Puppet making workshops are a great avenue for imagination and creativity. Perfect for schools, libraries, art galleries, festivals and OOSH to name a few.

Rod Puppet Making Workshops

From coloured cardboard and other easy to find materials, students create their own 35cm tall rod puppet. With shoulder, elbow and wrist joints and a head that can be turned independently of its body, students are impressed with the variety of movement, expression and emotion that their puppet creation is capable of. The students decide for themselves whether their puppet is old or young, male or female etc.

The Rod Puppet Workshop runs for approximately 90 minutes. 30 minutes is required to set up, and 15 minutes to pull down and clean up. We also require that the workshops are completed indoors.

Make it. Perform it, Write it.

Both the Rod Puppet and Shadow Puppet making workshops can be turned into a six hour program (one day) that encompasses how to make the puppets, writing a puppet play, rehearsing of a puppet play & culminated in a series of puppet performances.

Shadow Puppet Making Workshop

Using cardboard and cellophane, students are given a wide scope of artistic freedom to create their own colourful, multi-jointed shadow puppet with two controlling rods. After constructing their creations, students are coached in the manipulation of their puppets on a back-lit shadow screen.

The Shadow Puppet Workshop runs for approximately 80 minutes. 30 minutes is required to set up, and 15 minutes to pull down and clean up afterwards. A room that can be darkened for the showing of the puppets is preferable for this workshop.

Notes:

All workshops commence with a short, informative demonstration of the various puppetry styles and end with the students using their newly made puppets to present their own self devised puppet plays. All materials required for the workshops are supplied by Pelican Puppets and are included in the pricing. For more information on pricing please see our Current Prices page. For more information, please Contact Us.