Our School Index Camp Destination Deep Rugged Run Splash Out Biopoems Puppets Darth Vader  Hidden Character  Links Govt Sites General English Research Maths Maori Science Social Studies Health Art Music Technology Search Engines e-mail Web Design Recycled computers Software Professional Development Kid Safe Copyright Issues Acknowledgments	Interview with a Puppeteer David Poulton is a puppeteer who visited our school.   He started making up his own puppets when he was seven and professionally when he was 18.  He  showed us a real neat elephant mask out of paper. Also he told us that we could make any object a puppet if we tried.  He did this with a mop and a ball . Notice from the photos that he was dressed in black so he could be camouflaged in with the stage colour. The main characters are Mr Wop and Wally. Improvisation -showing where he could make a puppet from ordinary objects. Then preformed a historic item, and a folktale, "The Stone Soup"from France. Each item can be used by teachers or children within the classroom.