Puppetry!

Puppetry first began in _______

• America

• China

• Germany

• The U.S.

Puppets were made to tell _______

• Stories

• Puppets

• Movies

• Netflix Shows

Some of the earliest puppets were made like ________ .

• Food

• Tribal Masks

• Halloween Masks

• The Kardashians

Puppet Theater was created to tell a story with ______ puppet characters

• 1

• 0

• Multiple

• None

Puppet theaters took to the road like a traveling _____

• Plays

• Movies

• Series

• Circuses

Type of Puppet:

Designed to be large scale

Mostly used for Parades

Operated by arms  

one for the head, 

one for the arm

The whole human body is inside the puppet

• Costume Puppets

• Marionettes

• Hand Puppets

• Shoe Puppets

Type of Puppet:

A cut out figure 

Two-dimensional 

Highly detailed

A source of light is placed on the puppet to create a solid puppet on a translucent back drop

Color light can be used

• Marionette

• Full-Body Puppey

• Shadow Puppet

• Hand Puppet

Type of Puppet:

Fits on one finger

Simple in form

Usually animated face

Used to tell simple stories

Cylinder shape

• Finger Puppet

• Marionette

• Hand Puppet

Type of Puppet:

Hand inside the puppet

Hand is used to control the mouth, eyelids, and sometimes arms

A sock puppet is the simplest form of this puppet

• Costume Puppet

• Marionette

• Hand Puppet

Type of Puppet:

Invented by the Turkish people

Uses strings and a rod to control the puppet

Used mostly for live Puppet Theater

• Hand Puppet

• Sock Puppet

• Marionette (String Puppet)