Puppetry

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Puppets. what do you all know about puppets?
My french class has to do some presentations, and I convinced my partner that we're going to make part of ours into a puppet show (to carry on the theme of us being completely over the top). It's a short story, circa late 1800's (the "second chapter" to Guy de Maupassant's "La parure"), and full of random happenings (hot air balloon, pirates, chimney sweeps, a choralistic militia, etc...). I was thinking sock puppets for the main 2 or 3 characters and cardstcok/fabric cutouts for the rest (which are only mentioned, not actually presented... like a dream sequence).

What ideas do you all have as per puppet style, materials, anything?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for the text-only, but when it's done, there will be photos.

[EDIT] they are done, they are grotesque and adorable. pics tomorrow