Vanishing Hand-Puppet House
By Professor Spellbinder
The problem with most
vanishing puppet props is that they first require you to take the
hand-puppet off your hand before it vanishes, which is an awkward
moment for both you and the puppet. It would be much nicer to
have the puppet “alive” right up to the moment it
vanishes, and perhaps even after it vanishes. That's what happens
with this Vanishing Hand-Puppet House. Because it is a
little house, this prop seems more puppet-friendly than a cage or
a plain box. Your hand-puppet begins to explore it, crawling
inside and waving to the audience from a window before it
mysteriously vanishes and the house is taken apart piece by piece
(by you or a helper from the audience) with no sign of it! It
reappears later just to let the kids know that it is "all
right."
The house prop is easily
made from wood and foamboard or hardboard or thin plywood. The
vanish takes place in your hands, up close to the audience, away
from all tables and other props in your show. It can also be used
to vanish doves and small animals instead of a hand-puppet, or
make it large enough to vanish a ventriloqual figure, or a bigger
animal like a rabbit. You can use it to carry your puppet and
other props, and decorate it as plain or as fancy as you wish. At
Halloween it can be a haunted house, at Christmas an
"Elf" house, a log cabin, a "little house on the
prarie", and so on.
WJ19-07
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