Making Wire Armatures to Pose any doll or create stop motion puppets

How about a video to cover all the tools you need to become an expert at making dolls and puppets? Below the video you'll find links to help you locate all these tools and time savers to making your doll and puppet making easy and fun.

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Need Help Finding Tools for wire armatures?

All of the tools I've shared should be easily available no matter where you live. If you can't find these things at your local stores (see the table below), then check my Amazon list.

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examples of wire armatures for cloth art doll bodies, along with the tools and materials to make them

Tool	Where to Find it	Some Uses
Aluminum armature wire	Look in the polymer clay aisle of stores like Micheals, Hobby Lobby, or art supply stores. It's also available on Amazon. Hardware stores may also carry annealed aluminum wire which is the same thing. You can also use steel wire but it's harder to bend and it's more brittle so it breaks after a few bends. Thinner wires like pipe cleaners can be used for light duty posing but they are not strong enough to make a cloth doll stand on it's own.	creates a doll "skeleton" so you can pose them in different positions. Use the 1/8" wire for heavier duty tasks like legs and torso, while the 1/16" can be twisted for arms. For larger projects, art stores carry thicker armature wire like 1/4".
Wire Tools 	You can find needle nose pliers at hardware stores or in the jewelry-making area of craft stores. Some pliers have built-in wire cutters or you can buy a pair of wire cutters (also called nippers) as a separate tool.	pliers for bending wire, cutters for, well, cutting it.
Electrical Tape	You can always find electrical tape at home improvement store in the electric/wiring aisle. You can also find it at other stores that sell tools, like Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, etc.	covers sharp ends of wires and helps hold armature together.