Puppeteer Papi

Maia's puppet theatre was a joint present from Papi, Noonah, Pat and I, and she LOVES it. It is a very interactive toy - she won't just go and play with it on her own, as she is acutely aware of the need for a Story Teller, a Puppet Person and a Watcher. And, no, they cannot all be one and the same person.

While Papi was here, she decided that we would play Puppets. So we relocated to the front room with cups of tea, and she arranged us for the first show. Papi was The Watcher, she was the Story Teller, and I was the Puppet Person. She spun a story about Scaly MacBeal and the Scary Wolf and The Grandmother who scared them both away, driving the narrative with loud 'And SUDDENLYs' and stage whispered instructions to me as to who to bring up next.

We all had a go at being the Story Teller, the Watcher and the Puppeteer. I loved watching Maia play. She gets really involved in the whole process. She is enthusiastic, stays in character has NO stage fright at all. I can smell the greasepaint already...