in essence made the Puppet look real and many children thought he was real. I treated Hollywood the same as I would treat my own dog. And the carriers at Wal-mart are really nice. Do not get a metal carrier but a bag/luggage style that has some windows on the side/front and a zipper so that is really looks like a real dog is in there.
TIP: Take your Dog to a Professional Dog Groomer and have him/her cut around the Dogs eyes so that they can be seen better and then have them brush the dog. After that I use an Aerosol Hair Spray and lightly spray the dogs hair so it does not shed. I hope these tips help. REMLAP
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ggarcia Veteran user San Antonio Tx 395 Posts |
Remlap,
thanks for your input...great idea. I had thought about using hairspray...thanks for confirming that. I actually alreaady have a soft case dog carrier that would work perfect. |
revmike Special user Annville, PA 646 Posts |
The Dog Puppet has become one of my absolute favorite effects for the young crowd. You get anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes of solid comedy, interplay and magic with this prop.
I also like some of the tips shared.
The magic is not in our sleights and illusions, but instead in our ability to bring love and joy.
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