CREATIVE PUPPET WORKSHOPS
Character: Myself as a magical puppeteer.
PROPS AND MATERIALS BROUGHT:
- Brickwall / Rubbish Bin Stage
- Professional puppets for display and performance
- Magic tricks for the show
- Training puppets for each child to use during basic puppet training (30+)
- Enough craft materials for each child to make their own puppet to keep.
- Training puppet stage
- PA for music and microphone and all the necessary wires and extensions
THE BENEFITS FOR THE CHILDREN:
- Design and make their puppet to keep (based on level ability)
- Have experience using professional puppets and professional stages
- Learn the secrets of basic professional puppetry
- Loads of fun and laughter for the children
- Learn to co-operate with other pupils in devising original work
- Gain confidence through presenting their work to an audience
THE BENEFITS FOR THE TEACHERS:
- Join in the fun and have loads of follow up material for future classes
- Unlock the potential of a very powerful teaching tool that will help children with children improve their reading skills and devise their own stories.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN:
- A thirty minute Comedy Show with Hilarious puppets and the funniest magic trick routines sets the workshop on the right foot ...erm...I mean hand!
- Everyone chooses a puppet friend from my professional stock and keeps it for the rest of the training
- Learning professional tips on mouth movement, eye contact and stage crafting
- Learning how to move the puppet to the music
- Build a character profile on their puppet and learn how to do a character profile diary
- Learning the puppet story grid
- Designing and making their own puppet and learning about the eye triangle
- Creating a character profile diary for their new puppet friend
- Working in groups to create their own puppet stories and practical use of the puppet story grid
- Perform (improvise) as many newly devised puppet skits as time will allow
WHAT I WILL BRING:
- Brickwall with a bin - a Professional Puppet Stage
- Examples of various puppets styles
- Height Adjustable Professional Puppet Stage
- Enough Professional Puppets for the children to borrow
- All the supplies for the children to make their very own puppet
- Pat tested Sound System
FORMAT:
- The whole year group to watch the show in the hall at the beginning of the day. After the show, the first class have a workshop in the classroom or hall. In the afternoon the second class has the workshop in classroom or hall.
All materials including glue is included in the price.
CONTACT US TODAY to book an excellent workshop for your class.
