Jumat, 14 Februari 2014

The Wonderful World Of Handmade Full Body Puppets For Sale

By Eula Nichols


There's nothing like an old fashioned puppet show to delight and entertain children of all ages. Handmade full body puppets for sale can be purchased in a wide variety of ready made characters and creatures. For a unique and professional show, submit a personalized design and have your unique character handmade especially for you. Choose your script, then choose the characters, or choose the characters and write your script. Unique and versatile characters can fill a wide variety of roles.

Puppetry is often used as a form of therapy. Children love to interact with puppet characters. Shy children come out of their shell to participate in a show. Young children may act out life problems that they're too young to express verbally. Sensitive subjects can be acted out.

Marionettes encourage creativity. Involve children in the characters. Make them part of the script. Ask kids to decide on the voice for a particular character. Make up stories, or let kids make up the story. Name characters for friends and family and incorporate current happenings in their life into a story. Let kids develop and control the sound effects.

Shows can discuss real life dilemmas and explore real life answers in an entertaining and non-threatening way. Fun marionettes can play word and number games in the style of the famous Sesame Street characters. Encouraging audience participation helps kids learn rhymes and songs. Kids will be enthralled when they see their favorite book or fairy tale dramatized by marionettes on a stage.

You don't have to be a professional to put on a fun and entertaining show. You do need to practice. Actors must choose voices for their marionettes, and coordinate action on the stage. Professionals spend many hours studying and practicing diction, voice projection, body movement. It takes great skill to coordinate movements, voices, and sound effects. Professionals sometimes choose marionettes with remote controlled animatronics.

Puppets of all types and sizes have been used for thousands of years. They've been mythical creatures, gods, and goddesses. They've represented animals to be hunted. They've been characters in elaborate storytelling rituals. They've been toys. Wire controlled marionettes have been found in Egyptian tombs.

Marionettes replaced expensive actors providing entertainment to the poor in 5th century Greece. In 16th century England, Punch and Judy shows were a traveling form of entertainment the entire village would come out to see. Marionettes performed classical opera to audiences in Munich, Germany.

Today, puppets are often used by comedians, especially for expressing political and cultural satire. They're also popular as children's entertainment. Puppetry is used for fun, education, and therapy, and to explore creativity in art and drama classes. Children develop musical skills with a sing-along. Children's shows often encourage audience participation.

Handmade full body puppets for sale include animals, people, cartoon characters, or mythical creatures. They can represent cultural figures and everyday life. They can represent kings and queens and superheroes. Fairy tales or nursery rhymes come to life. Marionettes can show joy or sadness. They can be naughty or nice, aggressive or shy, kind or cruel.




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