We made puppets! So, my roommate and I got bored a few months back...→[More:]and we decided to make our own Muppet-style puppets.
After some extensive online research, we came to the conclusion that the investment in time and materials (foam rubber, contact cement, etc.) required for making actual Muppets was a bit much for beginners such as we. In the end, we simply went to the Hobby Lobby and bought a buttload of felt, yarn, cotton batting, and sewing material.

• For the heads, we purchased two Nerf-like sponge balls, which we bisected and then covered over with felt "skin".
• For the eyes, two pairs of wooden half-spheres, which we painted and glued onto the faces.
• For each body, we cut out two gourd-shaped pieces from the felt, sewed them together and then stuffed with batting.
• For each limb, a wide strip of felt rolled and sewed into a cylinder shape, then stuffed with pipe cleaners and batting.
• Various facial features were made from felt and glued onto the face, the glasses were cut from black poster board, the hair was, of course, yarn, and the dress was cut and hand-sewn (by my roommate) from a floral print piece of fabric.

It took longer than anticipated, but I think in the end they came out pretty good.