How to Draw a Puppeteer Stage

Step 1: The head

Above the middle of your paper draw an egg head, narrower at the chin. Leave room above and below.

Step 2: The face

Below the middle of the head draw 2 small oval eyes with black dots, a tiny nose and a smile.

Step 3: Hair and fringe

Start on the left above the eyes. Draw hair over the top, down to the right, then a fringe across.

Step 4: Neck and T-shirt

Draw 2 neck lines. From the left one draw a T-shirt round to the right one, both sleeves pointing up.

Step 5: Arms

From each raised sleeve draw an arm out to the elbow, then straight up beside the head to the wrist.

Tip Keep the puppets a hand's width from the head, clear of the face.

Step 6: Two hand puppets

On each wrist draw a puppet: a cone body over the wrist and a round smiling head on top.

Step 7: Puppet booth

Behind everything draw the booth: a tall box from near the top of the page down near the bottom.

Step 8: Valance, curtains, ledge

Draw a frilly band along the booth top. Wiggle a curtain down each side from it, ending at a ledge.

Tip The curtains hang at the sides, clear of the arms and puppets.

Step 9: Shorts, legs, ground

From the hem's left end draw shorts round to its right end. Add 2 legs, sneakers and a ground line.

Step 10: Peach skin, pink cheeks

Colour the face, neck, arms and legs peach, with a pink circle on each cheek. Leave the eyes white.

Step 11: Yellow shirt, red curtains

Colour the T-shirt yellow. Colour the left puppet, the curtains and the frilly band red.

Step 12: Green puppet, brown hair

Colour the right puppet green and the hair brown.

Step 13: Blue shorts, purple booth

Colour the shorts blue and the booth purple around the kid and curtains. Leave the puppet heads and sneakers white.