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Types of Puppets

Bunraku Puppet
Bunraku Puppet

Bunraku , also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of 17th century. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: the Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai , the Tayū and shamisen musicians.

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Cantastoria
Cantastoria

Cantastoria (pronounced [ˌkantaˈstɔːrja]; also spelled cantastorie [ˌkantaˈstɔːrje], canta storia or canta historia) comes from Italian for "story-singer" and is known by many other names around the world.

Carnival or Body Puppet
Carnival or Body Puppet

Carnival or body puppet. Carnival puppets (also known as body puppets) are usually designed to be part of a large spectacle. These are often used in parades (such as the Mayday parade in Minneapolis, United States and The Cape Town Carnival in South Africa) and demonstrations, and are at least the size of a human and often much larger. One or more performers are required to move the body and ...

Finger Puppet
Finger Puppet

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Finger Puppet
Finger Puppet

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Hand and Rod Puppet
Hand and Rod Puppet

Building hand and rod style puppets is a very fun and fairly inexpensive hobby. In this Instructable I used supplies that I picked up from the fabric store. Professional level puppets are usually made using reticulated foam structures and nylon fleece aka Antron fleece.

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Hand Puppet
Hand Puppet

A hand puppet is a type of puppet that is controlled by the hand or hands that occupies the interior of the puppet. Glove puppets are a variation of hand puppets.

Hand Puppet or Glove Puppet
Hand Puppet or Glove Puppet

A hand puppet is a type of puppet that is controlled by the hand or hands that occupies the interior of the puppet. Glove puppets are a variation of hand puppets. Rod puppets require one of the puppeteer's hands inside the puppet glove holding a rod which controls the head, and the puppet's body then hangs over most or all of the forearm of the puppeteer, and possibly extends further.

Human-arm Puppet
Human-arm Puppet

Human arm puppets can add more realism to a puppet show by allowing the puppet to actually hold and handle props. Imagine what appeal the Cookie Monster© would lose if he were not able to pick up a cookie.

Jumping Jack
Jumping Jack

The jumping jack is a toy whose origins date back thousands of years. [citation needed] The joint jumping jack figure is a cross between a puppet and a paper doll. The figures are generally made from wood and their limbs are joint and tied to a pull string.

Light Curtain Puppet
Light Curtain Puppet

Light curtain puppet. Light curtain puppet presentations use light to highlight small portions of a performance area, allowing the puppet to be seen while the manipulators remain invisible. The puppets stand on a stage divided into an unlit background and a well-lit foreground, meeting to form a "curtain" of light.

Marionette
Marionette

Marionette is a puppet which is animated by using wires or strings. Marionettes are Marionettes are A puppet is a movable figure which represents a person or animal. It is controlled or manipulated by a puppeteer. Marionette is a puppet which is animated by using wires or strings. Marionettes are often considered to be complex than other types of puppets.

Paddle Puppet
Paddle Puppet

Pop-up puppets: A cone with a rod through and a puppet inside. When the rod is pushed up, the puppet appears. Paddle Puppet: The puppet is on the end of a paddle. When the puppeteer steps on the paddles back end the other end lifts up, making it seem that the puppet moves by itself.

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Pop-up Puppet
Pop-up Puppet

-I'm gonna show you how to make this precious Pop-up Puppet using a can from your recycling bin. For this craft you'll need a soup can, a hammer and nail, assorted colors of felt, a 14-inch scrap of knit fabric, a rubber band, Styrofoam ball, a wood dowel, hot glue gun, double stick tape, and a black marker.

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Rod Puppet and Bunraku
Rod Puppet and Bunraku

Bunraku , also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of 17th century. Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance: the Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai , the Tayū and shamisen musicians.

Shadow Puppet
Shadow Puppet

Shadow puppetry — also called shadow play — got its start thousands of years ago in China and India. This unique form of storytelling is the oldest type of puppetry in the world. Shadow puppets are figures that are placed between a light and a screen.