here are three major principles of manipulation:

1) the puppet can be manipulated from below;
2) the puppet can be activated from above;
3) and the puppet can be animated horizontally with the puppeteer standing behind it, often in full view of the audience.

nd there is a wide variety of puppet types:

The hand puppet that you wear like a glove;
The marionette that has strings to pull;
The shadow figure whose shape is outlined behind a screen;
The marotte that has a single rod;
And many others . . .

Any inanimate object can become a puppet. All it needs is a puppeteer to set it in motion before an audience to convey an idea, a feeling, or to tell a story . . . and, with that, the show begins!

uppets breathe, dance and even fly, all through the artistry of puppeteers.

Whether it is complex or very simple, the puppet's construction must allow the puppeteer to make its movement expressive.