Simple Hand Puppets (1963)

[Music] and I think I'll just take grandmother some flowers too you smell [Music] lovely who are you H the the name is Wolf who are you Red Riding Hood and it's nice to meet you Mr Wolf uh now if you excuse me oh uh where are you going this fine morning to take this basket of food to my grandmother I really must hurry oh yeah yeah is she the uh nice little old lady who has Holly hwks in the front of her Cottage yes and I'm very late Goodbye Mr Wolf well I just happened to know a shortcut to that Cottage was a holly HW whatever do you suppose will happen next what happens next is almost poetry uh Miss Hood may we hear your poem you need cloth old or new for the dress that will do a needle and thread a sock for the head cotton we found makes the head nice and round this red is quite good for the yarn for the hair scissors one pair a crayon or two some cardboard some glue a pencil a pan some Scotch tape and then some strong rubber bands and of course your two hands our director will now tell you how thank you Miss Hood now begin with the head [Music] then snip off the rest of the sock about an inch below the stuffing now roll a piece of cardboard so it fits tightly over your first finger down to the second joint tape it together [Music] then push it into the cotton in the head like this and there is the neck this rubber band should be as close to the stuffing as [Music] possible and blue will take care of those loose ends now since Red Riding Hood is a golden-haired girl yellow yarn will do nicely for her hair first measure from the top of the head down just a bit longer than you think the finished hair should be try not to stretch the yarn when you do this then double this length you'll see why in a moment Now using this measurement Loop the yarn back and forth like this about 30 Loops will be enough put this Scotch tape a little off center so you won't have to sew through [Music] it if you sew down the middle of the head like this it will look look like a center part we made braids for our Red Riding Hood perhaps you can think of a different hairstyle for her dress you will need about 1/4 yard of some colorful material fold it first this way and then [Music] again since your thumb and second finger will be the arms your and will be the pattern for the dress be sure you leave plenty of room for a seene down to your elbow snip out a very small corner here to make a hole for the [Music] neck make your seams as shown in this picture now put the neck inside the little hole in the top of the dress secure it with a thread and thank you that's much better but something seems to be missing patience Miss Hood bu your face before you can wear it start with a circle and then draw a line across the middle faces look more like children's faces when drawn below this Middle [Music] Line use your imagination and give her a nice face tie on her Red Hood and there she is oh thank you I do feel more like myself goodness you have made me late I'd better hurry [Laughter] goodbye this time I'll catch you before she gets to Grandmother's house not while I'm here you won't and not while I'm here either and anyhow we want to know more about you T interruptions interruptions oh well let's show business well you're nothing but an old stuffed sock still we do need a wolf for our story so I guess we'll put you back together start by folding a piece of [Music] cardboard then measure your own hand from the thumb around the fingers like this [Music] now extend that top curve a little to make a longer nose and then cut so and you have a nice firm mouth for your villain with your left hand put this cardboard into the toe of an old dark colored Woolen sock be sure the heel of the sock is on the back of your hand push the toe in to make the inside of the mouth paper clips will hold the sock to the cardboard now slit open the sides of the mouth like this and so along the edge of the cardboard as marked in this picture [Music] you want this fuzzy side to show now with a cardboard back in place stuff his head with wted up tissue paper sew or glue on big ears Wicked eyes a black nose a red tongue and uh I had unfinished uh a business you know aren't you through I guess so have you seen grandmother yeah she's right down there and gone all to pieces as usual now can I go please do now grandmother is almost exactly like Red Riding Hood she's a grown-up so make her head a little [Music] bigger this grandmother has gray hair buttons for eyes a little red mouth a few lines in her [Music] face and instead of making braids pull the yarn back and pin it into a little bun put her little grandmother dress on and a little grandmother cap and now little grandmother how do you feel we're all most frisky after that oh but I have been ill you know and my granddaughter's coming for a visit if you will excuse me I'll just hurry along why grandmother what are you doing out here shouldn't you be home in bed oh I'm going right now thank you but um I think he wants to see you oh thank you ma'am uh you wanted to see me sir we should rehearse before the show would you call Miss Hood please miss Hood oh miss hood on stage please you called yes but as an actress you should come on from the wings the sides of the stage shall we try again well that's better but um you're a little girl aren't you oh yes certainly not more than um this tall you're very right and also that arm shows that's more like it now how do little girls walk well this one would probably Skip and sing I think you're right again now now you're on your way to your grandmother's house with this basket you're skipping through the woods you're happy let's try it remember you're [Music] singing you hear a [Music] bird you smell the flowers now you're getting the idea very good how how what I just want to know how I managed to be so Sensational well just sit over there and I'll show [Music] you now here is your head see and here is one arm and this is the other arm these other two fingers just try to stay out of the way like this and when you feel the edge of the stage about here on your arm like this you stay a little girl if not you get taller or shorter or you may disappear allog together now you skip like this you wave at the bird so smell the flowers put down the basket pick a flower and if you will stand up a moment I'll demonstrate how you manage to sit in that chair [Music] see yes very interesting thank you now can we go through your scene with the wood cutter Mr Woodcutter on stage please uh did you say something about a scene with Red Riding Hood did you mention my granddaughter she went to fetch my Shaw I've been sick you know yes we all know are you feeling well enough to rehearse a bit oh my yes I I beg your pardon I mean I try if you wish me to uhhuh yes well Mr Woodcutter would you mind pushing that bed onto the stage certainly be happy [Music] to there is that about where you want it yes just right thank you very much I think it should be here instead careful grandmother remember you've been sick why don't you just lie down for a moment I'll call Mr Wolf and then we can go through your scene oh yes a splendid idea oh I'm very tired so sleepy now while she's quiet Mr Wolf Mr Wolf oh there you are Mr wolf who me oh I was just checking to see if she was really asleep yes I know well let's get to work anyway can we have the door on stage [Music] please uh thank you we'll do the last act straight through now uh Mr Wolf you come on first [Music] please what a shortcut naturally I got here first I'll disguise my [Laughter] voice who's there uh just me I mean I grandmother Little Red Riding Hood lift up the latch and open the door dear child oh oh the w that's a speedy little grandmother I only got her cat oh well Red Riding Hood is probably more tender anyway I [Music] wait who's there it is I grandmother Little Red Riding hord well lift up the latch and open the door dear child hello Grand grandmother dear I brought you some cakes and custard no how nice come closer dear child why grandmother what big eyes you have uh the better to see you with dear child and grandmother what big ears you have the better to I mean the better to hear you with my dear but grandmother what big teeth you have yeah the better to eat you with my de aha C in the ax he you medler this is none of your business it is now we can all do without you yeah not in this story you can my wife always wanted a fur coat I'll make a Sports cap from that dizzy shirt I'll make you into a bare skin rug I'll shake the stuffing out of you [Music] oh did I miss the fight the wonderful wood cutter has saved us from the wicked W oh it was nothing nothing at all one of these days I'll win this fight then we'll have a new ending for this old yarn [Music] [Applause] [Music]