Puppet Videos and Screenings
We are pleased to offer our favourite stories from past productions as short puppet videos. There are three ways to access:
1) On-demand access is $12.00 + GST CAN. Purchase by emailing us or go to our Teachers Pay Teachers page. Includes; the password for accessing the private Vimeo link, and the downloadable Activity Guide plus puppet project making instructions.
2) Online (Synchronous) Screening with Artist talkback, puppet demo, Q&A. Available for community groups, libraries or classrooms anywhere in the world! The 1 hour program is facilitated though Zoom or alternative and costs $300 + GST. BOOK NOW!
3) In Person Screening with Artist talkback, puppet demo, Q&A. We bring the projector, you supply the audience! Great for community groups, libraries, classrooms in Calgary and area. Program runs one hour with an option to also purchase hands – on puppet workshops. Cost is $300 + GST. BOOK NOW!
TUBE WORMS
“Tube Worms”, is a shadow and hand puppet show performed to Wendy Passmore-Godfrey’s original poem inspired by the extraordinary hydrothermal vents, wondrous deep-water creatures and concern for this precious environment.
Music : Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons.
Email us to buy (Credit cards/e:transfers accepted) or go to our Teachers Pay Teachers page
Tube Worms Puppet Show Video & Activity Guide
Plus Angler Fish instructions
Add Angler Fish puppet Supplies
Activity Guide that takes a deeper dive into the science wonders of the ocean as well as some fun poetry writing. When you purchase this resource you will get the password for accessing the private Vimeo link.
When the PUPPET SHOW video is paired with the Angler Fish Puppet Lesson, you have a unique and wondrous deep-water creature for your students to create puppet plays with.
Our puppet lesson plans are designed to integrate art, drama with core subjects. They are not grade specific and are created from basic supplies and everyday items found around the house, so they are accessible for everyone.
In our lessons we like to include a link to a picture book or video that provides a ‘hook’ for introducing the topic and creating interest in the students. We also include colourful step by step instructions for making the puppet, tips for puppeteers when animating their puppet, and ideas for dramatic play and storytelling.
Purchase Angler Fish puppet supplies (Set of 2)
Mailed to your door for just $8.30 CAN
THE GREEDY FROG
“The Greedy Frog”. is a cautionary story reminding us that water is an important part of everything. An activity guide to accompany the video is also included. When you purchase this resource you will get the password for accessing the private Vimeo link.
Originally an Australian folktale, about a frog who swallowed all the water in the world, but it’s given a modern overtone with found object puppets and modern water issues. A child holds the key to the padlock though and saves the world!
“Our students were delighted and mesmerized by the show. This blend of fun and learning through the arts is wonderful to see” (teacher).
Email us to buy (Credit cards/e:transfers accepted) or go to our Teachers Pay Teachers page
Greedy Frog Puppet Show Video & Activity Guide
Plus Frogsicle Puppet Making instructions
Activity Guide with fun Frog facts and more. When you purchase this resource you will get the password for accessing the private Vimeo link.
Paired with the Greedy Frog Video this Frog-sicle lesson plan, this gives students a Toad-ally awesome puppet for dramatic storytelling.
Our puppet lesson plans are designed to integrate art, drama with core subjects. They are not grade specific and are created from basic supplies and everyday items found around the house so they are accessible for everyone.
In our lessons we like to include a link to a picture book or video that provides a ‘hook’ for introducing the topic and creating interest in the students. We also include colourful step by step instructions for making the puppet, tips for puppeteers when animating their puppet, and ideas for dramatic play and storytelling.
Recently Wendy (AD of WPTS) had a terrific time leading an online presentation with patrons of the Vancouver Island Library system. She screened a puppet show video called Tube Worms, which features lovely shadowy underwater puppets and a precocious Sally hand puppet. Then she went Behind the Scenes to show the puppets and props and share more ideas on making puppets for the dark – like blacklight and LED puppets. The audience from all over the Island, Haida Gwaii to Ladysmith, had lots of questions and comments – “your puppets are awesome”, “the vampire squid was my favourite”, “My kid was clearly inspired”
As WPTS strives to present fact-based science, together with puppet fun, it was thrilling to receive this feedback from someone who knows! “I wanted to write to Wendy and give her an A+ on her tube worm anatomy. I’m a deep sea explorer and I’ve seen the ocean floor and hydrothermal vents, and her animals are perfect. I’m happy she’s sharing her love for the deep!”
THE GRAY JAY AND THE MAGPIE
This free resource features the story of The Gray Jay and the Magpie by Ken Lee, a puppet project and video link to 150 people retelling the story with puppets.
In 2017 WP Puppet Theatre marked Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation, with a special puppet project, that sought to connect people of all cultures, celebrate the land and remember our Canadian values of generosity and courage.
We created a community video of a modern-day story about Canada’s new (unofficial) avian emblem – the Gray Jay.
We invited over one hundred and fifty, local, national and international participants of all ages, and their unique hand crafted puppets, to read and film the story, one line at a time!
Email us to receive your free resource. or go to our Teachers Pay Teachers page.
Includes:
- Copy of the story, The Gray Jay and The Magpie by Ken Lee,
- Template to make your own 3D Bird puppet mask
- Link to YouTube videos of puppet performances for all 10 chapters of the story
In memory of Ken Lee who sadly passed away in Spring of 2022.
We thank him for the gift of his story for our use
and remember his compassion for people
and great love of the wilderness and the animals within it –
including Gray Jay and Magpie.
As he wrote “…it is the power of imagination and art that will be crucial to people’s overall health”