#OTHER WORDS FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT MANUAL#

It is important to feel comfortable with the puppet before trying to perform with it. “On sensitive hands, puppets can live, but they demand more than your hands-you must give them your heart.”-Tom Tichenor

#OTHER WORDS FOR FORWARD MOVEMENT MANUAL#

The bibliography at the end of this manual includes some recommended titles. Check your local library or online for resources. Many puppets can be made from easily available materials at home, such as old gloves, socks, wooden spoons, etc. *Make them! There are many books on puppet making, from simple stick puppets to finger, glove, marionette and more. Check to be sure arms are not sewn shut, that there will be ample room for your hand, and that the stuffed animal is constructed sturdily enough for your purposes. *Stuffed animals: many stuffed animals may be modified for use as puppets by removing the interior stuffing. Still, some of my best puppets were bought very cheaply on eBay. A used puppet bought online might not be in the condition you anticipate. You will not b able to try out the puppet, and its size might not be what you expect. *Online: new and used puppets are easily available online, but there are special considerations. Eyes can be changed as needed with either hot-glued wiggle eyes, or with peel-and-stick felt pieces cut to the shape, size and expression you want. Surface dirt can be wiped away with a window cleaning solution or cleaning wipe. Most puppets can be washed in a washing machine on delicate cycle. *Used: yard sales, thrift shops, and consignment shops are great places to find puppets. Most school and personal use of these puppets is perfectly acceptable, however. Book character puppets are often sold in bookstores, but you may need copyright permission to use them in a paid performance. There are many excellent commercially made puppets that make great puppet partners. *New puppets: toy stores, bookstores, mail order catalogs, and craft fairs. Try looking in the following places for you puppet: Some of my favorites were found in such unlikely places as airport stores, doll stores, online, at resale shops and yard sales and at a book sale. Once you start looking, you will find puppets in many places. But if the puppet has a mouth that you intend to use, it is important for the mouth to move naturally and easily. Some of my favorite puppets have no mouths at all. Some puppets have “hard” mouths that are difficult to work. With a mouth that is easily manipulated (if it has a mouth).Audiences will quickly become bored and squirmy trying to see a puppet that is too small for its movements to be easily watched.

That is large enough to be seen by the largest audience you intend to use the puppet for.

Be sure the audience can see the puppet’s eyes modify the eyes if needed. The puppet’s eye contact with the audience is an important aspect of its interaction with the audience.

That has eyes and other features that can be easily seen by the audience.

A puppet that is too small or too large for your hand will have awkward movements, or could slide off your hand in performance.

That fits your hand snugly but comfortably enough to manipulate easily and does not constrict your hand movements.

That you can give an appropriate voice: you might find it difficult to give a shark a voice that feels comfortable to you.

With a loveable, appealing character: who wants to watch a boring puppet?.

All puppets are not suitable for stage puppetry, and all stories are not suitable for telling with a puppet. THIS is the character of the kind of people we DO want to develop close relationships with.Puppet selection is critical to a successful puppet play. THIS is the kind of character we want to foster within ourselves. There are plenty of people who do not criticize, point fingers, or judge. So, it’s your choice to continue to engage in the cycle with them, or to move on. Forever and always, until vibrations are raised, this will be the cycle of the relationship. And, as quickly as the tide changes, you can just as easily become the person they target and criticize, point fingers at, and negatively judge. If someone complains a lot to you about other people, guess what? That is part of their current character. This is the key and one of the most fundamental insights about the ‘red flags’ that we often dismiss regarding the people in our lives. “Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you are pointing a finger at.

Other words for forward movement