IMO the new Fraggle Rock is outstanding. Lots of practical craft.

https://youtu.be/1dkNlkom7MU?si=y4Cm1T3SnXZTbMI-&t=196

Sure, now a lot is teleoperated with servomotors instead of with linkages and string. (Letting the people underneath the floor focus more on the hands and other things that the servos don't run). But practical effects and puppetry have always used new technology as it became available.