Puppeteer and puppet maker
Felt puppets and small shows for families
I’m Henrike. I make felt puppets in an attic in Leipzig and play small shows for families. I sell puppet patterns, a show-making guide and two courses.
Tonight’s show
Read it like a show, curtain to bows. Each part is a stage of the evening and each link is how it’s made.
Shop
Downloads arrive by email. Merch is printed to order and shipped by Printful.
Latest videos
A new video every Friday from the attic: making a puppet, or playing one.
Nov 5, 2026 · 16 min
Making a fox hand puppet from felt
From the paper pattern to the last stitch, in one afternoon.
Nov 4, 2026 · 7 min
Sewing button eyes that stay on
The stitch I use so small hands can’t pull them off.
Nov 3, 2026 · 9 min
Behind the booth during a show
What the audience doesn’t see: two arms, four puppets and a script.
About
About me
I trained as a costume maker and spent twenty years at the theatre in Leipzig before I made my first puppet, a fox, for my grandson. Now the attic is full of them, and I play forty-minute shows in libraries, schools and village halls.
Online I show how I make each puppet, from pattern to button eyes, and how a small show comes together behind the booth. The patterns in the shop are the ones I cut for my own.