I promised that I would post some pictures of balloon marionettes from the children's workshop I did several years back. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from that workshop but I had some supplies on hand so I made a quick marionette (and by quick, I mean really down and dirty quick!).



I did a blog post on my blog about how to create them, as well as describing the workshop in some detail if you'd like more.

It can be found at http://www.storyquestpuppets.com/wordpress/139/puppet-workshop-balloon-marionettes.

Have fun!

Thanks for sharing - Cute and simple! An easy way to begin with movement exercises!

  

It's also a great way to help kids understand what marionettes are, since they're likely much more familiar with Muppet-style puppets today due to their popularity on TV. If you were teaching puppet types or puppet history, this would be a pretty good exercise to demonstrate marionettes.

Great ! Thank you for sharing.


Billy D.

Interesting idea thanks for sharing with us!

Wow great information and concept....sounds like you had some great oppurtunities when it comes to puppetry in life.

Daryl H