Read about the content of typical puppet workshops that I run.

PUPPET WORKSHOPS

Here are the programmes for just two of the workshops I have carried out:-

 THE USE OF PUPPETRY IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS (CR) EDUCATION

• Introductions – names; experience watching or presenting a puppet play
• Purpose – what each of us would like out of the workshop; Role as participants in that
• Aim - Description of the workshop and what we hope to cover
• The role of CR education within the formal and informal curricula; creating safe space; dealing with controversial issues
• The role and use of puppets in CR education
• Information about the different puppets and presentation techniques available
• Making puppets in arts and crafts - relevant chapter in Different Tracks[1] 
• Description of the workshop and what we hope to cover
• Loosening up Exercise
• Presentation of a play (Involving a number of smaller groups considering how they might attempt the presentation of a play/story/scenario; deciding which puppets they want to use/make for their presentation; and practicing their play.) Each group presents their play to the others in turn.
• Discussion - advantages of using puppets to help tell a story or to raise an issue
• Closure 

USING PUPPETS IN CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

• Introduction to session - Using Puppets in Children’s Ministry
• Hopes/expectation from the session
• Making and Using Puppets; Practical demonstrations; Materials; Sources of information
• Puppet Presentations – Using Puppets; telling stories from the Bible; raising moral issues; stimulating discussion
• Writing Plays; Sources; Useful Publications
• Finish

 Programmes can be drawn up to suit the individual needs.

See my Gallery for photographs taken at workshops.