Hand-and-rod Puppet

A Hand-and-rod Puppet is a style of puppet that is usually built with a foam understructure and then later covered with materials such as fur, fleece, etc. The first hand-rod-puppet was built by Jim Henson, a lizard-like character who would later be named Kermit. He built the body out of cardboard and covered it with pieces of his Mother's green coat.

This type of character is occasionally referred to as a Muppet-style puppet or hand-in-mouth puppet.