Here's a cast of five moving-mouth hand puppets and four accompanying scripts that are ready to start performing as soon as they arrive. Due to the popularity of our original adaptations of Aesop's Fables stories for the puppet stage, The Creativity Institute writers have developed four new original "Gwynn's Fables" puppet shows in the same style. These are easy-to-read, easy-to-perform scripts, each of which communicates an important "moral" lesson to children.
These stories have parts for from two to four puppets, and some require the voice of an additional off-stage narrator. Depending on their ability, some children may be able to perform more than one role in the same show.
The hand puppets in this set are a moving-mouth Horse, Mouse, Cow, Monkey and Frog from PlushPups, maker of quality hand puppets for children. All puppets are 12-inches tall, machine washable and made of durable fabrics. 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.
These are all child-friendly stories. There is no violence and no one gets eaten. The four stories in this package are:
"First Things First (Don't Procrastinate)", which demonstrates the disadvantages of procrastination. Although the other animals keep encouraging their friend the monkey to join them in building sleds, the monkey chooses to put it off, and then isn't ready when the snow falls.
"Fair Offers (Cooperation)" about the value of cooperation. The animals realize that a fair in a neighboring town takes place too soon for them to travel to, unless they all pitch in using their
individual capabilities. The set of scripts includes a two and four-puppet version of this script. "Out of the Box (Imagination)" about using your imagination. Four different animals come across an empty box, and each recognizes a different use for it.
"Trading Places (Look Before you Leap)" demonstrates the reason to look before you leap. The horse hears about the attractive features of the mouse's house and insists they trade, sight unseen, only to later discover how small it is.
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.
About the author. Gwynn Torres, founder of The Creativity Institute, is a career advertising writer and creative director, and parent of two creative children.
In addition to the puppet show scripts provided, there are any number of puppet shows you can perform with these same 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. Children can stage more professional and enjoyable puppet shows if they also follow a few simple MOVING-MOUTH PUPPET HINT - TALKING: With moving-mouth hand puppets, the natural tendency is to SHUT the puppet's mouth with each syllable. But people do the opposite, and so should hand puppets. It may take practice, but try to get the children to OPEN the puppet's mouth with each syllable. Get more Buy Product Online | Visit Store Home
