The close-up shot of the children looking over is a bit awkward since they look to the right, but the following action of the puppets is on the left (the walker winding up the fire), I looked at the original scene and noticed you reversed that shot, but I think now it makes more sense to leave it with the children looking left at the walker that’s about to shoot.
Here’s a quick mockup with the shot unreversed, so you guys can judge: https://vimeo.com/554532367
I think it flows nicer, it feels like the children go from looking at the alien guy over to the puppet action, and also it matches the following shot of them laughing.