Here are the puppets, puppet stage and even the puppet show scripts, to get started.
THE PUPPETS
Here is a set of five animal character hand puppets, specially grouped to match the four Aesop's Fables puppet show scripts included in this package. The hand puppets included in the Aesop's Fable Puppet Starter Set include:
- Get Ready Kids 12-inch moving-mouth Lion and Mouse hand puppets
- Get Ready Kids 10-inch moving-arms Fox and Rabbit
- Folkmanis 10-inch Turtle puppet with moveable feet and mouth and the ability to hide in its shell.
Children will love exploring the different puppet mouth movements and puppet facial expressions they can achieve on these moving-mouth puppets. It's an educational toy you can have fun with as soon as it arrives.
THE SCRIPTS
The puppet show scripts are adapted especially for the puppet stage by The Creativity Institute founders, who are veteran career advertising writers and parents. The "morals" of these Aesop's Fables puppet show scripts are clearly brought out through these contemporary, original adaptations.
Puppet show scripts included are:
- The Mouse and the Lion (Little friends can be true friends.
- The Hare and the Tortoise (Slow and steady wins the race.)
- The Fox and the Grapes (It's easy to dislike what you can't get.)
- The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail (Distrust advice given selfishly.)
Also included with these puppet show scripts is a set of puppet show stage directions that The Creativity Institute put together to help parents and children stage more professional and enjoyable puppet shows, such as tips on moving mouths (almost everybody does it backwards), simulating walking, etc.
NOTE: THIS PUPPET SHOW SCRIPT AND STAGE DIRECTIONS WILL BE EMAILED AS PDF FILES.
(If script is to be emailed directly to a gift recipient, please include recipient's email address.)
THE THEATER
Guidecraft Center Stage Puppet Theater
Let your little actors stage puppet performances in their very own puppet theater. Interchangeable marquee signs and the large front chalkboard panel can turn this floor puppet theater into a store, a post office or anything a child can dream of! The Guidecraft Center Stage Puppet Theater's sturdy, non-tip construction is made from environment-friendly wood. Front curtains of puppet theater slide open and closed for performances or can be tied with Velcro loops for an open counter appearance. Dark rear curtain hides puppeteers or encloses "backstage crew members." Puppet theater folds flat for storage. Front chalkboard panel lets puppet stage be customized over and over. Center panel of puppet theater is 25 " wide x 44 3/8" high ("53 1/4" high with marquee). Side panels are 12 1/4" wide by 42 3/8" high. Folds flat to 3 1/2" deep .
A quality Guidecraft puppet theater.
Order an optional puppet stand now. Keep your puppet cast ready in the wings. This solid hardwood puppet stand holds up to 8 hand puppets, not included. 16"L x 6"W x 16"H.
In addition to the puppet scripts provided, there are any number of puppet shows for kids that can be performed with these same puppet characters, based on your own ideas, your favorite stories, real experiences, lessons to share, even movies and TV shows. Here's a list of places to find other puppet show scripts keeps children interested and growing.
About the author.
Gwynn Torres, founder of The Creativity Institute, is a career advertising writer and creative director, Grammy nominated songwriter/musician and parent of two creative children. In creating these scripts, she has focused her talents on delighting children while including educational value.