Today: clothing details, tried the puppet out on the backpack frame, walking around the yard (doesn't like wind but none of these giants do.) Now down to the details. Spend the second half of the day working on the horse head. We are finding a lot of pins and needles on the head, still attached to thread and holding stuff up. I guess we ran out of time last year. Also, it was hard for everyone working on the horse head, as it was 12 feet in the air...not so comfortable to work on...the feet were all done! Hmmm.
The ladder is 8 feet tall, for scale.
FYI: Things that worked: 3M spray adhesive, hot glue, sewing, thermo plastic mesh, silk.
Things that did not work: Krylon plastic paint ("no prep, just paint it on..bonds to plastic") - scratched right off, craft knives (blades just kept falling out), drills (of my three, none of them worked all the time).
Things yet to find: Good bamboo of the right length!