One of the old and popular art in Indian villages is puppetry. Puppetry is an education cum entertaining aid where puppets are manipulated by the performer.

1. SUBMITTED BY:-
KIRAN SHARMA
POST BASIC BSC
NURSING 2ND YEAR
PRESENTATION ON
PUPPETS

3. INTRODUCTION
One of the old and popular art in Indian
villages is puppetry. Puppetry is an education
cum entertaining aid where puppets are
manipulated by the performer.
It can be used as an effective teaching aid for
language and social science.
In selecting or writing a puppet play , the age
, background and interest of the students should
be taken into consideration.

4. DEFINITION
A puppet is a manipulative doll dressed as a
character and the performer is a person
termed as a puppeter. A good puppetier has to
blend his art with dramatization to produce
the desired effect it is used as an effective
teaching it for language and social science.
OR
Puppetry is an educational cum
entertaining aid in which puppets
manipulated by the performer is a person
termed as character in a story to be depicted
.

5. PUPPET
SHOW
Dramatic
expression
Play integral role
in lives of people .
Substitute of real
experiences.
Flexible media .

6. PURPOSE
 Developing communication skills.
 To motivate the students.
 To create the interest.
 To give examples how people behave in real life.
 Motivate and support children.
 Learning difficulties and hearing difficulties.

7. Cont.
 It helps to maintain self control.
 Improve group co-operation .
 Enhance feeling of securing and confidence.
 Effective listening & looking skills.
 To add sense of humour .
 To entertain through performance.

8. OBJECTIVES
To provide the opportunity for students to show their talents
& creativity; puppet making, script writing, directing , filming
and editing using software.
To promote independent learning in researching & making
decisions.

9. CONT.
To encourage the values of teamwork, shared
responsibilities respecting and accepting each
other’s opinions & collaboration in completing the
task at each phase.
To instil pride on student’s own project.

10. ADVANTAGES
•They create interest .
•They give knowledge in a brief period.
•They are an effective method in teaching.
•They are easy to carry and operate.

11. Cont.
•They motivate students.
•It capture the attention of participants.
•It creates interest in learner for learning.
•To provide opportunity for teamwork.
•It provide emotional release.

12. DISADVANTAGES
They need group cooperation and cooperation.
They require skills in preparation & supply.
Skills are needed for presentation.
Seating arrangement is to be managed carefully.
Preparation is very time consuming.
Ideas convey through puppets show can be misinterpreted by the
audience.

13. TYPES
•HAND PUPPET
•GLOVE PUPPET
•ROD PUPPET
•FINGER PUPPET
•WATER PUPPET
•STRING / MARIONETTES
PUPPET
•STICK PUPPET
•SHADOW PUPPET
•CARNIVAL PUPPET

14. HAND PUPPET
These are the puppets
controlled by one hand which
occupies the interior of the
puppets This is the simplest
hand puppet with few or no
moving parts.

15. GLOVE
PUPPET
This is like a finger
glove which fits on
the hand &
operated from
below by fingers.
It is a complex
form of hand
puppet.
It is extremely
portable & needs
cost very little to
make.

16. RODPUPPET
There are operated
from below the stage
by a combination of
rods & strings
Usually a central rod
supports the head,
while two smaller
rods control the arm.

18. FINGER PUPPET
•AN EXTREMELY SIMPLE
PUPPET VARIANT WHICH
FITS ONTO A SINGLE FINGER.
•FINGER PUPPET++
NORMALLY HAVE NO
MOVING PARTS.

19. BEE FINGER PUPPET

20. STRING/
MARIONETTES
PUPPETS
It consists of puppets
with hinged body parts
which are controlled by
nine strings produce
required movements in
the puppets.
Made from piece of
wooden plank, hard
board paper, metal
sheet etc.
Strings control the
movements of body
parts according to

21. STICKPUPPETS
 Stick puppets are
painted cardboard/paper
cut-outs attached by
sticks
 These puppets are
manipulated by the
teacher & students by
hiding behind a screen
so that only puppets are
visible the audience or
the class.

22. SHADOW
PUPPET
Shadow puppetry is
an ancient form of
storytelling and
entertainment which
use flat articulated
cut-out figures
(shadow puppet)
which are held b/w a
source of light & a
translucent screen.
Various effects can
be achieved by
moved both the
puppets & the light
sources

25. CARNIVALS/
BODY PUPPETS
These puppets are at
least the size of a
human & often much
larger.
One or more
performers are required
to more the body &
limbs.

27. CONCLUSION
• There is a true value to using puppets are other forms of
dramatics to help develop the language skills.
• Students become more comfortable expressing themselves when
using a medium to help share their ideas.
• The use of puppetry in the classroom has shown that dramatic
should be incorporated into the learning experiences to enhance
their language & vocabulary skills.

28. SUMMARIZATION
TODAY WE HAVE DISCUSSED ABOUT:
• INTRODUCTION TO TOPIC
• DEFINITION OF PUPPET
• PURPOSE OF PUPPETS
• OBJECTIVES OF PUPPETS
• ADVANTAGES OF PUPPETS
• DISADVANTAGES OF PUPPETS
• DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUPPETS

29. ANY DOUBT…………..
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30. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Neerja K.P. a Textbook of “Nursing Education”,
Jaypee Brothers, published 2007
Basvanthapa B.T. a Textbook of Nursing Education
Jaypee Medical Publishers, 2nd edition .