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DIY Puppets

August 9, 2021 Holly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 13 comments

Easy-to-Make Puppets
Stockwell
1973

Submitter: Easy To Make Puppets allows you to make…

Middle Finger Dumbo (Handy to keep at the circulation desk for those fun patrons)
High as a Kite Clown
Stop wasting food heads (A mom’s favorite)
And many more!

Holly: The disembodied head on the cover ought to give Mary sweet dreams. And if that doesn’t do it, the double-whammy clown puppet in the last image below will for sure. (You’re welcome!)

Mary: It’s part of my trifecta of evil: puppets, clowns, and mimes. Make it STOP!

The Trifecta of Evil Goes to Mass

June 15, 2020 Mary Kelly Department of God 14 comments

Acting Out the Gospels with Mimes, Puppets, & Clowns
DeAngelis
1982

I have often referred to mimes, puppets, and clowns as a trifecta of evil. Integrating things inside a Catholic Mass is just horrific on so many levels. Maybe it is a way for those attending Mass to glimpse what Hell would look like. The images of a clown face on a crucified Jesus or the Apostles is so disturbing. This is the stuff of nightmares. I am just Catholic enough to be weirded out about this book.

Hand and Rod Puppets

May 16, 2017 Holly Craptastic Crafts and Hobbies 30 comments

Hand and Rod Puppets: A Handbook of Technique Fettig translated by Susanne Forster 1973 Submitter: This was in the children’s section. I hate to say “just look at it” but… yeah. It’s ugly as sin, it’s pointless, and I’m pretty

Creepy or Clever?

April 3, 2013 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 14 comments

You Can Be a Ventriloquist Hill 1974 We have actually seen this book before on ALB, but since that link bit the dust in one of our remodels. It’s worth another post, now that we have more pictures. Also, there’s