Puppets

Before we left for Uganda, my friend Kathy and a couple young friends of hers made me some puppets to take. Another friend who had traveled to villages in Uganda had said they are a hit with kids. She was right!

When we went to the Ngenge villages last week, I pulled the puppets out a couple times. It was pretty apparent from the kids' reactions that they hadn't seen puppets before. They were intrigued but a little unsure what to do. They had the most fun when I put the puppets on their hands. It took a bold child to be the first each time, but once one child did then the others wanted to. Some understood that you put thumb and pinkie in the arms to make them work, but mostly they just liked having them on their hands. I only saw one other toy in any of the villages, and that was a key chain with a bear on it that one girl was holding.