Puppet Festival

While at the library last week we saw a poster advertising an upcoming "Puppet Festival."  We had no idea what that would include, aside from puppets, but it sounded fun, so we thought we'd try to make it happen this weekend.  After a slow start, we managed to accomplish our Saturday morning cleaning in time to spend some time at this mysterious event and had a great time.

The Puppet Festival really was just All Things Puppets.  We got up close and personal with a variety of puppets and learned about how to make puppets.  I now have a secret desire to turn all of our stuffed animals into puppets.  Cause I could.

We also saw some puppet shows, of course.  One of the shows had a pirate theme, where a boy named Timmy became Tim the Terrible and he learned some good pirate jokes.  I think I should include them here for posterity.

How much did the pirate pay for his earrings?
A buck an ear.

Why couldn't the pirate play cards?
Cause he was standing on the deck.

What has eight legs and eight eyes?
Eight pirates.

How much did the pirate's hook and peg leg cost?
An arm and a leg.

At the For Sale table, Luke enjoyed cuddling with the Orangutan puppet.

It's hard to see, but Cat has the coolest balloon animal ever.
It's a fish on a fishing pole.  Jack was also excited that he not only
got a sword, but a belt where he could stash the sword.

The kids are operating an adult-sized marionete.

The kids were really impressed with this 12-foot parade puppet
built by the puppeteer, who happens to be president of
the Utah Puppetry Guild.

A better view of the parade puppet in action.

Cat and Eliza both made paper bag puppets.

I don't know why, but I've always really enjoyed puppets so it was really fun for me to be at an event devoted solely to this art form.  The fact that the weather was beautiful and the event wasn't crowded made it all the more enjoyable.