Hand Puppet Basics (Ongoing classes for 5 weeks (2 hours a week)
Puppetry is the perfect medium to captivate audiences and engage imagination that
can be shared with family, friends, and the community. In each fun hour session you
will unleash your creativity and personality as you learn the basics of puppetry and
prop making. Participants will explore puppet handling, stage awareness, prop
design, and prop placement.
Week 1 – Puppets and personality
Week 2 – Puppets and environment
Week 3 – Exploring Scripts - What do you want to say? And how to say it
Week 4 – Enhancing your performance with props
Week 5 – Putting it all together
Participants will learn proper puppet manipulation within a puppet stage and
investigate different voices and personalities. The session will conclude with a
performance utilizing the skills they have learned.
Ages 10+ / Fee includes all supplies.