This delightful collection of easy-to-make puppets will be a boon to all parents, teachers and entertainers of children. The puppets are based on an ordinary household-size matchbox which enables them to have opening mouths. The pages are designed to photocopy on to A4 card, cut out and colour as fancy takes.
With a choice of some sixty different characters there is something for all ages and abilities in these simple but clever constructions. The collection varies widely from a simple flower to the Minotaur, a whale to Henry VIII, octopus to Roman emperor, and a selection of characters which can be topical at different periods of the year – turnip lantern, Easter bunny, scarecrow, Father Christmas etc.
The puppets have been designed by Alan and Brenda Stockwell who for over forty years toured primary schools throughout the UK and abroad with their educational puppet show conducting many puppet-making workshops for teachers. Now retired, they are placing their expertise in the hands of future generations.
In 2000 Alan Stockwell was awarded an MBE for services to education, a rare honour for a professional puppeteer.
CONTENTS:
The book contains some sixty different puppets that will appeal to different ages and abilities.
There are some very simple ones: Turnip Lantern; Apple; Whale; Standing Dog; Sitting Dog
Animals: Frog; Pig; Cat; Rabbit; Chicken; Monkey; Lion; Octopus; Dinosaur
Typical Children's Characters: Teddy Bear; Scarecrow; Witch; Footballer; Ballet Dancer; Cowboy; Jester; Queen; King; Teacher; Schoolboy; Little Miss Muffet, Flower
Little Red Riding Hood Set: Granny; Red Riding Hood; Woodcutter; Wolf; Wolf as Granny in Bed
Christmas: Father Christmas; Rudolph; Snowman
Historical: Egyptian Pharaoh; Egyptian Woman; Greek Girl; Greek Boy; Minotaur; Greek Soldier; Roman Emperor; Roman Soldier; Ancient Briton Man; Ancient Briton Woman; Viking; Knight in Armour; Henry VIII;
Queen Elizabeth I; Sir Francis Drake; Pirate
Robin Hood Set: Robin Hood; Little John; Friar Tuck; Will Scarlet; Maid Marian; Sheriff of Nottingham
Film Stars: Laurel and Hardy 
A Selection of original pages and made up puppets:
FLOWER QUEEN ELIZABETH I HENRY VIII PIG PIRATE CHICKEN
FROG DINOSAUR PAGES . . . into . . . . . . . . DINOSAUR
JESTER PAGES . . . . . into . . . . . JESTER FATHER CHRISTMAS
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