I have been meaning to post about these clever little puppets for a while now.  These are simply small stickers that you can attach to you hand to create small puppets.  They are the brain child of puppet builder, craft expert and all around artist, Nikole Horkin.  Nicole sells these cool puppets in her online “Etsy-store” called Puppets and Pals.

Nikole is a wonderful artist with a great imagination.  She is currently doing a double major at the Univeristy of Hawaii, where she lives with her husband and son. 

As a primary school teacher and puppet builder/puppeteer myself, I have a great respect for her desire to teach children drama and art through her use of puppets. I for one will be very interested to hear about when she gets her Masters in Puppetry and opens up her own small children’s theatre, which is something that she hopes to do.  Check out Nikole’s stuff and hey, whilke you are there why not buy something.  The prices are great!

If you have a hard to buy for puppeteer on your holiday shopping list, look no further than Zazzle. There are many items to choose from contributors you know (and some you don’t). Let the world see your puppety soul.

This delightful shirt can be used as an instant puppet. Just remove your shirt and go to town. I can just see it now, thousands of shirtless puppeteers entertaining the masses. (Guys you may want to start the diet now.)

Be sure to observe all public exposure laws…or not. Seriously, I’m kidding. I don’t want to read any headlines that say “Naked Puppeteer Arrested in Blog Sting Operation”.