Puppet Shows

Using puppets to teach a lesson is a simple and interactive way to get your audience to engage in what they are learning. Puppets can be believable characters with unique personalities, voices,...

Puppets are a great addition to any story teller's toolbox. They help to bring tales to life, interact easily with any audience and can create enormous amounts of humor with just a small move or...

Children and adults alike love puppets. If you have a message to get across or a story to tell, a puppet show makes a fun and interesting media that captures attention. Make your puppet show...

Puppets make interesting and unique book report props. Create a professional looking puppet using a few simple steps and common supplies. Your efforts create a product far more visually appealing...

Make a simple rod puppet using styrofoam balls, dowels, papier mache, paint, fabric, and yarn. A fun craft for older children--and the possibilities for creative play are endless!

While making a full-fledged puppet theater is a day-long project, building a miniature stage for finger puppets can be accomplished with a few materials around the house, zero hardware, some craft...

The muppet, a type of marionette puppet made famous by Jim Henson, was born in the 1960s and has remained a popular type of puppet ever since. Whether you are a professional puppeteer or just a...

Making a puppet using an empty bottle and a broomstick handle is one of the easiest arts and crafts projects you can do. A personalized puppet is a great way to spend a lazy afternoon with the...

Many people have fond memories of constructing puppets from paper bags and other materials as children, but there are also plenty of adults who make the puppets used in professional puppet shows....

A puppet's mouth board is made out of hard cardboard and is used to give a firm shape to the mouth of the puppet. It also helps the puppeteer hold his hand in the proper position within the...

Ventriloquist dummies get the crowd laughing until audience members find out the price of most quality dummies. Luckily, there are plenty of places to find an inexpensive dummy that won't fall...

A mouth board can turn a puppet into a talking person. Even sock puppets transform into animated little creatures when you add a bendable mouth board to them. Make your sock puppets laugh, eat and...

Shadow puppets are an ancient art form, consisting of silhouettes projected from wood or cardboard figures onto a white sheet or screen. Some people are also able to create shadow puppets with...

A puppet show is captivating to watch when the puppeteer is skilled at the art of presentation and lip syncing. Uphold the illusion by practicing your timing and showmanship until the audience...

The mark of a great puppeteer is an appealing character that engages the audience whether the venue is an intimate birthday party or a grand theater. The most effective tool you have to captivate...

Making your own puppets can be a great experience. You get to use your creativity and imagination. There are many pieces and parts of a puppet, and one of those is the puppet's tongue. Follow...

Puppet theater is an entertaining teaching tool that kids enjoy. Puppets make instant friends with kids because they are non-threatening and goofy and when they teach, kids listen without even...

Bunraku is the traditional puppetry art of Japan. Most puppeteers manipulate puppets through the use of strings, but Bunraku puppets and controlled by puppeteers that are visible to the audience....

Children love to watch a puppet show. They pay closer attention to what is being said and retain the information better with visual clues. With a little practice, you can put on an entertaining...