How Did We Get Started in Black Light Puppetry?
Throughout our ministry, we’ve focused our puppetry on using arm rod puppets and a couple of human arm puppets. I’d heard about black light puppetry, but didn’t know anything about it.
I was asked to teach a weekly puppet class at a nearby non-public school and planned to team up with a guy that had used black light puppets in the past, so that was to be part of our curriculum. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for the guy to teach with me. I wound up doing the class myself, but still wanted to include teaching on using black lights in puppetry.
To do the teaching, I had to do some personal study. The first place I went to was Puppets from One Way Street. They are a company run by Christians that sell puppets and puppet supplies and I knew they had some black light information. (They also sell programming, gospel magic supplies, ballooning supplies, and other materials used in children’s ministry.)
In searching their site, I came across a DVD called “How to Start a Blacklight Ministry” with John Coen. It sounded like it would cover what we needed to get started, so I ordered it.
One Way Street also sells black light puppets, black hoods for performances, black or white gloves, and fluorescent paint for black light effects.
When it comes to black light puppets, there are several companies that sell them, but there isn’t a big assortment to choose from. Most companies sell the same puppets, so I just shopped around to find the best deal. We were able to purchase a full bodied boy and girl puppet and two clown fish puppets for under $200.
In the next post, I’ll talk about the DVD we purchased on how to start a black light ministry.
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