How would one make a Sesame Street type muppet from scratch?

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>>1225509
Cutup coach foam, spray glue and stretch cloth. Googly eyes.

>>1225533
I remember that video. The main guy running the operation was exactly the kinda guy I would expect to devote his life to puppet making. It's worth a watch just to see him and his workshop alone.

>>1225627
and a ton of patternmaking experience
if you wanna see super-human puppets, take a look at kumquats.de (maybe also look at a video or two, the amount of expressions these puppets can make is huuuge)