Making Beautiful Rod Puppets

Rod puppets are the simplest of all puppets. They are very easy to handle. You can make rod puppets of any size.

You require : Rods or sticks, old newspapers, brown paper bags, glue, glaze paper, wool, printed cloth, string, scissors.

Method :

Take a rod or stick.

Take 8-9 half sheets of newspapers and crumple them well.

Now take one curmpled sheet of newspaper and place it on one end of the rod. Press is tightly.


Similarly, take the other sheets also and place them one above the other. Tie these with a string.

Now cover these with a brown paper bag. Tie it tightly so that it takes
the shape of a head.

Make eyes with black glaze paper, and nose and mouth with red glaze paper. Paste them at appropriate places. Or else, you can draw them and colour.

Paste wool to make hair.

Prepare dress for the puppet with glaze paper or cloth, and dress the puppet.

You can also make arms of the puppets with the help of another cross stick.