Puppetry is unity of art, music, animation and dramatic experience. Puppet show has a big influence on the development of the child's personality, on aesthetic, emotional and ethical level while at the same time it stimulates the development of creative thinking. The puppet world represents united world of poetry, satire, humor and fantasy who knows no boundaries between humans, animals, plants and objects. A stage puppet can do countless activities which are impossible to do in reality, and therefore the child finds it interesting. This paper presents the reception of a puppet play based on a picture book, a novel and a tale. Picture books, novels and tales have proven to be good foundations for the creation of puppet shows because they have brought topics that are close to the children. Watched puppet shows with their messages and total realization purifies the taste of viewers, children. They are being thought how to understand ethics and morals, how to exhilarate their imagination and the power of imagination, about the importance of beauty and art. These shows spread chlidren horizons and knowledge. The puppet show needs to respect certain rules which are received from the components of puppet shows, so it could fulfile its purpose and be successfull. Imagination, costumes, music and humor have proved to be crucial elements in the assessment of puppet performances by primary school pupils.