Brentwood Hills Church of Christ

Puppet Script for Children’s Worship Training

“Creation”

Characters needed:

Old Man	(old man is played by a woman trying to make the voice of an old man, or a man who sounds like a woman trying to make the voice of an old man, hee hee!)
Lion	(either man or woman, but some kind of original voice)
Animals	(any number of animals, played by people who like to sing)
Chicken	(anyone comedic)
Dog	(sits there the whole time but says “woof” at the end)

Dog:	(comes out on one corner of the stage but just sits there)
Old Man:	(suddenly pops up, very agitated) “Oh no! Oh no! I’m late! I’m so very late!”
Lion:	(very lazily, as waking up from a nap, pops up) “Well, I’ll be! Who’s that makin’ all that racket out here? I’m tryin’ to take a nap, you know.”
Old Man:	“Oh, but I’m late! Oh dear, so very late!”
Lion:	“Well whatever are you late for?”
Old Man:	(pacing, then turning to face the audience…says very loud and forcefully) “The creation of the WORLD!”
Lion:	(laughing) “Ah hah hah…yep…I believe you’re a BIT late for that, buddy…”
Old Man:	(still agitated and talking very fast) “Oh, but I so wanted to see how God created the world, and now I’m late and I’m never gonna get to see it or know anything about how it was made…(starts to cry and wail) Oh my, oh what a tragedy…WOE is me…(big pause)…And there’s one more thing…”
Lion:	(annoyed) “What?”
Old Man:	“I lost my chicken. You know, CLUCKY the chicken. He keeps running off.”
Lion:	“Oh my…”
Old Man:	“So if you see him, will you tell me right away? (facing the audience) Say, if any of you guys see my CHICKEN will you tell me right away? All you have to do is say “chicken!” really loud and I’ll come get him. Can you do that? Let’s practice…are you ready…CHICKEN! One more time…CHICKEN! Oh, that’s fabulous, simply fabulous!”
Lion:	“Hmmph, so is THAT all you’re cryin’ about? You want to know about the creation of the world, and you lost your chicken. Well, don’t you know that you can read all about how God created the world in the first book of the BIBLE?”
Old Man:	“The BIBLE? Really?”
Lion:	“Yes, yes, my friend…the first book in the Bible is called Genesis. And in the first few chapters of the book of Genesis it tells us all about how God created the world and the heavens and EVEN you and me.”
Animals:	(pop up behind the old man where he can’t see them…singing the first part of the song…see attached) “Day one, day and night.” (pop back down)
Old Man:	“I…I…I think I hear angels. Yes, yes, they are telling me something, I just know it…(trying to think hard)…ohhh…”
Lion:	(saw the animals and knows that they are not angels) “Angels…yeah, um…yes, that’s right, ANGELS. Do you know that God made the world in seven days?”
Old Man:	“Seven days you say?”
Lion:	“Yes. Well, really he made it in SIX days and then on the seventh day he rested.”
Old Man:	(taking it all in) “Six days…hmmmm…”
Animals:	(pop up) “Day two, heaven and earth.” (pop down, big pause as old man looks around confused, laughter from audience)
Lion:	“On the first day, God made day and night. On the second day, heaven and earth.”
Old Man:	“Oh yes! I KNOW that…the ANGELS told me.”
Lion:	“Yeah, those angels…”
Animals:	(pop up) “Day three, seas and land, day four sun moon and stars.” (pop down)
Old Man:	“And…don’t tell me now…I THINK that God made seas and land on the third day and the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day, am I right? Huh? Am I?”
Lion:	“Yes, that’s right. Let me guess, it was the ANGELS, right?”
Old Man:	“Yes! How did you know?”
Lion:	“Oh, lucky guess.”
Animals:	(pop up) “Day five, creatures of the air and of the sea.” (pop down)
Lion:	(sarcastically, playing along) “Oh yes, I hear them too.”
Animals:	(pop up) “Day six creatures of dry land and then came man.” (pop down)
Old Man:	“What? What’s that you say? The birds and fish were made on day five and the animals that live on the land were made on day six!”
Lion:	“And so when were people made, old man?”
Old Man:	“Hmmmmm…must be on day six.”
Lion:	“Yes! Great!”
Old Man:	“So now I know all about how God created the world!”
Lion:	(sarcastically) “Good for you!”
Chicken:	(chicken pops up and goes crazy saying brock-brock-brock-ah! over and over again. Hopefully, the audience yells “chicken!”)
Lion:	“What’s that? A chicken? Oh, yes, there’s clucky over there! Hey old man, there’s your chicken!”
Old Man:	“Oh, clucky, you’ve come back to me!” (goes and gets the chicken and puts it by his side)
Chicken:	“Brock!”
Old Man:	(to lion) “Oh thank you for helping me find my chicken!”
Lion:	“Oh, you’re welcome. It was our friends who found him for you.” (indicates the audience)
Old Man:	“Thank you friends! Oh thank you so much!”
Lion:	“So, old man, are you still late for something?”
Old Man:	“Nah, I don’t have to BE at the creation of the world, all I have to do is KNOW about it.”
Lion:	(still sarcastic) “Good, then MAY I TAKE MY NAP NOW?”
Old Man:	“Oh…yes, um, I’m sorry… (pause)…Oh, and thanks for telling me all about creation. And helping me find my precious little chicken…sweet little clucky…oh I just love him so much.”
Lion:	“Yes, yes, fine.”
Old Man:	“Remember, chickens were made on the sixth day!”
Lion:	“Yes, yes, I know…those angels are pretty smart, aren’t they?”
Old Man:	“Oh yes! And God is so powerful! I can’t believe he made all of that stuff…like all of…oh just EVERYTHING!”
Lion:	“Yes, that’s one thing we DO agree on…God is big and God is powerful. And God loved us so much that he chose to create us. And do you know what else God created?”
Old Man:	(confused) “What?”
Lion:	“NAPS! Sleep! Rest! You know, like on the seventh day he RESTED? Now you and your precious chicken run along and let me rest, you hear?”
Old Man:	“OK, bye-bye Mr. Lion!” (turning toward the audience) “Let’s say good-bye to Mr. Lion!” (with audience) “BYE-BYE MR. LION!” (Lion yawns and comes off stage) (old man and chicken walk up to dog) “So, Mr. Dog, what do you think about the story of creation?”
Dog:	(in a very low “doggie” voice) “Woof!”
Chicken:	“Brock-brock, brock-brock!”
Old Man:	“Ah, that’s good. Come on, clucky, let’s get back to the farm and tell the Mrs. All about how GOD CREATED THE WORLD!” (said very loud) “Let’s say bye-bye to all of our friends! Bye-bye! Bye-bye!” (pop down)
	(CWT leaders then sing creation song with the children, and point out what was created on each of the days to reinforce the story)

Creation Song:

Day one, day and night

Day two, heaven and earth

Day three, seas and land

Day four, sun moon and stars

Day five, creatures of the air and of the sea

Day six, creatures of dry land and then came man

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