1. ROD PUPPET KITS AVAILABLE
For: all grades
Time needed: 2hrs, if using kits 1hr.
Rod puppets are worked from below. The puppeteer holds the main supporting rod to the head in one hand while his/her other hand controls the rod attachments to the puppet's hands. Materials used in this workshop - polyballs, BBQ skewers, fabric remnants, felt, beads, buttons, wool yarn, scraps of trim etc all help to make a very popular workshop.

2. STOCKING HEAD (Rod) KITS AVAILABLE
For: grades 3 - 6
Time needed: 2hrs, if using kits 1hr
a. A rod puppet similar to the one described in workshop no.1 with a head formed from stocking instead of a poly ball and using a variety of other materials as described above also. One of the most popular workshops available in kits.
b. An option for grades 5 and 6 only is to stitch features rather than glue them on (as in workshop no.3b) allow 20 to 30mins extra for each feature to be stitched.

3. STOCKING HEAD (Glove) KITS AVAILABLE
For: grades 2 - 6
Time needed: 2hrs, if using kits 1hr.
a. A traditional glove puppet. Probably the hand puppet that students are most familiar with. This version will have a stocking head with features glued and drawn onto the face to create a uniquely individual puppet by each student.
b. Grade 5 and 6 students may stitch features eg nose, ears.
Add 20 to 30mins to the workshop time for each feature to be stitched.

4. GLOVE PUPPET ANIMALS ONLY AVAILABLE IN KITS
For: grades 2 - 6
Time: needed 1.5hrs
Some careful cutting out will be required to produce a fantastic animal glove puppet. All grades may choose a rabbit, mouse, dog or cat. A koala is also available for more capable students only as it is a little trickier.
It is possible to run this workshop for prep - 1 students but as they find the cutting out fairly difficult adult help is essential at the ratio of 1 to 4 at least.

5. MINIMATES ONLY AVAILABLE IN KITS
For: grades 1 - 6
Time needed: 1 - 1.5 hrs.
Since its introduction this has proven to be a most popular workshop. Great results are achieved from simple components making a "muppet" style puppet with a hinged "talking" mouth. The basic kit is available pre-cut or partially cut for students whose fine motor skills are developing. Older students will do their own cutting out and have the option of adding arms.

6.ANIMATES ONLY AVAILABLE IN KITS
For: grades 3 - 6
Time needed: 1.5 hrs
Minimuppets have been so successful that this popular workshop has been developed further. Here the basic "muppet" concept becomes an animal. Choose from a cat, dog, mouse, rabbit or koala. It involves a lot more cutting out than the minimuppet and so is limited to grades 3-6.

7. JUNK MARIONETTES
For: grades 5 & 6
Time needed: 3 hrs
A marionette is a fully jointed puppet manipulated by strings attached to a control bar. This puppet will be made from recycled materials i.e. cardboard cylinders, a margarine tub, a small box and a wire coat hanger. Some diligent "junk" collecting required.

8. JUNK ROD PUPPETS
For: grades 2 - 6
Time needed: 3 hrs
The popular junk marionette adapted as a rod puppet, less complicated to put together and therefore more suitable for this age group. Similar to the marionette this puppet is also fully jointed and will "walk" and move its arms.

9. BODY PUPPETS
For: grades 5 & 6
Time needed: full day
A life size puppet which is "worn" by the puppeteer. A head is made from a robust paper plate on a rod and a body from outgrown clothes and a wire coat hanger. One hand controls the head while the puppeteer stands behind. All other movements are achieved by attaching the puppet to the puppeteers other hand and feet so that the puppet moves with its operator. A simple form of this puppet can be made in 2 hrs but a full day workshop allows students to create something quite unique which could be used in performance. Lots of movement, dance and action are possible with this puppet.

10. PAPIER-MACHE PUPPETS
For: grades 4-6+
Time needed: four x 2.5 hr sessions
Not the painstaking and laborious pasting of many strips of newspaper! in this workshop students will learn how to make papier-mache pulp in a food processor and be taught how to sculpt a puppet head on a plasticine base with this very different modelling medium. Rod or glove puppets can be made.

11. PAPIER-MACHE PUPPETS
For: grades 1-3
Time needed: four x 2.5hr sessions
An adaptation of the above workshop no.11 but for younger students. They will work in the papier-mache medium to create a clown puppet. A good introduction to working in papier-mache.

12. FOAM HEAD PUPPETS
Suitable for all ages from prep to adult.
Time needed: minimum 10hrs spread over several sessions
This puppet was designed with performance in mind. The basic moving mouth part becomes foundation for a head sculpted out of foam rubber and/or other materials. The head can almost be any size or shape. A hand inside the head operates the mouth, the puppets hands may be attached to rods and legs are optional. The finished puppet can be quite small, life sized or larger than life.