Your puppet should be positioned approximately 5 inches from stage front with eyes looking down at skit action or audience. Your arm should be covered with puppet or puppet clothing. Your puppet should move around on stage in a believable fashion. Arm, hand, head and body movements all help to make a more believable performance. When entering and exiting always walk up and walk down.
Puppets do make eye contact with the audience.
It is important that the puppets eyes move across the audience. Problems to look for and correct Singling out or staring at one person in the audience or puppet on stage. Lack of interaction with other puppets or audience. Any behavior that does not appear believable. Lack of puppet action or motion.