The most stressful of the puppets were the fish creatures. They were made up of clear balloons and had LED lights wired into their bodies that lit up. The wire that was fed through the balloon was tightly wrapped with an elastic band around the mouth piece to prevent the air from escaping. This method barely worked. The faces of the creatures also caused problems. They were held on by clear tape, and once the fish was covered in flour it made it nearly impossible to make any adjustments to the face. The tape would not stick to the flour covered balloon. However the dangling floaters made up for it. They were a lot of fun.
We needed the look of sand blowing around underwater so we were constantly blowing on certain areas to achieve the effect. It created such a mess. Flour was everywhere; on the floor, up our noses, and even in our pants.
