Extremely portable; cheap; good for very young puppeteers.
Broadway’s The Lion King giraffes and elephants, Walking with Dinosaurs arena show, parade giants (e.g., Royal de Luxe). different types of puppets
Indonesian Wayang Kulit , Greek shadow theater’s Karagiozis , Chinese Piyingxi . Extremely portable; cheap; good for very young puppeteers
Pinocchio (in the Disney film, though animated), traditional Sicilian Opera dei Pupi , Burmese Yoke Thay puppets. Pinocchio (in the Disney film, though animated), traditional
Very crude appearance; fragile. 10. Digital / Virtual Puppets Construction: No physical object – a 3D character model with a digital skeleton (rigging). Controlled via motion capture sensors, a game controller, or a mouse/keyboard.
Sock puppet from The Mr. Show , basic children’s craft project.
Punch and Judy (UK), traditional Turkish Karagöz (actually shadow, but often misclassified), Sesame Street’s simpler characters (e.g., Ernie before full-body Muppet conversion).