PUPPET SKITS

 

TITLE: At the Beach

 

CATEGORY:

Comedy

(Bible Story; Social Issue, Comedy, Song, Black light, Shorts, Misc.)

 

STORY SUMMARY:  Practice puppets at the beach spend an afternoon in the sun, sunbathing, playing ball, and swimming.  No talking, all pantomime.

 

CRUX OF STORY/LESSON:  Just for Fun.

 

 

PUPPETS

PUPPETEERS

1.      Two Practice puppets

 

 

 

 

PROPS

PROPS

PROPS

1.      Sun

2.      Tape of beach noises

3.      Suntan lotion

4.      Shark fin

5.      Beach ball (on stick)

6.      Ocean (blue cloth over one side of stage

7.      Sunglasses

8.      Beach bag (with hole in bottom to pull out stuff)

9.      Etc., Pick other props as needed

 

 

OUTLINE OF STORY:

PROPS / ACTIONS:

·        Puppets walk on stage and look for spot to but beach towel

·        Puppets spread beach towel

·        Lights come up.  Ocean and sun in place.  Start beach sounds tape.

·        Puppets enter with blanket

·        Puppets put on suntan lotion

·        Puppet reach into beach bag and pull out huge (to them) bottle of lotion.

·        Puppets lay on towel under sun

·        Puppets turn over

·        One puppet can tap other on shoulder when it is time to turn over

·        Puppets decide to play with ball

·        Puppets toss ball back & forth

·        Ball goes into ocean

·        Move ball between two puppets with stick.  Have puppet miss ball and have it slide out into ocean

·        Puppets go into ocean to fetch ball

·        Shark fin appears

·        Puppets grab ball and swim ashore

·        Make “Jaws” movie music sounds as fin comes up

·        Puppets bounce up and down in water

·        Puppets do beach things

·        Add ideas, things to pull out of bag, etc

·        Puppets pack bag, roll up beach towel and leave

·        Lights go down (slowly, like sunset)

·        Puppets exit.  Beach sound tape stops.