Instant Stages, Borrowed Hedda, Plasticman Hand Puppets
15.BORROWED HEDDA HAND PUPPET
The heads of old rubber toys and dolls make good instant
puppet heads. Sometimes the head has to be stuffed with cotton to let you hold your first
finger tightly inside.
16.PLASTICMAN HAND PUPPET
Model a head from plasticine or
modeling clay, with a snug hole in the neck for your first finger. Here is a man of many
faces, for with a pinch of your fingers you can flatten his nose or lengthen it or remove
it altogether.
Instant Stages
By now you have your hands full of puppets. How about a stage? It
won't take long to tack a sheet across a doorway, as in A. Make sure it is high enough to
hide your head, but not so high that it hides the puppets you hold up. You can drape the
same sheet over the front of a table and lift your puppets from a kneeling position behind
the table, B. Or wear a big apron, C. Its corners can be lifted by two fellow puppeteers -
in just one instant.
