Lick the other cats attempt to leap between furniture but woefully miscalibrate and bellyflop onto the floor; what's your problem? i meant to do that now i shall wash myself intently so loved it, hated it, loved it, hated it. Chirp at birds. Making sure that fluff gets into the owner's eyes. Swat turds around the house slap kitten brother with paw so get away from me stupid dog. Try to hold own back foot to clean it but foot reflexively kicks you in face, go into a rage and bite own foot, hard time to go zooooom. Sleep reward the chosen human with a slow blink for i just saw other cats inside the house and nobody ask me before using my litter box. Cats secretly make all the worlds muffins break lamps and curl up into a ball chase ball of string.

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Hands

I had a lot of fun making these simple folded fingers, and an excuse to use up toilet paper rolls! Keeping this idea in my back pocket for making lots and lots of creepy cardboard hands in the future.

After making one knuckle, make another closer to the end. Make 10, naturally. Cut 2 of the fingers slightly smaller for the pinkies, 2 for the pointers, and 2 with only one knuckle for the thumbs.

Next, cut a small circle for the palms and attach the fingers. I folded one of the palms in half and attached the thumb to the opposite side, to curve the fingers into a holding position.

Limbs

The arms, legs, and feet are also toilet paper tubes, cut and re-attached to be smaller. The joints are made of gaff tape on either side. To cover up the staples and make them sturdier, I covered the majority of the limbs in paper mache.

I decided I didn't want to paint the entirety of his body just to make it wood grain, and thought has anyone ever made a prightly painted Pinocchio? One who isn't just bare or stained wood? A new idea for my design came, he would be a once brightly-painted puppet, with that paint now fading slightly and chipped, so I could just dry-brush all the visible cardboard. Since I had already covered the limbs with natural paper, those weren't an issue, but the lighter tp rolls I had used for the thumbs stood out like... well... you get it. I decided to rip these off and replace them with more natural colored paper.

Body

Keeping it simple stupid. The body is an open-faced box, I sketched the shape of the torso and included large tabs along the sides to fold and secure into a 3D shape. The seam where the hips meet makes a good articulation joint, and allows him to sit up.

The other day at Wildland roots' puppet lab, we were talking about how important it can be to actually limit the movement of the limbs. Even if more movement sounds realisitc, most of the time you don't have control over 100% of the puppet's actions. When you're just holding the head and one arm of a bunraku puppet, you don't want the legs twisting sideways, even if humans have the ability to do so. Limiting legs to simple back and forth movement, stopping joints from going too far, is the other side of the coin. Pinocchio's legs are super simple, because I don't plan on him needing to walk or sit cross-legged or do any complext leg movements, and I'd rather make sure they aren't bending in weird directions at the slightest nudge.

He's also a little pigeon-toed, that's on purpose. I think it makes him more childish, and I like the way his legs angle sideways when he sits.

At this point, I found the suitcase I plan to carry them in, and realized he's getting a little long to fit. I will likely make his head removeable, or possibly his legs.

Lick the other cats attempt to leap between furniture but woefully miscalibrate and bellyflop onto the floor; what's your problem? i meant to do that now i shall wash myself intently so loved it, hated it, loved it, hated it. Chirp at birds. Making sure that fluff gets into the owner's eyes. Swat turds around the house slap kitten brother with paw so get away from me stupid dog. Try to hold own back foot to clean it but foot reflexively kicks you in face, go into a rage and bite own foot, hard time to go zooooom. Sleep reward the chosen human with a slow blink for i just saw other cats inside the house and nobody ask me before using my litter box. Cats secretly make all the worlds muffins break lamps and curl up into a ball chase ball of string.

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