Here are the puppets, puppet stage and even the puppet show scripts to get started.
Aesop's Fables Puppets and Puppet Show Scripts
The five animal character puppets in this Aesop's Fables puppet set are specially grouped to match the four Aesop's Fables puppet show scripts included in this package. Puppets included in the Aesop's Fable Puppet Set include a 12-inch moving-mouth Lion and Mouse hand puppets. Children will love exploring the different puppet mouth movements and puppet facial expressions they can achieve on these moving-mouth puppets. The other three Aesop's Fables puppets in this puppet set are a 10-inch Fox, Rabbit and Turtle hand puppets. All puppets are machine washable, made of durable fabrics.
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.Here's a free sample puppet show script you can download: Aesop's Fables The Lion and the Mouse. Click for free printable download
Puppet scripts included are:
The Mouse and the Lion
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Fox and the Grapes
The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
Also included with these puppet show scripts is a set of stage directions that we 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: THESE PUPPET SHOW SCRIPTS WILL BE EMAILED AS PDF FILES.
Beka Floor Puppet Theater
An easily accessible puppet stage a puppet show is a wonderful child development opportunity, and Beka puppet theaters and stages are perfect for stimulating imaginative play. They can not only become puppet stages for creative performances and interactive fun with your own puppet show, but also become imaginative stores, post offices, libraries, etc. Large exterior art surfaces are the key, with panels that can be custom decorated to portray scenes and make announcements when used as a puppet stage, or decorated to suit your shop fronts.
Please specify your choice of chalkboard or white washable markerboard surfaces for your puppet stage.The Beka Floor Puppet Theater lets children decorate and re-decorate the puppet states wall panels, which are made of your choice of erasable chalkboard or white markerboard and framed in hard maple.
TOP MOUNTED PUPPET RACK SHOWN IN PICTURE IS NOT INCLUDED, BUT AN OPTIONAL ORDER ITEM. Add an optional Beka Puppet Rack to puppet theater while ordering to have a handy place to keep your puppet cast on display and ready to perform.
Beka floor model puppet theater features a 24" wide by 47" high center panel. Wing panels 21" wide and are attached on each side of the puppet theater by special pinch-resistant hinges. Large wing panels make for a private play space. Puppet theater is free standing and comes with a pair of colorful, washable curtains that mount on a curtain rod. The theater opening is 22" wide by 16 3/4" high. Assembly is easily accomplished with a Phillips screwdriver. Metal braces that lock the puppet theater open during use are included.
In addition to the puppet scripts provided, there are any number of puppet shows you can perform 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 script material. A supply of puppet show scripts keeps children interested and growing. Children can stage more professional and enjoyable puppet shows if they also follow a few simple puppet show script stage directions. It's an educational toy you can have fun with as soon as it arrives.
