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| + | ==1. Make at least one puppet, and make or buy two other puppets.== |
| − | A '''sock puppet''' is a [[puppet]] made from a [[sock]] (or similar garment) which is placed over the hand of a [[puppeteer]]. When a sock puppeteer fits their hand into the closed end of the sock, the sock puppet can be made to "talk" with the opening and closing of the hand. The puppet's mouth is formed by the region between the heel and the toe, with the thumb forming a jaw. At a minimum the shape of the hand will instantly form the shape of a mouth, but sometimes the mouth is padded by putting in a fairly hard piece of felt (often with a tongue glued inside). Sometimes the region between the toe and heel is cut open with scissors to form a mouth.
| + | Before you make (or buy) your puppets, you should have an idea of what the puppet show is going to be about, and the type of puppets you will use. It is generally a good idea to write a script first, and then develop the puppets needed for the script. If you will be performing for a multi-cultural audience, you might consider using animal characters instead of human characters. People of any race can identify with an animal more easily than they can with a human character belonging to a different race. |
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| − | [[Image:Carlb-sockpuppet-01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Sock puppet]]
| + | There are many types of puppets to choose from, and the choice will depend on the skill of the puppet maker as well as the skill of the puppeteer. Because they are generally easier to build and work with, we will present only three types here: rod puppets, glove puppets, and shadow puppets. |
| − | The sock is stretched out fully so that it is long enough to cover the puppeteer's wrist. Often, but not always, the puppeteer will hide behind a stand and raise up his or her hand above the stand so that only the puppet is visible. Many sock puppeteers, however, stand in full view along with their puppets and will hold conversations with their own sock puppets, using [[ventriloquism]].
| + | ===Rod Puppets=== |
| | + | ===Glove Puppets=== |
| | + | ===Shadow Puppets=== |
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| − | Sock puppets can be made from socks or [[stocking|stockings]] of any colour. Worn-out socks may be used, although socks that are too tattered may fall apart during performance, but socks are usually bought brand-new from the store in order to make sock puppets. Various additions can be glued on in order to give your sock a personality. Streamers and felt strings are popularly glued on for hair. [[Googly eyes]] (obtained from craft or fabric stores) are glued on for the puppet's eyes.
| + | ==2. Develop at least three puppet characters with their own voices.== |
| | + | ==3. Write three two-to-three minute scripts.== |
| | + | ==4. Perform to any audience (not family or immediate friends) at least three times.== |
| | + | ==5. Obtain an assessment of each performance by someone not related to the puppeteer.== |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | *[http://www.cybernex.net.au/clubs/pathfind/Honours/Hon_OUT_Puppetry_Notes.html SPD Notes on the Puppetry honor] |
| | + | *[http://www.puppetry.info/puppetry/building/index.html www.puppetry.info] |
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| − | The process of making sock puppets is popularly taught as a creative activity in elementary schools. Many schools teach children to make sock puppets and then have the children put on shows or plays for the whole school with them, sometimes with all the sock puppets singing.
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| − | ==Uses==
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| − | [[Image:Wikipe-tan sockpuppet show.png|200px|thumb|left|A typical Sock puppet show]]
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| − | Sock puppets have many uses. They can be used in often elaborate puppet shows or children's plays, much as [[marionette]]s would be used. Sock puppets can also appear, like other puppets, on television shows. They can be used alone on the puppeteer's hand to entertain children, without a complex stage or show. Two [[orange (colour)|orange]] sock puppets named "Fu" and "Fara" are used in teaching German children how to read. People also make and display sock puppets for their own artistic value.
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| − | Perhaps the best known sock puppeteer was [[Shari Lewis]] and her well known puppets [[Lamb Chop's Play-Along|Lamb Chop]], Charlie Horse and Hush Puppy. [[Señor Wences]]' act was also sock-puppet-like, except that he painted the character's face on his bare hand.
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| − | Sock puppets have also appeared in [[advertising]]. During the late 1990s, the [[ecommerce]] company [[Pets.com]] used a "spokespuppet" along with the [[tagline]] "because pets can't drive" in its advertising to much critical acclaim. But while the puppet became a [[pop culture]] icon, it did not help the company sell enough products to survive the [[dot-com crash]].[http://www.internetworld.com/magazine.php?inc=121500/12.15.00fastforward2.html]
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| − | As sock puppets appear friendly, non-threatening, and clearly non-human, therapists often have their patients speak to a sock puppet when they feel inhibited from speaking to the therapist. For the same reasons, and because oneself and one's sock puppet often feel like two different persons, one can speak through a sock puppet to express thoughts or facets of one's personality that one would not feel free to admit in person or fears would harm one's reputation were they actually said in one's own person. [[Herbert Garrison|Mr. Garrison]]'s use of [[Mr. Hat]] on ''[[South Park]]'' is a good example of this. Conversely, the American [[professional wrestler]] [[Mick Foley]] has used a sock puppet called ''[[Mr Socko]]'' as one of his signature weapons.
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| − | In the 1993 film ''[[Freaked]]'', [[Bobcat Goldthwait]] plays Sockhead, a character who is a talking sock puppet.
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| − | The late 1990s [[MTV]] sock puppet show, [[Sifl and Olly]], ran for two years and developed a [[cult following]].
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| − | Sock puppets are the biggest fear of [[Homer Simpson]], a character on the [[FOX TV]] show ''[[The Simpsons]]'', as claimed on the show's [[Fear of Flying (Simpsons)|114th episode]] (in the sixth season).
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| − | Canadian music video network [[MuchMusic]] is the home of [[Ed the Sock]]. Ed is an intentionally gruff cigar-smoking sock puppet who has been a part of the MuchMusic line-up since the 1990s.
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| − | In 2003 the online bank Egg used the sock puppet as an amusing device to advertise their credit card, showing a diffident man trying to negotiate his way through potentially embarrassing situations, such as being ripped off by a menacing plumber on callout at his house, producing a puppet that proceeds to voice loudly and sarcastically his real sentiments.
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| − | Ryan Daly has also discovered that sock puppets make great sex toys. He found that you can use them, not only on yourself, but on other men as well.
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | *[[Sockpuppet (Internet)]]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/puppets.html Danielle's Place: Easy To Make Sock Puppets] - Instructions on how to make a variety of different sock puppets
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