Milk Jug People
Milk Jug People
These are life-sized "puppets" that make great extra characters in story-telling and drama skits.
They are so big that you can have them wear regular clothes or costumes.
Warning: Milk jug people find their way to unusual places! Once, one dressed in a Pharaoh's
outfit was left sitting at the church's organ after a children's ministry workshop as a joke.
Unfortunately, he wasn't found until after the Sunday worship service had begun the next day!
Oops!
A few more pictures from a recent modern-day use of milk jug men in the life of someone
special to us...
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Milk Jug People
Materials
Now
how
do
you
make
him?
--make
1
gallon
or
½
gallon
plastic
water,
juice
or
milk
jugs
1"
PVC
pipe
and
1"
SCH
40
fittings
(4
45
degree
connectors,
2
3-way
(looks
like
amiddle
connectors,
Hack
saw
Felt,
hair,
eyes,
for
decorating
your
man,
once
assembled
To
2-4
Brown
stand
Craft
on
foam
his
own,
sheets
you
(for
will
hands)
also
need:
Another
gallon
milk
jug/bucket
and
sand
or
quik-crete
Instructions
or,
ahim
PVC
cap
and
3"
xcostume
1man:
1/2"
bushing
(found
with
the
other
PVC
fittings),
aof
,the
"Tough
as
Nails"
glue
Clean
identify
out
your
your
man:
empty
milk
jug
with
water.
Turn
the
jug
upside
down
with
the
handle
facing
you.
The
handle
isthe
the
long
nose
of
the
man.
The
You
can
use
fake
fur
or
felt
for
beards
and
hair.
You
attach
jiggly
eyes
or
leave
the
eyes
blank
Red
felt
works
well
for
lips,
glued
in
place
just
above
where
the
lid
would
usually
go.
Now,
Cut
to
build
out
simple
the
rest
hands
of
your
from
the
brown
craft
foam
and
glue
them
onto
the
ends
of
the
lower
wit
You
need:
Saw
the
2
shoulders,
PVC
pipe
2
into
upper
"bones."
arms,
2upper
lower
arms,
one
back,
two
hips
(same
length
as
shoulders),
2bac
uw
pieces
together
as
follows:
Connect
the
2
shoulder
pieces
into
the
sides
of
the
cross
piece
and
the
back
into
the
lower
opening
ajiggly
lower
arm
piece
to
an
arm
piece
using
the
45
degree
bend.
Repeat
for
other
arm;
two
hip
pieces
into
the
sides
of
the
other
cross
fitting.
Connect
legs
to
the
hips
with
torso
lower
body
by
putting
the
back
piece
into
top
cross
used
arms
to
the
shoulders
with
the
other
2the
90
degree
fittings.
Add
the
upturned
milk
jug
into
the
top
opening
of
the
cross
piece
(where
are
the
shoulders
and
around
the
milk
jug
man's
legs
and
make
him
sit.
But
Cut
Mix
Alternatively,
If
Now
you
to
up
one
all
You
choose
make
the
you
more
can
quik-krete
have
him
you
the
piece
pivot
stand...
can
to
wood,
his
of
do
in
just
PVC
arms
is
the
bushing
there's
insert
stick
bucket
pipe,
and
the
the
a
and
make
the
couple
or
pipe
top
same
cap
of
him
into
extra
more
stand,
this
as
wave,
the
pipe
the
milk
steps!
milk
then
height
hold
into
jug.
jug
simply
things,
(If
filled
ofcan
using
bottom
the
glue
with
put
hip
the
the
enough
his
of
cross
milk
the
bushing
arms
hip
jug,
piece
sand
around
cross
you
onto
to
to
will
the
keep
piece
the
someone,
want
ground.
it"T")
and
upright.
tofitting
your
cut
Measure
etc.
ofarms
your
out
Not
man
par
wo
as
cf
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