Puppetry

Our skilled model makers design and build puppets and sets that really come to life.

  • Ami Paris, Christmas 2025

    For this seasonal collaboration with AMI Paris, we brought three intimate stop-motion vignettes to life inside a meticulously crafted dolls’ house. Each one is built around a single, recognisable domestic moment before pulling back to reveal the wider home. The characters within it, and AMI garments are woven seamlessly into the action. Style: Stop Motion Client:…

  • Numberblocks for YouTube

    Following the success of 3D preschool show Numberblocks on Cbeebies, the production company Blue Zoo and their toy partner Learning Resources wanted to create YouTube adverts for the brand’s toy spin offs, Mathlink Cubes. Second Home were approached to reimagine several favourite CGI moments from the show into stop motion using the toys for Numberblocks’…

  • Road Monster

    Commissioned by West Mercia Police as part of their Safer Roads Partnership scheme, we developed, designed, built and shot this first of four films to remind against the dangers of careless driving. Client: West Mercia Police / Safer Roads Partnership. Style: Puppetry Year: 2018 Traditional Puppetry The theme of this one: impatience. Working in partnership…

  • The Race In The Sky

    We used a mix of puppetry and stop motion animation to tell this story about the sun and moon in a cosmic race to win the sky. Style: Puppetry & Stop motion Client: CITV Year: 2016 Compositing Green Screen VFX Puppetry Stop-motion Back to Portfolio Page

  • The Crocodile Trap

    ‘Share a story’ is a competition run by CITV that encourages children to develop their writing and drawing creativity. By writing and submitting their own stories, they have the chance to see their work turned into a short animation. The competition winners get to narrate their story and see the final film aired on CITV….

  • Wenceslas Square

    A love story told with marionettes in a Punch-and-Judy style set to compliment the beautiful track ʻWenceslas Squareʼ by Goodnight Lenin. Client: Nice Monster / Prime Objective Year: 2011 Puppetry – A love story Back to Portfolio Page

  • Diet Coke – Love it Light

    These Facebook viral films were designed to compliment the TV and print marketing for Diet Coke’s ‘Love It Light’ campaign. Client: Six & Co. for Diet Coke Year: 2010 Filmed as a series of Skype-style conversations between the 3 main puppet protagonists.Produced by: Jonnie CoffinDOP: Jonathan BloomMaster Puppeteer: Ronnie Le DrewPuppets made by: Animated Extras…