KIDS: That's pinkatastic!

(giggling) SARAH NOLEN: This is Kira.

She's actually a hand and rod puppet.

GIRL: Sarah Nolen is a puppeteer.

SARAH: I have my hand in Kira's body.

(as Kira): Oh!

Hello!

And that way, I'm able to manipulate her mouth.

Right?

GIRL: Sarah creates puppets and performs all over the world.

This is Hugo, and he is a grumpy fairy.

GIRL: She's the resident artist at the Puppet Showplace Theater.

She's their puppet expert.

Today, we're making a rod puppet.

And this-- he's a very simple rod puppet.

One main control rod, and that turns his head.

And-- crumple!

And then we start making puppet heads.

BOY: We crumbled up newspaper and then put tape over it.

Then we all chose a cloth and a yarn color.

Hold your puppet out in front of you so the audience can see.

ALL: Ah-ah... achoo!

Is the grandpa voice really high or really low?

So, he's going to be like, (imitating old man): "Oh, son!

You're back from college!"

Like that.

That's great.

I'm so proud to present "Back from College."

Oof!

Oh!

Oh, son!

You're back from college.

Yes, and I've been there for 42 years.

We've got some catching up to do.

SARAH: Bravo!

(applause)