Creative Puppetry Using Mops and Brooms

An unusual and exciting technique combining storytelling with rod puppetry. A narrator reads a story while some children act it out using mop and broom puppets. The rest of the children participate by making sound effects every time they hear certain phrases in the story.

This book contains complete instructions and patterns for making puppets from ordinary mops and brooms, and for using them with any group for dynamic involvement in a puppet presentation.

Includes:

• Plans and instructions for construction

• Methods for using this unique style of puppetry

• Hints for "priming" the participants

• Tips to involve the audience

• Patterns for facial features

• Thirteen ready-to-use scripts

• Ideas for creating your own scripts