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Using Puppets and Movie Maker, 3rd Grade, Laboratory Safety Lessons. Family Activities: Projects to do at Home: Puppets. Make Your Own Puppet! While women weren’t fighting overseas with the men, they played a very important role on the homefront during World War II. They were part of the Army as a WAC (Women’s Army Corps), part of the Navy as WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), and they worked in factories to help build planes and other war materials (you may have heard the term Rosie the Riveter). Here's how you can make your own WAC, WAVE, or Rosie the Riveter puppet. How to Make Your Puppet Education staffer Liz demonstrates how to make a puppet. What You'll Need: One of the puppet templates, which you can view and print below Glue stick A variety of colored pencils, crayons or markers Paper lunch bag Safe scissors Optional: Yarn for the puppet's hair (you can also draw the hair on your puppet if you don't have yarn) Optional: Googly eyes (you can also draw the eyes on your puppet) Directions: Puppet Templates Click on an image to download the template you'll need to make your puppet!

Kids' Puppets Crafts - How to Make Puppets | Family Fun. Pirates - Popsicle Stick Pirate Puppets Craft. The Science of Shadow Puppets. Preparation Lesson Setup Teacher Background For a basic guide to get your students started writing their scripts, see the ARTSEDGE resource, Playwriting Outline. This will also be available in the Resource Carousel above. Teachers may want to review some material before beginning the lesson. Print: Blackham, Olive. Web: NOVA on PBS: The Light Stuff Sagecraft Productions: The Puppetry Home Page Grouping Small Group Instruction Staging Set up computer with internet access and a projector or reserve computer lab You will need to create a screen for the shadow plays.

Next: Instruction > < previous: Overview Instruction Engage 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Build Knowledge 1. 2. Have them write the definitions of the words in their journals. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A long shadow A short shadow The blurriest shadow possible 9. Apply 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Reflect 1. What did you learn about shadows and light while working on this project?

Assess Use the 'Assessment Rubric' to evaluate students' work. Extend the Learning 1. 2. Puppet Making with Jim Henson: A Primer. Zoo Animal Stick Puppets Craft | Kids' Crafts. Free Barnyard Finger Puppets Knitting Pattern" Handmade toys are a rarity these days. For an adorable gift that's destined to become a cherished favorite, why not knit a set of darling finger puppets?

Parents will ooh and aah over your thoughtfulness, and children will love the toys! Techniques Binding Off -- BO Casting On -- CO Crochet Chain Duplicate Stitch I-Cord Joining Yarns Knit 2 Together -- k2tog Make 1 Increase -- m1 Purl 2 Together -- p2tog Slip Slip Knit Decrease -- ssk Slip Stitch Stockinette Stitch -- St st Working with 2 Colors Size 21/2" to 3" (6.5cm to 7.5cm) each Gauge 22 stitches/36 rows=4" (10cm) in stockinette stitch What You'll Need Yarn: Worsted weight wool: 15 yards (14m) main color for each puppet; 5 yards contrasting colors as needed; scrap yarn We used: Cascade Yarns Cascade 220 (100% wool) 5-15 yards (5-9m) each white, brown, red, black, orange, navy; Dale of Norway Dale Baby Ull (100% wool) used doubled, 15 yards (14m) each yellow, pink, beige Needles: US size 3 (3.25mm) straight; 2 US size 3 (3.25mm) double-pointed Add Hair.

Stick Puppets - Puppets Around the World. Step 1: Choose a Pattern and Print It Choose the puppets that you want to make. You can choose to make stick puppets or shadow puppets. The fish patterns are easier to cut than the seahorse, shark and octopus patterns. Download and print the pattern. You can print the pattern on white or colored paper. Make a stiffer puppet by printing on cardstock. You'll notice that the patterns include right- and left-facing versions of each puppet (except the octopus).

Fish Stick Puppets Seahorse and Shark Octopus Stick Puppet Patterns are Adobe PDF files. All of Aunt Annie's project patterns are designed to be printed on standard letter-size paper (8.5"x11" or A4). Step 2: Color and Decorate If you chose to print the black and white pattern, color the puppets any way you like with crayons, markers or colored pencils. You might also decorate the puppets with glitter or bits of colored paper, but you may want to wait to decorate the puppet with glitter until after you have cut it out. Step 4: Attach Stick.

Shadow Puppets. Puppets. Puppets and Patterns. Paper Finger Puppets Craft. Making Friends Paper Dolls. Make Puppets & Marionettes Crafts for Kids: How to Make Finger, Hand, Sock, and Shadow Puppets with Arts & Crafts for Children & Preschoolers & Teens. Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > How to Make Puppets Crafts Puppets are fun to play with and can be can be ether complex and simple to make.

There are so many types to choose from. You have finger puppets, sock puppets, hand puppets (sometimes called glove puppet), shadow puppets, push puppets, pull string puppets, marionette puppets and the list can go on and on. Artist helping children has a few tutorials that will help you make your perfect puppet. Make a Mini Puppet Theater Peep Box An empty shoe box is a fine stage for this theatre. How to Make Sock Puppets Learn how to make sock puppets...they are so easy to make. Make Potato Puppets It's fun to have a puppet show, and with potato puppets it's very easy.

Make a Peanuts Puppet Marionnette If you are NOT allergic to peanuts, then you can continuee. Printable Clown Finger Puppets With this cute puppet clown, your fingers are the clown's legs, so you can make him dance and move in all types of silly ways. Puppet Making with Spoons. Adding Hair: How to Make a Puppet. Puppet Crafts & Recipes - PuppetUniverse.com. Fun with Paper Toys. Let's have some fun with free paper toys. Paper toys are popular with children and adults. As a child I spent hours drawing and cutting out paper dolls and animal toys , making dioramas and cardboard villages, folding origami ornaments, and putting together tab and slot paper toys for myself and my five siblings.

The simple appeal of taking a flat sheet of paper and turning it into a three dimensional paper toy is a universal hobby enjoyed by all generations. Some paper toys are functional, while other paper toys are elaborate sculptures made from card stock. Adults and children alike enjoy making and playing with paper toys. Some of my most ambitious paper toy projects were wearable toy horses made from two cardboard boxes and a broomstick. These "broncos" had heads that moved, reins to hold and openings below the saddle area for our legs to step through. Paper toy photo credit: thegrandmasterurbski, Flickr Some paper toys are delicate while others are quite durable. Freebie Friday - Free Puppet Patterns - The Magic Bean.

Free sock puppet patterns: A list. Advertisements School of Puppetry is no longer supported. Due to financial and personal problems, I am no longer supporting this website and the content within. But don't worry, you can still access the archives, everything except the pay-per-download patterns. Any page can be still be accessed!

In addition you can still find: If you are looking for more puppetry, Puppets and Stuff, Puppet Hub and Puptcrit are chock full of puppeteers willing and ready to share tips and ideas. If you are a past customer contact me via the email address below. School of Puppetry officially dead July 2013. Free shadow puppet patterns: A list. Advertisements School of Puppetry is no longer supported. Due to financial and personal problems, I am no longer supporting this website and the content within. But don't worry, you can still access the archives, everything except the pay-per-download patterns. Any page can be still be accessed!

Copy the bit below: ? In addition you can still find: If you are looking for more puppetry, Puppets and Stuff, Puppet Hub and Puptcrit are chock full of puppeteers willing and ready to share tips and ideas. If you are a past customer contact me via the email address below. School of Puppetry officially dead July 2013. Free Puppet Patterns for you to enjoy. Free Puppet Patterns. Free Puppet Patterns for Little Fingers! Our free puppet patterns were created especially for easy-child-crafts.com! You won't find puppet patterns like these anywhere else on the web. Created specifically for easy-child-crafts.com by cartoon artist Omri Eshel, our collection of seven animal finger puppets are original works of art! They print out on one sheet of paper and are so easy to decorate! Scissors, crayons and lots of imagination are all you need to get going with this craft. Please note that this is an original template and is the copyrighted property of www.easy-child-crafts.com.

It may not be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except for your personal, noncommercial home use only. That said....let's get crafting! Here's what you'll need: Materials Instructions Print out the template by clicking on the graphic above. Color and decorate the animals anyway that you want! Cut out the template. Glue the base to fit your finger! Wait! Free muppet-type puppet patterns: A list. Advertisements School of Puppetry is no longer supported. Due to financial and personal problems, I am no longer supporting this website and the content within. But don't worry, you can still access the archives, everything except the pay-per-download patterns. Any page can be still be accessed! Copy the bit below: ? Tempskin=2013tutorials now paste it to the END of the URL you're trying to visit. Press enter. In addition you can still find: If you are looking for more puppetry, Puppets and Stuff, Puppet Hub and Puptcrit are chock full of puppeteers willing and ready to share tips and ideas.

If you are a past customer contact me via the email address below. School of Puppetry officially dead July 2013. Finger Puppets Patterns & Instructions - BillyBear4Kids.com. Easy to Make Puppets. Looking for some easy to make puppets? A few recycled materials and a little imagination is all it takes to easily create a variety of interesting character puppets. Perhaps some of these old standbys will be helpful or will spark some new ideas for making puppets in the classroom. Quick Jump to our latest free puppet patterns: Ever thought of puppets for easy craft ideas for home, school or church? Shoebox Theatre • draw a scene on paper and glue it on the back and base of the box • cutout cardboard figures and attach to straws • poke holes in sides of box for straws to slide through • box lid can be cut to make a pull up curtain These mini theatres work very well for retelling favourite stories.

Paper Puppet Cylinder Heads Mops and Dusters • glue or tape eyes, nose, mouth, ears etc. to make humorous characters Wooden Spoon Puppets •paint a face on either side of the spoon, add hair with wool •braid arms out of wool • wrap with small piece of material Paper Bag Puppets Styrofoam Ball Hand Puppet. Puppet Crafts for Kids. How to Make Sock Puppets Easy to Make Sock Puppets - These puppets are so cheap and easy to make. You can add different features to make an endless array of puppets. Save your old socks and socks with no mates or look for used socks and accessories in second hand stores. (Directions also available in Spanish.) What you will need: Socks Low Temp Mini Glue Gun Pink or red Felt Squares Cardboard from cereal box or thicker card board Chalk Scissors Paper Google Eyes and anything else you would like to add How to Make Puppets from Socks: 1. Fold the mouthpiece in half. 2. 3. 4.

Place a drop of hot melt glue in the center of the lower edge of the mouthpiece. Place another dot of glue on the top edge of the mouthpiece and pull the edge of the sock over the mouthpiece and press down. 5. 6. Cut it to fit over the cardboard mouthpiece and cover the edge just a little. Cut out a tongue piece and glue it inside the mouth. To add other features stuff the sock puppet with scrap material to make the puppet firm.

Dragon Paper Crafts. Strangely enough, I drew this dragon craft last year, and never got around to putting it up. Since Chinese New Year is right around the corner, I dug it up, polished it off, and happily, here it is! Printable Dragon Paper Craft This craft is so easy that a toddler can do it – they aren’t going to color with fancy-schmancy colored pencils or stay within the lines of course… But they can certainly handle it. Chinese Dragon Paper Puppet You will need an additional piece of construction paper to create the accordion dragon body, plus wooden kebab skewers to make it into a ‘puppet’, like this. Then simply click the above image to print out the dragon, color, and fold and glue as shown!

More Dragon Coloring Pages More Chinese New Year Printables Kids Crafts, Printables & Kid Friendly Recipes. Early Learning Activities For Pre-K and Kindergarten. Free Puppet Head Pattern. I've decided to post the basic pattern for the heads I have been building for the Joshua Junebug series of puppets. In reality this pattern is just the starting point. So far only Joshua has used this exact pattern. All the others have been modifications. I post this so that others who are just beginning building puppets will have something to help them understand how to shape foam. Enjoy. If you would like a higher resolution copy of this pattern I'd be happy to email one to you. Art Doll Template - How to make a paper doll decorated by rubber stamping! Animal Crafts For Kids. Click to enlarge the above seahorse pattern which can be used for perler beads (hama beads) or as a cross stitch pattern or even sticking mosaic pieces on some graph paper. www.dltk-kids.com/animals/fish.html (Lots of great fish crafts for preschoolers and up, including a fish made from a recycled CD, another made from a coffee filter, collage fish made from heart shapes or triangles or bits of tissue paper, a couple of paper plate fish or a fish decorated with salt) littleartmonkeys.com/Projects/Paper%20Projects/FishwithScales/ Fish%20with%20Scales.php (Make a scaly fish using colored paper, scissors and glue) www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/animals/fish/ (Make a fish from a paper plate) www.makingfriends.com/bug/bug_fish.htm (Make a yarn bug fish from a styrofoam ball) www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Crafts/1craft02.php (Make a Christian symbol fridge magnet fish from foam) www.craftscope.com/fish-craft/2/ (Cut and paste a colorful fish) Links checked May 2013.