Hand Puppets
The famous lady writer, George Sand, was a puppet fan. “Her feeling was that when she thrust her hand into the empty skirt of the inanimate puppet it became alive with her soul in its body, the operator and the puppet completely one.” It’s true. Your hand puppets will lead you into a new and wondrous world from which you will not-cannot escape.
Here is a way to fill a rainy day with fun: make a puppet and give a little show. Most of the materials you will need are around the house. Briefly described here are three unusual types of hand puppet: finger puppets, rod puppets and shadow puppets. These last designs include highly specialized comic and exotic puppets and some two-handed puppets. The puppeteer who has come this far is ready to exercise his own ingenuity, and so in most cases complete construction details are not given.
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July 28th, 2007