personify — to represent (a thing or abstraction) as having human characteristics or to be the perfect example of a quality

an actor dressed as a giant tree with arms, legs, and a friendly face waves enthusiastically at the audience. The tree character speaks with animated facial expressions and gestures like a person would. A child actor dressed as the sun with a smiling face and outstretched ray-arms dances alongside the tree. The young audience watches with delight as these natural elements move and talk like real people. Other performers dressed as talking flowers and clouds join the scene with human-like movements. abstract things being represented as having human characteristics and behaviors