Things You'll Need:
- Puppets
- Stage
- Script
- Helpers
- An audience
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Step 1
Make a stage for your hand puppets as elaborate or as simple as you want. Make it from a cardboard box with a curtain hanging behind it or hang a curtain off a table. You can also attach a curtain to two items of equal height or purchase a stage from a puppet company if you want it to be fancier.
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Step 2
Obtain your puppets by either purchasing or making them yourself. Decide if you will be using human puppets, animal puppets or both. Choose full-length hand puppets with moving mouths or simple sock-type puppets.
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Step 3
Write a script using the puppets you have available to you or purchase scripts online. You can even find some puppet scripts online that are free.
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Step 4
Make the props that you will need for your skit. Make them from poster board and attach a stick or pencil to them to hold them up, or use other items for props according to your script.
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Step 5
Get your audience together. Whether you are doing this for church, school or your kids and their friends, you need an audience or a puppet show isn't really a show.
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Step 6
Recruit several helpers to assist you with your puppet show. If following a skit, tack up a copy of it to something backstage. Highlight all your helpers' lines in a unique color for each person so no one accidentally reads the other's lines. You may also need helpers to hold up your props as you perform.
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Step 7
Raise the curtain for showtime.
