Puppets
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Puppets are best used with preschool age children but younger grade school students may also profit from the use of puppets. Even teens and adults will sometimes enjoy watching a well done puppet production, writing a script, or developing a puppet show to present to younger classes. |
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Articles, Online:
- 20 Ways to Use a Puppet
- Creating Dynamic Puppet Scripts
- Puppet Manipulation
- Puppets: Determine Your Purpose for Using
- Puppets: How to Operate
- Puppets with a Purpose
Audio Recordings:
- Puppet Manipulation Basics by Todd Liebenow at the NWCEC, Northwest Christian Education Conference 2008 (#099 in the list, on CD and MP3; Click here for their PDF Order form.)
Books:
- Praise God with Puppets by Anita Reith Stohs
- Easy-to-Make Puppets & How to Use Them by Fran Rottman (may be able to find the book used)
- Puppet Mania by John E. Kennedy (Not written specifically for the church but has good info)
- The Official Puppet Ministry Survival Guide by Susan Parsons
Group Training Events, Outside:
- Puppet Festivals - "One Way Street sponsors about 35 regional Puppet Ministry Festivals across the USA. ... Friday night and all day Saturday events"
- International Festival of Christian Puppetry and Ventriloquism, or I-Fest - "weeklong annual gathering, which celebrates and promotes the use of puppets in ministry"
- Summerfest Puppet Training Days - One Way Street sponsors one day training in puppet ministry.
Resources:
- Puppets, Scripts, and More
- Puppets at Puppet.com
- Puppets & Puppet Theaters at S&S Worldwide (Put 'puppets' in search.)
- Puppet Theaters at Puppet.com
Video, DVD:
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