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Directions:EQUIPMENT TO BUILD THE PLAYHOUSE:
Ironing board
Large tablecloth, or your own homemade puppet theatre
Portable music player
Some favorites songs
A simple storybook or nursery rhyme to read from
Puppets
Staging your own puppet show is a great way to get your friends and family involved in actually telling the story. Audiences pay more attention to stories when there are visual cues like pictures or animations to flesh out the narrative.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: Two or more
ACTIVITY
Make your puppet stage:
An ironing board makes an ideal puppet stage as you can adjust it to any height plus it's long and shallow. Put the table cloth over the ironing board to conceal what is going on backstage.
ORGANIZE BACKSTAGE AREA
A well-organized backstage makes for a better show, so organize the puppets and props in the order that they will be needed. Put props in one box and puppets in another so things don't get too confusing.
KEEP IT SIMPLE, SWEETIE
Reading a story aloud while your participant acts out the narrative with the puppets is the simplest format to use.
TELL THE TALE
Choose a favorites picture book, nursery rhyme, or BIBLE story and use that as your narrative. A simple story like Goldilocks and the Three Bears works well as there are only four characters and most of the action takes place in the bears' home. BIBLE stories are often more complex, and well worth the effort to perform.
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MUSIC SCORE
To make your show really professional, have some music ready to sing and play while scene and puppet changeovers are taking place.
A song to finish and start your show are also good ideas.
LET THE SHOW BEGIN!
Recipe courtesy of KIDSPOT
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