Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how to build an easy-to-operate eyebrow mechanism for your hand puppet with master character fabricator and puppeteer BJ Guyer.

Full excerpt here: bit.ly/EyeMechFcYT

In this lesson, BJ Guyer shows you how to raise a few eyebrows—on your puppets, that is!—by building an eyebrow mechanism.

Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but eyebrows frame them and communicate the unspoken. An eyebrow mechanism helps give your puppet even more character with moving eyebrows and the ability to convey emotions, like surprise, annoyance, excitement, and worry, in real-time.

Learn more about how to make movable eyebrows for your puppet—plus, pro-tips on how to get more out of your mechanism and material alternative to try!

BJ Guyer teaches:
- What is a Puppet Eyebrow Mechanism
- How to Control Your Puppet’s Eyebrows
- Materials and Alternatives for Puppet Eyebrow Mechanisms

FULL Puppet Mechanism Basics: Eyes, Eyebrows, Ears Course Series:
Part 1: bit.ly/PupMechBasicsPt1YT
Part 2: bit.ly/PupMechBasicsPt2YT

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