Kids animations

During the interim crit it was suggested I watch some old kids animations - so i did, and they're great! Exactly the kind of thing I'm going for with my animation. The make-shift set of Button Moon with space ships made from baked bean tins and trees made from broom sticks is really reminscent of my childhood - I used to make minature gardens with my mum using tinfoil as a pond! And this is the kind of feeling a want to achieve with my animation. I'd never seen the Herbs but this is probably the most similar to what I want. The garden is made out of cardboard leaves and the characters are made from fabric. For my set I want to use felt, foam and coloured card - all materials which are commonly used by kids when making things. Trumpton is similar in that the whole town is made out of cardboard and Bagpuss is an animated teddy which is what I want to do. I will have to put wire in the limbs of all my characters to get the same amount of manouverability that Bagpuss achieves.