School of Puppetry Workshops
Ignite the creativity of your students with one of our School of Puppetry Workshops, where students of all ages can develop new skills in fun and interactive sessions delivered by some of WA’s leading performers and artists. We offer a range of puppet making or performance workshops that can be tailored to meet the needs of your classroom for both primary and secondary students.
Puppet Making
- An introduction to puppetry
- Time to create a puppet from scratch that every child can take home with them
- Time to learn to manipulate and play with the puppet
- Materials provided by Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
Performing
- Warm up games
- An introduction to puppetry
- A demonstration of various puppetry styles
- The opportunity for students to use hand made puppets from the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre collection.
Types of Workshops
Sock Puppets
Sock puppets often come to mind when we think of puppetry – we elevate the beloved sock puppet with an injection of character and a special Muppet- style mouth.
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
1
4
4
2
Socks, fabrics, recycled materials
Paper Puppets
A whole world of curious creatures can be discovered with a few egg cartons, newspaper and a lot of crumpling, folding and sticking. From a material that usually ends up in the bin comes a menagerie of paper puppets!
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
3
3
3
3
Paper, cardboard, egg cartons, recycled materials
Hand Puppets
Kids make their own hand puppet from scratch using fabric, stuffing and other decorations. This workshop’s difficulty can be adapted for age and skill level.
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
2
5
4
2
Rods, fabric, stuffing, recycled materials
Junk Puppets
Transform trash into treasure! Unleash your students’ creativity and problem solving, as they craft fantastical creature puppets from recycled materials and tools.
This workshop introduces kids to skills in using drills, saws, and hammers – so is best suited for upper primary and high school students.
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
2
5
5
5
Plastic bottles, cartons, corks, chop sticks, recycled materials
Performing With Puppets
Our talented puppeteers will teach students to use different puppetry styles in storytelling and performance, including: hand puppets, marionettes and body puppets.
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
5
1
3
4
A selection of our hand made original puppets
Puppet Lab
In this innovative workshop, young creators combine puppetry, storytelling, and new digital technologies. Using our custom built iPad app, students design and control their own digital puppets through state- of-the-art hand-tracking technology, unlocking endless storytelling possibilities that connect their puppet creations with the world around them.
Performing
Making
Creativity
Complexity
4
3
4
2
Our state-of-the-art puppetry app and iPads.