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Fond of frogs? Enjoy crafting? Then this blog’s perfect for your little one. We’ve got fifteen fabulous frog crafts in total. One of the strangest ideas for a puppet, but one of the most enduring. Keith Harris's little friend - wearing only a nappy with a massive safety pin - still pops up on TV every now and then to this day. Cuddles the Monkey deserves a mention, as does Orville's moving song 'I Wish I Could Fly'. Who the hell bought that? Emu is sold as “the original puppet owned and used by Rod Hull during his television and stage career” and was acquired from his estate in the early 2000s. He famously took a bite from the Queen Mother’s bouquet of flowers and went for Michael Parkinson knee.

Twinkl Kids TV or Twinkl Parents have many educational videos on various aspects of the school curriculum.Orville is described by the auction house as being “made up of a hollow hard papier-mâché body and hard papier-mâché head, both covered in bright green elasticated faux fur fabric, finished with two soft rubber red feet”. Behind every great Muppet frog, there is a great pink pig secretly pulling the strings. Quite how these two got together in the first place is anyone's guess, but the diva queen that is Miss Piggy is possibly the greatest female puppet of all time. When you think of Sesame Street, chances are the first thing that comes into your mind is a huge, yellow bird. This hugely talented bird (he can roller skate, ice skate, dance, sing, write poetry, draw and ride a unicycle), is literally one of the biggest TV characters ever. His appearance at Jim Henson's memorial will live long in the memory. Quite possibly the undisputed king of all puppetdom. The leader of the Muppets, Kermit is one of the few puppets to have transcended children's TV to become a genuine pop culture icon. He can sing, dance, host live telly, all the while having to deal with a high-maintenance girlfriend. To mark the launch of BBC One's That Puppet Game Show on Saturday night (August 10), Digital Spy compiles a list of just some of TV's greatest ever puppets.

This weekend sees the debut of a brand new Saturday night entertainment show with a twist - it has puppets! You would never think that this trio would get on that well, but somehow they work perfectly together. Along with Geoffrey Hayes, the Rainbow group have reached cult status after more than 1,000 episodes aired over 20 years. Shy and camp George, loud and naughty Zippy and clumsy and worryful Bungle remain puppet heroes. Although, Bungle is more of a costume than a puppet, he still counts. One of the best-loved Muppets, Animal is a drummer for the band Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. He's surely up there with Dave Grohl, John Bonham and Ringo Starr as also one of the best-loved drummers of all time. Despite having a limited vocabulary, Animal continues to be a mainstay in the Muppets franchise. If you love crafting with your child, you’ll be thrilled to see we’ve got an area on our Parents Hub filled with fabulous craft activities.Sexiest puppet ever? Dodgy statement, I know, but who else can take that mantle? Miss Piggy will have a say in the debate, I'm sure. Anyway, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her Rolls-Royce car and driver Parker are among the most enduring images of swinging London in the 1960s.

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The Orville puppet was bought from Harris in the early 2000s and is “an original puppet owned and used” by the ventriloquist during his career. One of the leading children's characters of the early 1950s, Andy Pandy's 26 episodes were shown continuously until 1970, when a new series was made. The sweet marionette and his friends Teddy and Looby Loo lived in a picnic basket, and chilled out to the dulcet tones of Maria Bird. A new stop-motion series returned in 2002. Before Miss Piggy, the most famous puppet pigs ever. This mischievous duo were huge stars in the 1960s, sharing the screen with many big popstars and famous faces in their own TV show. They enjoy a resurgence here and there, but their 1960's heyday was their best era.