Curated Video
A Puppet For Ria
Ria's got the flu. Romi decides to make a puppet for her. Will he be able to cheer her up? Watch this fun video to find out.
Curated Video
How to Make a Head for Your Puppet
Howcast - Learn how to make a head for your puppet from Joe Vena of the Children's Museum of the Arts in this stop motion animation tutorial from Howcast.
Schooling Online Kids
Arts and Crafts: How to Make a Snake Accordion
Hi friends! Do you like snakes? Or do you find them scary? Join Bella and Pepe as they learn how to make a paper snake accordion. It even moves like a real snake! This is a great craft activity for little zookeepers and animal lovers!...
Curated Video
5 Ways to Make Hand Puppets
We have put together a TOP 5 of our favourite puppet ideas.
Curated Video
How To Make a Simple Puppet Craft
Playing with puppets is perfect for young children to get imaginative and practice storytelling skills all while having fun! This activity will create even more fun as the children are able to make their own puppets to play with. Using...
National Theatre
How to Make a Puppet
For more from Gyre & Gimble, visit: http://www.gyreandgimble.com/ Join Toby Olié and Finn Caldwell as they demonstrate a step-by-step guide for making a brown paper man puppet. Bring your puppet to life with this Gyre & Gimble...
Curated Video
How to Make a Wire Puppet
Howcast - Learn how to make a wire puppet from Joe Vena of the Children's Museum of the Arts in this stop motion animation tutorial from Howcast.
Schooling Online Kids
Arts and Crafts: How to Make a Frog that Jumps
Hi friends! Ribbit, Ribbit… What was that? Sounds like a frog! Today, Bella and Pepe are learning how to make an origami frog that hops across the table! Materials 1x Origami paper 1x Black pen Safety Warning Sharp tools are involved in...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Making a TED-Ed Lesson: Animating zombies
What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet...
Schooling Online Kids
Arts and Crafts: How to Make Cute Hand Puppet Pets
Hi friends! Bella Bloom loves her pet bird Pepe, but sometimes she wishes she could have more pets! Today, Bella is learning how to make hand puppet pets for her and Pepe to play with! Join us for a step by step tutorial on how to make...
Sydney Opera House
Sweet Skills: How to Make a Puppet
Third in our series of 'How to' videos, expert puppet maker, 11 year old Maya, shows our host Curly how to make one very cool sock puppet.
SciShow
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Realistic Twitter Bot?
What are the methods twitter bots use to fool us, and what are some of the challenges in doing so?
Curated Video
How to Make a Paper Bag Puppet Of Yourself
Howcast - You can decorate a paper bag puppet any way you like, but there's one puppet that no one will have seen before—one that looks like you!
Curated Video
How to Put on a Puppet Show
Whether you use shadow puppets or marionettes, put on a fanciful puppet show with these tips.
Curated Video
How to Create a Clay Character
Howcast - Learn how to create a clay character from Joe Vena of the Children's Museum of the Arts in this stop motion animation tutorial from Howcast.
National Theatre
Gyre & Gimble Masterclass: Bringing a Puppet to Life
For more from Gyre & Gimble, visit: http://www.gyreandgimble.com/ Using an exercise called Copying From Life, Gyre & Gimble explore the three principles needed to bring their puppet men to life, focusing on ‘Breath’, ‘Focus’ and...
TED Talks
Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse
"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones...
TED Talks
TED: Walk with Little Amal, a theatrical journey celebrating the refugee experience | Amir Nizar Zuabi
In a staggering display of creativity and community, theater director Amir Nizar Zuabi introduces "The Walk": a theatrical journey following a nine-year-old refugee girl named Amal (represented by a giant, lifelike puppet) as she makes...
SciShow Kids
How Compost Is Made: A Field Trip!
Composting is a way to turn scraps of food you aren't going to eat anymore into healthy soil for your garden! But how does food turn in to dirt?! Mister Brown and Squeaks take a trip to SoilCycle, a place that makes compost in their...
Curated Video
DIY Craft: Paper Snapper Puppet
This is a tutorial on how to fold an easy paper origami puppet. This snapper is perfect for beginners and is very easy to make. It only requires a few simple folds and can be made in just a few minutes. This puppet is also super cute and...
ProTeachersVideo
Making Shadows - MENA
This is a professional shadowgraph performance of a traditional folk tale. It is seen from the front and also backstage and shows how the shadows are cast and how some special effects are achieved. A little shadowgraph theatre provides a...
Schooling Online Kids
Arts and Crafts: How to Make Paddle Pop Stick Play Dough Puppets
Hi friends! Today, Bella and Pepe are using paddle pop sticks and play doh to create fun, colourful puppets! Join us for a step by step guide to making your very own paddle pop friends! Materials 7-9x Play doh (e.g. yellow, blue, red,...
Curated Video
Exploring the World of Theater: Creating Your Own Plays and Puppet Shows
In this video, Nova explores the world of theater and teaches children how they can create their plays and theater at home or school. From making up a story to finding actors, a place to perform, and an audience, Nova encourages children...