What supplies do you need to make a puppet show?

A puppet show is a creative and fun way to engage children (and adults) and to allow for expression of thoughts.

Supplies can run from the absolute most simplistic - a sock! Yes, just a single ordinary sock can be the start to puppeteering. Children can sit beneath a table and allow their puppet sock to share its message at the table top.

Allow them to create imaginative backdrops which can be made from flat cardboard pieces, or they can be creatively cut in any design to represent castles, caves, or anything which inspires the child.

An alternative to the sock-puppet is the card-puppet. Cutting out cards in various shapes and characters, such as a crescent moon, a scary troll, or a princess, is the first step, Take the completed card characters and tape them either to a long pencil, to use as a handle, or anything long enough to hold up above the table.

If you wanted to make a puppet from dolls, tying string to the puppets hands and feet for movement, this is easily accomplished by sewing the string length onto the hands and feet of the doll, and a strong to hold the head up. Using ice lolly sticks (popsicle sticks), glue two sticks into an 'X' position. Staple the string ends to the end of each stick and manipulate the dolls movement by moving the sticks in different directions.

During Victorian times children spent days creating lavish productions for their friends and parents.

One of the most famous puppet shows is the famous Punch & Judy shows, where one individual displayed the arguments between the aggressive Punch and his ever-suffering Judy. These were part of the English Seaside scenes during the Victorian times.