How to choose a good friend ~ puppet skit

This is a puppet skit I wrote for our Prims friendship lesson last week. If anyone wants to use it to teach about friendship, go ahead!

 

SUSIE: Hi everybody!!! I’m Susie Puppet! I woke up this morning, and after I pulled the gum out of my hair, I thought that today would be a good day to make a friend! Do you guys think it’s a good day to make a friend? Because today it was sunny and sunny days are perfect for making friends!

EDDIE: OOHHH!!!! ME TOO! MEE TOOO!!!! I WANT TO MAKE A FRIEND TODAY! CAN I MAKE A FRIEND WITH YOU????????

SUSIE: Okay, Eddie, you can make a friend with me. As long as you don’t burp or pick your nose, or say anything dumb, or make any armpit fart sounds, ok?

EDDIE: You sure are picky… but ok.

SUSIE: And you can’t put smashed peas mixed with peanut butter in anybody’s purse, and you can’t throw spit-wads at the ceiling, and no making people lemonade with salt instead of sugar, and no putting baby frogs in my hair, and …

EDDIE: But why NOT?????

SUSIE: Because if you do no one will want to be our friend!!!!! What kind of person wants to hang out with someone throwing spit wads?

EDDIE: Oh, fine! Have it your way! So, who should we pick to be our new friend???

SUSIE: Well, I was thinking about being friends with Cathy. She is ALWAYS buying her friends ICE CREAM!!!!!!! I just love ice cream!!!! Especially raspberry ripple strawberry lemon delight mixed with pumpkin mint taco chocolate surprise!!! With whipped cream and olives!!! Yum!!!!!!!!!!

EDDIE: But isn’t Cathy the one who always spreads lies about her friends when she gets tired of them?

SUSIE: Well, maybe… yeah… but… ice cream… I know! If I just stay exciting enough, she won’t get tired of me! Then I won’t have to worry about it!!!! Think it will work?

EDDIE: No.

SUSIE: Well, then who do you think would be a good friend?

EDDIE: I am thinking that Jack would be a good friend!

SUSIE: Jack? But he always smells like he took a bath in smashed bananas and toothpaste! Why would you want to hang around him???

EDDIE: Because his dad owns PIZZA PALACE and drives a sports car and if I was his friend, I bet I would get rides in the car to Pizza Palace and get all the FREE PIZZA I want!!!!!!!! Pepperoni pizza, meat lovers pizza, cheese pizza, taco pizza, dessert pizza, cheeseburger pizza, neighbors annoying cat pizza…You just can’t say no to pizza!!!

SUSIE: Or to detention.

EDDIE: Huh? What do you mean?

SUSIE: Don’t you know? He’s always in detention for cheating, bullying, spray painting the bathroom mirrors, making the drinking fountains shoot out pickle juice instead of water, resetting the school clocks to make everyone get out of school at ten in the morning, letting his pet dinosaur loose on the playground,

EDDIE: Huh?

SUSIE: letting the air out of the bus tires, making people think there are worms in the spaghetti, and all kinds of stuff like that!!! And when he does, most of his friends get in trouble too!!!

EDDIE: Hmm… Well, maybe not him then. My parents said not to get any more detention.

SUSIE: Do you think Julia would be a good friend? She NEVER gets detention. I think the principle is her aunt…

EDDIE: But have you SEEN how she treats her friends??? She’s always treating them like they’re worthless!!!!  I don’t want to hang out with someone like that!!!!

SUSIE: Well, what should we do then? I just wanted to make a new friend today!!!!!

FRED: Hi guys! What are you doing?

EDDIE: We’re trying to think of who can be our new friend, but none of Susie’s ideas are very good. (Susie bumps him) I mean, none of our ideas are very good.

FRED: Well, when I want to make a good friend, I look for someone who acts the same way my best friend does.

SUSIE: Who’s that? It’s not Jack, is it???

FRED: Nope. My best friend is Jesus! Usually you start to act like the people you hang out with, so I want to hang out with people who will help me be more like Jesus!!!!

SUSIE: That’s a good idea!!!! Let’s see… Who acts like that????

FRED: Well, I want to hang out with someone who is loyal and kind and honest. Jesus is like that. He never decides he doesn’t like us anymore, he’s always kind, and he always tells the complete truth! I also want to hang out with someone who does what’s right and helps me to do what’s right, just like Jesus! And someone who isn’t selfish, but always puts other people first. Jesus was so unselfish he gave his life to help us!!!

EDDIE: Okay, so let’s see… who is like that in our school…

SUSIE: Hmm… well… how about… OH, I CAN’T THINK OF ANYBODY LIKE THAT!!!!

FRED: Nobody is perfect! But if somebody is trying to be more like Jesus, they act more and more like that all the time! And I figure, if I want friends like that, I had better BE a friend like that!

SUSIE: That’s a good idea. I bet Jesus wants us to be a good friend to help other people know him too, huh?

FRED: Yep!

EDDIE: So, Fred, will you be our new friend for today?

FRED: Okay. Want to make some lemonade and put salt in it instead of sugar?

SUSIE: NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!