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Simple Stick Puppet
Even small children can make these puppets. Included are puppets for two featured plays: The Great Shark God (from Fiji Islands) and The Defeat of Great Glooskap (from the Algonquins). There are other puppets to create your own Thanksgiving play.
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Animated Stick Puppets
Go one step beyond the Simple Stick Puppets by adding movement. Make the fish wiggle as it swims, and have the people and animals move their arms or legs.
The play in this project, The Defeat of Great Glooskap, is based on an Algonquin Native American folktale.
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2-Finger Puppets
This project offers bird puppets for the featured play. For plays of your own making there are finger puppets with a circus theme -- acrobat, strongman, clown, tiger, fox, boy, girl, and elephant.
The play in this project, The Medicine-man, is based on an Aborigine folktale from Australia.
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Toilet Paper Tube Puppets
Use empty toilet paper tubes to make finger puppets. The tube can be a puppet's head or half head and half body. The tube can be used upright or horizontal to make a variety of puppet shapes -- animals, people, or vehicles. The play in this project, Grandfather's Advice, is based on a folktale from Latvia.
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Cone Finger Puppets
These durable finger puppets are made with a felt cone body and an attached felt head.
These puppets may also be made of paper when a quicker, simpler project is needed, especially in a classroom setting. The play in this project, Officer of Heaven, is based on a tale from western China.
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3-Finger Puppets
Make paper or cardstock finger puppets that are animated with three fingers -- one for the head and two for the legs. The play in this project, Tug of War, is based on a Bantu folktale of Eastern/Central Africa.
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Simple Mitt Puppets
In this project make easy and versatile mitt puppets. They can be made from paper, felt, or medium weight cloth. The play in this project, The Chirimía, is based on a Mayan folktale from Guatemala.
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Basic Hand Puppets
Make traditional hand puppets from light or medium weight cloth (cotton or blend).The play in this project, Smart Reynard and the Fisherman, is based on a folktale from France.
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Paperbag Hand Puppets
Start with a paper bag and add a few decorations to make an easy hand puppet. Make puppets in this project that either have a mouth that opens and closes or eyes that open and close. The play in this project, Clever Gretel, is based on a Brothers Grimm folktale from Germany.
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Shaped Mitt Puppets
In this project you will make mitt puppets that are shaped heads. These puppets are made from cloth or felt and are sewn together. The play in this project, The Feast, is based on a Korean folktale.
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Foam Head Hand Puppets
Make hand puppets based on styrofoam ball heads. It is easy to make a variety of characters by changing the cut outs glued to the foam ball.
The play in this project, Three Fastidious Brahmins, is based on a folktale from India.
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Materials for Staging Plays
This project includes stages, backdrops, and props that are used in putting on the plays in Puppets Around the World.
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