The Yarn Spinner - Performing Puppets

Puppetmaking for the stories.

Handmade Puppets.

Puppets help children (especially younger children) engage with

the stories and stay focused.

While storytelling is perdominantly about the words, and weaving

tales out of the listeners' imagination, it can be helpful to add a

visual element, and audiences really take to the range of puppet

characters involved in the stories. About half the stories told in

any set (except the Native American or First Nation Tales)

involve puppets, while the other half are simply told.

This blend of styles seems to work well for a whole range of

audiences.

While many of the puppets used to tell the stories are

commercially available, there are a number of characters that

crop up in the tales for which no commercial puppets are

suitable, so these have to be handmade.

Here are some images of a few of these characters, which are

made by Fiona. For more information about her handmade

The Green Man The Phynodderee & The Hare

Count von Overbite (a vampire) Morvenna the Mermaid