The Topic:

Puppets

Easier - A puppet is a figure or doll made to look like a person or an animal. Puppets are controlled by people. Some puppets fit over the hand or a finger. Others have strings or rods that are moved from above or below.

Harder - Puppets are artificial figures whose movements are controlled by a person. They are inanimate objects that are manipulated so as to appear to be moving. The person who operates them is called a puppeteer. Puppets are moved by hand or by strings, wires, or rods. Puppet figures are made to represent a person, animal, plant, or an object. Puppets appear as characters in plays called puppet shows.

All About Puppets from Disney's Family.com

http://family.go.com/crafts/buildmodel/specialfeature/puppets_crafts_sf/

This comprehensive site has everything you need to stage a show-stopping puppet production.

No Strings Attached by N.M.J. Burley

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.burley/Page1.html

Here you can find out how to make and operate your own puppets, build your stage area, use scenery and props, set up your own puppet group, and lots more.

Similar Website:

2) Puppetry Home Page from Sunnie BunnieZZ

http://sunniebunniezz.com/puppetry/puppet.htm

Puppet Resource Center at Legends & Lore

http://www.legendsandlore.com/index.html

Visit this website if you are interested in puppets and how to use them. Learn how to make a sack or sock puppet and how to make your own puppet show!

Puppetry from Sagecraft Productions

http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/

This comprehensive website is a one-stop, find just about everything about puppetry, kind of site. It contains information about puppet organizations, puppet theaters, festivals, types of puppets, traditions, uses, exhibits, schools and workshops, building and builders, and performers.

Not-To-Be-Missed Sections:

2) Puppetry Building and Building Materialshttp://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/building/index.html

3) Using Puppetry http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/using/index.html#plays

After visiting several of the websites, complete one or more of the following projects:

Make Your Own Puppet. You can find directions and assistance at many of the puppet websites plus these listed here.: 1) Bumble Bee Finger Puppet http://www.clevercreations.com/beepattern.html; 2) Finger Puppet http://www.kidscarnival.com/puppet.html; 3) Hand Puppets from PBS http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/zoom/do/handpuppet.html; 4) How To Make A Marionette at Puppets 2000http://www.puppets2000.com/index6a.html; 5) How To Make A Rod Puppet at Puppets 2000http://www.puppets2000.com/index6b.html; 6) Lets Make A Paper Bag Puppet http://www.themaninthemoon.com/makea1.htm; 7) Make A Puppet from Kids Domain http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_puppet.html; 8) Make A Sock-A-Saurus from PuppetWorld http://puppetworld.com/makepuppets.htm; 9) Paper Bag Puppet http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/circus/mclown.html; 10)Paper Bag Puppets from FunRoom; http://tac.shopnetmall.com/www.funroom.com/paperbagpuppet.html; 11)Puppets and Marionettes from Enchanted Learning; http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/; 12)Raccoon Puppet http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Falls/ch/heazak/corn2.html; 13)Sock Puppets from Legends and Lorehttp://www.legendsandlore.com/sockpuppets.html

Make A Shadow Puppet Theater. You can find lots of help at Make A Shadow Puppet Theater! from Old Sturbridge Village Kids Club, Make a Shadow Theater and a Puppet of Your Own from The Christian Science Monitor, and Shadow Puppet Theater at PBS.
Write and Perform Your Own Puppet Scripts. You can perform the puppet scripts that you find at the websites. But you also may want to write and perform you own productions. You will find assistance and information at the following websites:: 1) Aesop's Fables http://www.aesopfables.com/; 2) Free Script Archives from Puppet Productions; http://www.puppetproductions.com/free_script_archive.htm; 3) Make Your Own Virtual Puppet Show at Early Childhood; http://puppet.earlychildhood.com/puppet.html; 4) Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales from Scholastichttp://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/index.htm; 5) Puppet Scripts from Legends and Lore http://www.legendsandlore.com/scripts.html; 6) Scripts from Punch & Judy On the Web; http://www.punchandjudy.com/scriptsframeset.htm; 7) Writing Puppet Scripts from Legends and Lore; http://www.legendsandlore.com/puppetscript.html
Send Someone A Puppet Show. Go to Finger Puppet Cutouts at Blue Mountain.
Complete A Puppet WebQuest. Follow or adapt the procedures found at one of the following webQuest sites:: 1) Jurassic Puppets by B.Heitzman (Grades 7-9); http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/teacherpages/bheitzman/index.html; 2) P is for Puppet by D. Schraeder (Kindergarten) http://www.esu3.org/curriculum/puppet/; 3) Strings & Things by M. McKeller; http://www.ips.k12.in.us/webquest/k2/la/spring00/mckeller/strings/strings/pod.htm; 4) What On Earth Are Shadow Puppets? by D. Woessner; 5) World of Puppets by C. Jennings (Grades K-2); http://www.itdc.sbcss.k12.ca.us/curriculum/puppetry.html

Websites By Kids For Kids
Puppet Project (Grade 3) from Weller Elementary in Fairbanks, Alaska: http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/wlr/studentwork/Photo_Essay/puppetessay.html; This is a photo essay about puppets the students made and plays that they performed.

More Puppets Websites
Karakuri: http://www.cjn.or.jp/karakuri/index.html; Learn about the Japanese puppets called "karakuri-ningyo" that can move by themselves. This site has essays about these traditional puppets and their uses.

Make Puppets: http://www.snapdragonpuppets.com/makepuppet.html; This brief site outlines and illustrates the steps taken to produce a mouth and rod style of puppet.

Puppet Building Information from Nick Barone Puppets: http://www.puppetbuilder.com/info/index.html; Learn more about puppets and puppet building.; Related Websites:; 2) Puppetry Building and Building Materials http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/building/

Puppeteers' Cooperative Home Page: http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/index.html; This site provides resources for making giant puppets for parades and festivals.

Puppets at KBOB: http://www.kbob.com/puppetry/; Follow one person's journey into puppets and puppetry.

Puppets With A Purpose from UNICEF: http://www.unicef.org/puppets/; Find out how puppets have been helping people throughout the world and why they are seen as both educational and entertaining.

Strings, Springs and Finger Things: A New Puppet Collection
from the Canadian Museum of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/arts/ssf/ssf00eng.html; This museum site has everything there is to know about hand puppets, marionettes and others.

Websites For Teachers
Newsworthy Paper-Mache Puppet Heads (Grades 3-6) by M.B. Lewison: http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0049.html\; This lesson involves student role playing as they make a paper mache puppet head to fit the role he or she has chosen.

Paper Bag Puppets (Grades Pre-school to K): http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/paper_bag.htm; Here you find a collection of plans for making paper bag puppets.

Make a Puppet that Looks Like You from Weekly Reader: http://www.weeklyreader.com/features/acarcpk1.html; Help children make puppets out of flat-bottomed paper bags. Then use the puppets in a get-acquainted language activity.

Punch and Judy Show from Educate the Children: http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/history/unit1_lesson4.htm; This lesson focuses on the popular 'Punch and Judy' shows and their importance in history.

Puppets in the Drama Classroom: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/puppets.html; Puppetry is a great way to bring more reticent or shy children out of their shells, and to help everyone become more expressive. This site contains several puppet lessons.

puppet	finger puppet	manipulation	animation	marionette	theater
shadow puppet	puppeteer	Punch & Judy	hand puppet	music	improvisation
dummy	performance	'Tangled Up Puppet'	mask	ventriloquist	rod puppet
computer-generated animation	puppetry	doll	clay animation	Pinocchio	puppet show

Created by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, 12/01.

Puppets Here There and Everywhere