Directing puppet performances is an important aspect of creating engaging and entertainingshows. A good director can help to bring the puppets and characters to life, and create a memo-rable...
Category: Puppetry
Using Puppets With Pre-Schoolers: How to perform for young children.
Puppets and preschool age children seem to be made for each other. Look at the long-term success of Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers and many other TV programs aimed at the pre-school audience. They all...
How To Puppeteer There is more to working a puppet than just sticking your hand in and flapping the mouth. Here, I will explain many of the secrets to bringing a puppet alive and making your...
When puppeteers arms start to get tired, their puppets start to drop lower and lower behind the stage. Or, the puppeteer will lean his arm against the stage front. I have been guilty of both, and...
Puppet Training – Learn the 5 Basic Skills for Great Puppetry
Good puppetry requires mastery of basic puppeteering skills. Proper handling of your puppet during a show will create life and believability. This will create a more interesting and memorable program...
There are many simple ways that you can incorporate puppets into your classroom lessons or your library storytime. When you're presenting with a puppet, go ahead and just say it's a puppet. If...