PUPPET SKITS

TITLE: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

CATEGORY:

Song

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

STORY SUMMARY:

Puppets dramatize song lyrics. Extensive use of props.

CRUX OF STORY/LESSON:

The sadness of war.

PUPPETS	PUPPETEERS
1. Three girl puppets (holding flowers) 2. Three boy puppets

PROPS	PROPS	PROPS
1. Flower prop 2. Grave prop 3. Soldier’s clothes for boys

OUTLINE OF STORY:	PROPS / ACTIONS:
Where have all the flowers gone… …They’ve gone to the young girls… When will they ever learn, Oh when will they ever learn.	· Three flowers on stage in a row (use a prop box). Each one, in turn, slowly sinks and disappears behind stage. · Girls appear holding flower.
Where have all the young girls gone …They’ve gone to the young men…	· Girls (one at a time) turn and slowly exit the stage. The boys come up in their place.
Where have all the young men gone …They’ve gone to be soldiers…	· Boys exit one at a time, then they return (marching) in uniform.
Where have all the soldiers gone? …They’ve gone to the graveyards…	· Soldiers turn and exit one at a time. A tombstone rises in their place.
Where have all the graveyards gone …They’ve gone to the flowers…	· Slowly, a flower rises by each tombstone.
Where have all the flowers gone?	· One girl puppet, still holding a flower, enters center stage. Bows head. Song ends.