Today I’m going to show you how to make a shadow puppet theater. First you’ll need a cereal box, some good medium thickness cardboard, paper, and skewers or popsicle sticks or straws.
Cut out a screen sized rectangle from both sides of your cereal box. It is helpful to draw the pattern before cutting out the hole. I drew my holes about one inch from the edges of the box. Then I used a utility knife to cut away the holes. (Kids can use utility knives! But just be careful.)
Then get a very thin piece of paper and cover the hole on one side. I used tape to hold the paper on.
To make the puppets, use the cardboard that you cut away. Draw outlines of your puppets and cut them out. I colored them black so they would show up better. Don’t try to make too many details because it’s very hard to cut out. Just make a basic shape. Unless you’re using a very big cereal box, you may want to make your sticks short. My sticks were a little long to fit into the box. Attach the sticks to the backs of the puppets with tape.
You need a lamp which is less tiring to your arms than a flashlight. Put your puppet theater on your bed and shine the lamp onto the puppet stage. You sit on the lamp side, off to the side, not blocking the lamp’s light. The audience sits on the other side of the puppet theater.
Then have fun!
-
that looks realy cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I might have to try that.
blessings,
mousehouse -
Oh, that looks like it was fun to make and use. My youngest daughter is has a fear of sharks so I don't think I will show her this post, but it is very creative. So did the shark eat the little person or did it just scare him?
I think we will make something like that to have on hand when we have little visitors over. Thank you for sharing your creations.
-
Thank you for sharing this! We too are studying the Westward Expansion, and have a "project week" coming up at the end of our unit. This will be one of our projects, thanks to your inspiring post!
Comments are now closed.
Sprite
3 comments