Puppet shows are sure to put a smile on anyone's face. If you have a script but need the characters, you can buy handmade full body puppets for sale. There are many characters and creatures ready made for purchase that fit a variety of scripts. Or be creative. Buy a few fun characters and develop your own script. Bargain sites offer a variety of interesting characters. Professionals may want to design and order custom built characters.

Therapists use puppets as play therapy. Talking through a character can bring shy children out of their shell. Kids often make up scripts showing traumas and concerns they're unable or afraid to talk about. Sensitive subjects can be discussed in the 3rd person. Very young children don't have the vocabulary to explain their worries, but they can show them through role playing with puppets.

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 were used to perform plays for the common man as far back as the 5th century. They were a cheaper form of entertainment than live acting. Punch and Judy shows were a traveling form of entertainment in 16th century England. In Munich, Germany, puppets performed classical opera.

Marionettes used for children's shows can be fun, educational, even character building. Use of puppets in therapy breaks down barriers. In art and drama classes, marionettes stimulate creativity and imagination. But they're not just for kids. Comedians often use marionettes to add characters into their routine. A 3rd person character is a great way to dramatize satire.

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.