The Theater is Closed

 It’s the end of an era. I am discarding the Puppet Show. My youngest grandchild is twelve years old and doesn’t come over my house—I don’t have to babysit, anymore. Although she currently is in Theater Camp, so maybe she’ll be in her own show. 

I used the theater to explain Bible stories. We made sock puppets. I remember the carpet got soaked, when Moses divided the sea. 

The other lesson plan I remember, although it didn’t involve the puppets, was the story of David and Goliath. I made a giant figure of a man and stuck it to a door. (Picture “pin the tail on the donkey”).  I don’t remember what we used as stones, but I remember we used our Covid masks, as sling shots. 

Oh well!  Time marches on and children grow up. I pray they learned about their religion and had fun doing so. 

The Cast for the Puppet Show Moses

 Here is the line up:

The sock puppets are the extras. Next to the sock puppets is Pharoah.  He is wearing a bracelet for a crown and another bracelet around his neck.  The next two puppets are Aaron and Moses.  Moses is holding a staff made out of a straw.  Moses' sister is next to him.  Next is Pharoah's daughter.  She has a bracelet as a crown.  Next is the baby Moses in a basket.  Moses is a Barney Rumble pez wrapped up in a wash cloth.  All the other puppets are animals that play themselves.  They die in one of the plagues.

Little Red Riding Hood’s Fiat

 Actresses have many roles in their career. The puppet that portrays Little Red Riding Hood is an example. Here she is as Little Red Riding Hood. 

And to play the part of Mary in the Annunciation, here she is again.