The Puppet Project - Beginning

I need a puppet.

And I can't find one that I like for a project I'm trying to cobble together.

I need one with an expressive mouth and isn't too small and doesn't look weird.

So, I guess I'm going to have to make one.

Well, today was my first try.

It didn't go too great.

I did a bit of research online, looking for either a partial-made puppet that I could 

customize (my first choice) or a tutorial on how to make one that will

fit my needs.

A partial-made puppet apparently doesn't exist. So, I took to the Interwebs for

ways to make the puppet of my dreams. A trip to JoAnn's Fabric and Craft later,

armed with what I now realize is the wrong kind of foam, I came  back home

and found a head pattern.

Then I tried to mold the pattern into a head using the wrong kind of foam.

It sort of looks right, but it still sucks.

Not good. This isn't my puppet. But it was a good learning experience.

Failing is learning, right?

So now I need to track down a more appropriate kind of foam and try again

(also with glue that works with foam, because the sewing job is not gonna do the job.

Let's try this again.