Friday, July 19, 2013

Puppets, shadows and theatre

I love to give the kids colors and scraps of craft material to go crazy with.
You would be amazed by the sheer creativity they express.
these are some patterns that we used for our puppet program.



I just love dancing puppets.
This one, while it looks simple enough had a lot of creative ideas from the kids.
Some colored the bats in brilliant hues, while others added pompoms for a body and google eyes






In these days of high tech toys, it is nice to get back to some simple basics




This snake can be cut out and the tabs make a kind of ring.   the sides of the head fold and become
a three d effect .






These are your basic shadow puppets to be cut out and attached to 
a stick for epic plays





Finally, this is our theatre. If you fold the edges over it makes a kind of box
that can set up on the table for a fine production.




So I

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