Puppet workshop

Puppet workshop

Presented by Antoinette Marlow

Why make puppets?

We want to tell our children the stories in the bible. As most young children have a very short attention span, they need a visual aid to attract their attention and keep it. Puppets are also familiar to children and easy for them to identify with. Thus the puppets are used to tell the children's stories.

Website : This website can be referred to for more ideas: www.daniellesplace.com

Requirements:

Brown paper bag puppets
· Brown bags
· Coloured paper
· Coloured cardboard
· Marker
· Glue

Sock puppets
· Eyes(felt/plastic)
· Nose(felt)
· Cardboard
· Felt
· Cotton wool
· Wool

Paper mache puppets
· Newspaper
· Wall paper paste
· Masking tape
· Coloured paper
· Wool

Spoon puppets
· Wool
· Coloured paper
· Tissue paper

To make puppets:

Brown paper bag puppets

Cow puppet

What you will need: brown paper bags, coloured paper, glue, cardboard, markers and any other decorations you would like to add.

What to do:
1. Cover the brown paper bag with white paper. Glue the paper onto the bag. Cut any excess of the brown bag off.
2. Draw or print a cow face on a piece of cardboard.
3. Glue the bottom half of the cow’s face onto the bag so that it stands out.
4. Cut out black patches from paper and glue them randomly onto the cow’s body.

Sock Puppets

Easy to Make Sock Puppets - These puppets are so cheap and easy to make. You can add all kinds of 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.

What you will need: sock, hot melt glue gun, pink or red felt, cardboard from cereal box or thicker card board, chalk, scissors and paper, googly eyes, and anything else you would like to add.

What to do:

1. Print out the mouth pattern and cut out the shape from cardboard such as cardboard from a cereal box or cardboard that is a little thicker. Fold the mouthpiece in half. (Make pointy mouthpieces for animals with pointy noses such as snakes, and wolves.)
2. Insert the folded mouthpiece into the sock so that the curved ends are facing the toe end of the sock. If it is too big, cut the piece smaller to fit so that it doesn't stretch the sock too much. Place your hand in the sock as shown in Picture A so that it is comfortable. Mark on the sock with chalk 1/2" beyond the end of the mouthpiece. Cut off the end of the sock where marked.
3. Remove your hand and flatten out the sock so that the heal of the sock is on top. Cut away the extra sock material around the rounded part of the cardboard mouthpiece 1/2" from the edge. See Picture B.
4. Fold open the toe end of the sock and the cardboard mouthpiece. The mouthpiece should be laying on top of the sock with the top toe end of the sock folded up. See Picture C. Place a drop of hot melt glue in the center of the lower edge of the mouthpiece. Shown in picture C with an X. Pull the edge of the sock material over the edge of the cardboard piece and press it in place being careful not to burn yourself. See Picture D. 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. Place glue all the way around the edge of the mouthpiece a little bit at a time pulling the sock material over the mouthpiece of pressing it down as you go.
5. Cut another mouthpiece from pink or red felt for the mouth. Cut it to fit over the cardboard mouthpiece and cover the edge just a little. Glue it down. 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. Glue on ears, eyes, teeth, and other features.

Paper-mache puppets

Paper-mache paste

Mix one part wallpaper paste with three parts water. Stir well and the paste is ready to use.

Strip paper-mache

Cut paper into strips. Paste a layer of strips in one direction. Then paste another layer of strips in the other direction. Continue until you have four or more layers and then leave it to dry. It may take several days dry right through.

Paper-mache paste

You can shape this pulp like clay or use it to cover objects. Tear small squares of paper into a large bowl and add some paper-mache paste. Allow the mixture to soak until it feels like clay. You may need to squeeze out any extra paste.

Paper-mache puppets

You will need: newspaper, tape, a short cardboard tube, scissors, paper-mache strips, paper-mache paste, powder paint mixed with white glue, paint brushes, wool, strong glue, a length of cloth, needle and thread and a piece of felt.

What to do:

To make the puppets head, crumple a sheet of newspaper into a ball. Tape the ball into shape.

Cut off a length of cardboard tube. Tape the tube to the ball.

Cover the ball with two layers of strip paper-mache. Leave the paper-mache to harden for about four hours.

To add texture to the head and neck, press on the paper-mache pulp.

Use small lumps of pulp to shape the puppets ears, nose, mouth and eyes.

When the head is dry, paint one the face. Glue pieces of wool to the head for hair.

Cut a simple glove shape from the piece of cloth.

Sew up the edges, leaving the neck hole open for the tube and the bottom open for your hand.

Cut out simple hand shapes from felt and stick them on to the ends of the arms.

Attach the cloth glove to the neck tube with strong glue.

Spoon puppets

You will need: plastic spoons, permanent markers and wool.

What to do:

Draw faces on the spoons with permanent marker. Glue pieces of wool to the spoons for hair.