Children can also experiment with light and filters, engineer articulated puppets, and even film their own shadow puppet cartoons or stop animation. Our three little pigs often end up being on best terms with the wolf and invite him for tea. With shadow puppets, they can stage their favourite fairy-tales as well as make their own stories. You see, shadow puppets allow children to be the creators instead of the audience. They fall in love with this activity that is both full of innocent magic and pushes bedtime off a little bit longer! Once they have explored hand shadow puppets, it is natural to progress to traditional shadow puppets on sticks.īut do shadow puppets really stand a chance in this age of 3D animation?Ībsolutely, yes.
Encourage him to liven up his theater by using the crayons and markers to decorate the border of the window.Learn how to make shadow puppets and start your own shadow puppet theatre at home!Ĭhildren are quick to learn the art of creating shadows on the walls with their hands. Glue a piece of waxed paper over the rectangular window. Have him cut out the rectangle shape he just create with the scissors. Now he can get started on the puppet theater by using a ruler to measure a line one inch from the top, the bottom, and each of the sides of the cardboard lid. Encourage him to manipulate his creation so he can get a feel for how his puppet moves. Show him how to attach the wooden skewers to the central piece, as well as the limbs of the puppet. Let him assemble the puppets by pushing the sharp points of the brass fasteners at the points where he's overlapped the different pieces of card stock. Make sure he positions the pieces where he wants them to be connected. Have him cut the finished pieces out using the scissors. 
Once he’s done drawing, he can use crayons and markers to add color to the shapes. Remind your child to try to make his puppet look as much like the puppets he came across on the Internet as possible. Start creating the puppet by drawing the different parts of the puppet on the card stock. Encourage your kid to decide what kind of puppet he’d like to make. What clothing do the male puppets wear? How are the female puppets attired? Do creatures of myth appear in Chinese shadow puppetry? 
Have your child hop on the Internet and look up what the puppets in Chinese shadow play tend to look like.
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