glove puppet

Hand-worn theatrical figure

A glove puppet is a puppet that fits over the hand like a glove, operated by moving the fingers to control the head and arms.

The puppeteer's hand goes inside the puppet's body, with fingers typically extending into the head and arms: The children watched the glove puppet show at the library.

Called a hand puppet in American English.

Related

Kermit · felt · folk theater · crocodile · foam rubber · storytelling · show · slapstick · booth · stage curtain · audience interaction · Judy · children · imagination · wiggling · curtain · children's theater · fingers

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Opposites
puppet mechanism/operation

glove puppetmarionette

String-controlled theatrical figure

string puppet · ventriloquist dummy · animatronic figure · shadow puppet · animatronic

puppet sophistication/complexity

glove puppetventriloquist dummy

Puppet manipulated while speaking

animatronic figure · marionette · automaton

Family

puppet, glove, gloves, puppets, gloved, puppetry, puppeteer, gloveless, puppeteers

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G