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This Weasel is going to be very popular....the headstick animation is really fun with it.... popping up and looking around... Lot's of people want them, so how would you use them in a routine? Ideas please?

Ax

The obvious would be to lead the audience in the song,
Round and round the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel
I can't remember the third line
Pop goes the weasel!

If a young group you teach them how to squat and to be ready to pop up on Pop!

2. The weasel could talk about getting a bad rap. They call people who steal things "weasels".

V: Vent W: Weasel

V: Boys and girls, today we are going to teach about stealing.
W: First you have to make sure nobody is looking. Then you see something you like...
V: What are you doing?
W: You said that we are going to teach them how to steal.
V: We are going to teach them that they shouldn't steal!
W: Oh. My bad!
V: Have you ever stolen anything?
W: I'm a weasel.
V: So?
W: We're always getting blamed for taking things! We like shiny objects.
V: Like this pen? (Hold up a shiny object)
W: Ooooh! Shiny! My precious! My precious!
V: I need that! (put it away)
W: It's not my fault. When I was little an adult taught me that I should steal.
V: I'm shocked! Who wanted you to steal?
W: My baseball coach. He wanted me to steal second base!
V: Well, that's different.
W: It was hard to pull it out of the ground.
V: Have you ever stolen anything else?
W: Yes. I stole something from a girl weasel yesterday.
V: You did? That's terrible. You should give it back.
W: I don't think she'd like that.
V: Sure she would! If you stole something from her then you need to give it back.
W: Are you sure?
V: Yes, of course!
W: Okay. I'll give it back today.
V: Good. What did you steal?
W: I stole a kiss!
V: You're terrible.
W: Yesterday I was walking by a candy store and I saw a candy bar in the store window. The sun was shining on it. I was afraid it would melt.
V: What did you do?
W: I went inside and...
V: And?
W: I rescued it!
V: That's good.
W: I put the candy bar in a safe place.
V: Great! Where did you put it?
W: In my stomach!
V: But you didn't pay for the candy bar! Do you know what they call what you did?
W: A rescue! I should get a reward!
V: They call it stealing.
W: What? But I was doing a good deed!
V: You need to go back to that candy store.
W: You're right. I'm hungry again.
V: You need to pay the owner for the candy bar you took.
W: I don't know how much it cost!
V: A dollar should cover it. Do you have a dollar?
W: Uh, yes, I do.
V: Really? Where did you get a dollar?
W: I got it off of your dresser! It was getting dusty. I rescued it!
V: (shake your head) Wait! I just remembered! I put that dollar there one night so I would remember to buy you a candy bar the next day! I didn't see it again and I forgot all about it!
W: Do you mean that I could have had a candy bar without stealing it?
V: Yes! I'll give you what you need.
W: Wow! I'm going back to the candy store.
V: Good idea.
W: So you can buy me another candy bar!
V: Say goodbye, Weasel!

Tony that's great stuff as usual! It matches the cuteness of the character too.

A Pop Goes the Weasel skit with the new Monkey puppet could be fun.

If his neck extends, you could a routine about growing up, not being tall enough to ride a ride, or peaking over an obstacle.

For church he could lead the kids in "Read your Bible, pray every day and you'll grow, grow, grow."

He could pop his head out of a hole for a game of Whack-A-Weasel.

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On the theft theme, I'm sure there are some ideas to be borrowed from Dora the Explorer's Swiper (the Fox).

You could also use my friend Chance Wolf's magic trick / prop called "Wacky Weasel"



http://www.wolfsmagic.com/Wacky%20Weasel.htm

These three characters will come later along with Chuck the Duck. I don't have a date yet. They have more development needed.... Some others are already selling.

what time will they all come out?

Hah! Steve. Secret's out, you are using yourself as model for googly eyed creations! For a second I cound't tell who was real and who was the du... Ahhh, you know what I mean. Keep the good stuff coming. I'll be returning to Hong Kong in December and your Polar Bear (my "Pierre"), will be right at my side.

Seeya.
"Santa"

Thanks for the great Weasle Ideas....

What if you made a crank box by putting a real "Jack in the Box" inside a cardboard box with a flap lid on top. Mount it so you can still crank the music part for real, but get rid of the jack and the lid. Put your Weasle puppet inside the box from a hole in the back. Set it on a table or stand, turn the crank and it never comes up on POP. It only comes out when you look away or early shocking you... or....??

Tell about the tradition of the Christmas Wassel and how it is lovingly prepared. Then bring out the "dish" and it's the Christmas Weasel instead of the Wassel! "Here we come a weaseling..."

A funny exercise video routine would be entertaining with that neck stretch.

"One. Two. One. Two..."