Creative Puppet Workshops

Creative shows would be happy to run a puppet workshop in your school.

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 twenty 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 first hour
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

The Final hour after a short break

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 (The Full version will take up one side of a hall and the scaled down version will fit in a classroom)
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

Cost :

An entire class can participate in a two hour workshop. The cost for one workshop booked either in the morning or the afternoon is £180.00 plus travel (30p per mile round trip from B14 6JN) NB.

All materials including glue is included in the price.

It is possible to do 2 workshops in a day...one in the morning and one in the afternoon the cost will be discounted further plus travel (30p per mile round trip from B14 6JN) for the day.