hand puppet
August 27th, 2009
We are all familiar with the glove puppet. It is a type of puppet that is controlled by the hands. Most of us do not realize that there are other kinds of hand puppet. There is the rod puppet which requires one of the puppeteer’s hands inside the puppet glove holding a rod which controls the head. The rod puppet has a body that hangs over the puppeteer’s forearms.
Other puppets are controlled by strings or levers. Other versions are finger puppets which are used only on the fingers. All these are available in puppet stores. There are all types, sizes and species of animal hand puppets. There are also fairytale hand puppets with images of pirates, princes, fairies, knights, jesters and other make-believe characters.