The topic of this paper is “The puppet as the third educator in an educational institution”, and the goal is to determine the importance of the puppet in an educational institution. Moreover, a puppet can be a third educator if we use it in a methodical and deliberate manner in our daily educational work. There are different types of puppets that the educator can use, moreover, anything can be a puppet. A puppet can do everything that is not possible and has an important feature- the possibility of movement and dramatic expression. For children to be able to play in an educational institution, the educator must create conditions that will enable them to have new experiences and to expand the old ones. An educator with a puppet has many roles, the most important of which is to create the conditions for play, instead of leading it. A puppet offers the educator an insight into a child´s world, which enables him to understand it´s needs easily. Puppet can be found in therapy room where children express their feelings very clearly, through playing with it. A puppet offers children processing and liberation from bad events and relationships with the environment that are imprinted with painful affects, their speech develops, and they learn new words. She encourages them to develop creativity and imagination. A child creates an emotional connection with a puppet very easily because he has chosen her authority. Among other things, this paper serves as a confirmation of a great contribution to the child´ development and facilitating the child to open to the educator and show him nis world without the feeling of being forced.