While I think the clothing worn by the puppets could have qualified for the costume design award, I don't think the puppets themselves can or should be considered "costumes". Costumes are generally seperated from any effect that alters the actual physical appearance of the actor--be it prosthetics (judged under the makeup category) or computer animation (visual effects) or anywhere in between.
Visual effects is probably the best category for puppetry, since it sadly isn't prevalent in film enough to be judged as its own genre. The puppets and animatronics used in films like Alien and E.T. are part of what won them the Oscar in that category, for example.
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Date: 2010-03-08 17:59 (UTC)Visual effects is probably the best category for puppetry, since it sadly isn't prevalent in film enough to be judged as its own genre. The puppets and animatronics used in films like Alien and E.T. are part of what won them the Oscar in that category, for example.
ETA: Agh, carn't spel!