design:

Tea Janković tea@etcetera.hr

Sack packed with stories:
puppet theatre in your bag

Discover new spaces for fun and learning through play!

Game “Sack Packed with Stories” was created by the team of experts - designer and psychologist - with the intention to inspire development of your and child's imagination and creativity, social intelligence, cognitive skills (particularly abstract thinking)... While travelling or spending time at home children improve their coping with new, problem, unpredictable situations and thus complete their emotional, perceptual and motor development.

Attach the bag to the front seats of a car, train... to a hanger in the waiting room, tie it as an apron... and let your imagination run wild! Randomly take shapes one by one from pockets (backstage) and fasten them to straps (stage) above. Each shape can start and end the story, develop it or induce turnaround, surprise, laughter...

This innovative game lets you set your own rules so you can play each time differently. Shapes from a favourite story can be separated into the side pocket and/or written down by pen in a pad and storied over and over again. Asymmetrical shapes, without details encourage storytellers and listeners to assign them roles, characters, functions, states, moods... The shape of mountain can be a sand dune as well, the woman a mother, doctor... Storytelling may include other toys (that can be slipped into a back pocket) making stories even more personalized.

Both adults and/or children can tell stories. The important thing is to have fun!
Children who can’t follow the story can study the shapes, textures, colours, take the shapes in and out of pockets and fasten them to straps...
Based on cooperation and mutual support this game brings you happiness with others instead of at their expense! So everyone wins!

With "Sack packed with stories", in your own puppet theatre, you will spend countless fulfilling and joyous moments to remember forever!