Super Bob At The Church Picnic

Setting

Mark the area with a large sign, "Church Picnic Today." Puppets are eating and throwing paper and trash around.

Characters

Super Bob Flashy puppet with a superman cape.
Puppet 1 Child at the picnic
Puppet 2 Child at the picnic
Squirrel and Rabbit Puppets Mix of puppets who live in the forest
Animal Representative Speaks on behalf of the forest creatures
Other Children Puppets Any number is ok


The Play

Action Puppets eat in a messy manner. They are laughing and talking and throwing paper all around.
Super Bob ("flies" in to Superman theme type music) Stop! This is God's beautiful world! What are you doing to it?
Puppet 1 Who are you?
Super Bob







Who am I? Don't you ever watch the news?
I'm Super Bob.
Faster than a speeding tricycle.
Stronger than sixteen spiders.
Able to leap small buildings with a helicopter.
I protect the weak.
I feed the hungry.
I defend God's world.
Puppet 2 Cool! Have a sticky sandwich. They're really great.
Super Bob Thank you. I believe I will. (Removes wrapper) Where's the trash bag?
Action Puppets laugh.
Puppet 1 Trash bag? We're on a picnic, not in the church. Who needs a trash bag?
Puppet 2 Just throw it down somewhere. Trash bag out here? Ha, ha, ha!
Super Bob I thought this was a church picnic.
Puppet 1 That's right. We're having our Sunday School picnic. We'll be going swimming next.
Super Bob Better wear your boots.
Action Puppet children laugh and repeat Bob's words to each other.
Puppet 1 Who ever heard of wearing boots when you swim?
Super Bob Looks to me like you'll need the boots to keep from cutting your feet on all the stuff you guys have thrown in the water and on the beach.
Puppet 2 Oh, I see what you mean. (Calls to others) Hey, everybody, throw your stuff over that way. You're making a mess in the water.
Super Bob I don't think you should throw it over there either. There's a family of baby squirrels up in that tree. They might get hurt on some of that junk. Don't you guys know it's your job to take care of God's world?
Puppet 1 Us? Take care of God's world? I thought that was God's job.
Puppet 2 Yes. That's right! God made it! We live in it! What's your problem?
Super Bob The problem is that it won't be fit to live in much longer if you guys keep this up. God said it was our job to take care of the world.
Puppet 1 God said that? He said it was my job? Who told you?
Super Bob God did. He wrote it right there in His book. Lets read Genesis 1:28. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Puppet 1 I don't understand. What does dominion mean?
Super Bob It means we are in charge here on the earth. We are expected to take good care of the world and everything in it.
Puppet 2 Oh no! We had a job from God and we have not been doing it. Look at this mess. I'll bet God is really mad at us. What do we do now?
Super Bob I believe that God is very sad that we don't take better care of His earth. Making a mess like this really is a sin. Do you know what you should do if you sin?
Puppet 1 Talk to God about it?
Super Bob Right. All you have to do is tell God what you have done and ask Him to forgive you. He promised that He would.
Puppet 1 Looks like somebody has some picking up to do around here. (Picks up trash bag) Come on, guys, are you ready to clean up this mess?
Action Children pick up trash while singing. Something like If We All Pull Together
Super Bob This is looking much better. Now when someone comes out here to see the beautiful world God created, they'll see the grass and flowers instead of all that trash.
Action



Rabbit and squirrel puppets spring up and sing (to tune of Happy Birthday) while dancing around the puppets.
We say thank you to you
We say thank you to you
We say thank you, God bless you
We say thank you, to you
Animal Representative (importantly) Ahem! Your attention please everybody. On behalf of my fellow citizens I want to say Thank you and you are welcome to come back anytime.
Super Bob As long as you bring your trash can along. Remember, we are in charge of keeping God's world clean and beautiful.
Everybody Sing a fun upbeat song with lots of puppet action. He's Still Working on Me would be a good choice.





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