Archive for October, 2007

Real Pets at Faunia Madrid Park

That’s “Real” pronounced “ree-al” as in the “Real Madrid” soccer franchise in Spain.  Their cute little puppets have their own television series that airs on TELEMADRID on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 am (local time).  Now, these cute little puppets are walkaround characters at the newly constructed Faunia Madrid Biological Park located in Madrid, Spain.  To see more [...]

Project Puppet Contest Winner Announced!

My apologies for being late on this one.  The winners for the Once Upon a Puppet Contest have been announced.  It was a great honour to be one of the judges for the contest and my personal congratulations to the winners and all those who entered.  Go and see who won here.

Phonics 4 Babies Puppet DVD

As I have mentioned before I am a collector of puppetry videos and DVDs.  The other day I was out shopping and I came across three very cool DVDs.  This is the first one I saw.  It is called “Baby’s First Words” and it is starring Mallory Lewis (daughter of Shari Lewis) and includes puppets [...]

“Spirits Dancing” Puppet Blog Update

Puppet Buzz contributor Hilary Talbot has just recently switched her blog over to the fabulous “WordPress” template.  I for one think the blog layout looks clean and easy to read.  Great job Hilary!  Be sure to check out some of her other posts at her new blog address Spirits Dancing.  You can also see more of her work at [...]

The Old Trout Puppet Workshop in T.O.

In the puppet world, at least here in Canada, there is a very well respected puppet troup/company called The Old Trout Puppet Workshop.  The don’t often come to Toronto and actually offering a workshop is even less typical.  That makes this news all the more exciting.  They are well known for a very cool style [...]

“Etsy-Bity” Puppets!

I have been meaning to post about these clever little puppets for a while now.  These are simply small stickers that you can attach to you hand to create small puppets.  They are the brain child of puppet builder, craft expert and all around artist, Nikole Horkin.  Nicole sells these cool puppets in her online [...]