My favourite children’s books for puppet workshops

Written By Wendy Passmore-Godfrey

Thinking of the hundreds and thousands of hours of puppet workshops I’ve done and some of my favourite books to use for inspiration:

Cover of the picture book with a drawing of a grey elephant holding onto a smiling child with her trunk,

A humourous counting book for anyone who loves lots of elephants. Puppet elephants are fun to make! They can be any colour and as big as you like! https://www.indigo.ca

Cover of the picture book with title and drawing of a small boy with an umbrella battling against a storm

Here’s the challenge- what does a puppet of a problem look like? And isn’t it fun to hide an opportunity inside a puppet.
A beautiful book with lots of creative potential.
https://www.indigo.ca

Cover of the book with a painting of a prairie and 2 children sitting by their bicycles

Go for a walk and gather natural materials - grass, twigs, spruce cones, leaves - and make puppets! A great way to remind ourselves of the beautiful place we live. “If you’re not from the prairie You don’t know the wind, you can’t know the wind”
https://donnaward.ca

And here are snapshot samples of the puppets we’ve made in the workshops with these books!

Wendy Passmore-Godfrey
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