Puppets
Puppets are a good thing to have in your arts and crafts treasure box. They are inexpensive, easy for you and your library participants to create, and work well in storytelling and as an art project. You just need a little imagination.
Materials Needed:
Lunch Bag, Construction Paper, Scissors, Glue. You can also add optional items such as yarn, magazine pics, etc.
There are a number of good puppet making sources online. Here are a few of my favorites:
Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr226.shtml
Puppetools
DLTK Kids-Super Resource for Paper Bag Puppets and more
http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/paper_bag.htm
Marionettes
I created this Marionette from recycled materials several
years ago. It is easy! It's inexpensive!
The head is created from a styrafoam ball attached to a styrafoam cup.
The hands are created from clear straws which are pushed through the
styrafoam cup. The straws are cut into two separate pieces and attached
with brads. Brads are also used to decorate the vest and shoes (paper
towel rolls cut to size). They are also used to attach the straw legs.
Foam containers are cut and glued to the
straws to create the hands. String is pulled through the 2 straws-
overlaid-and attached with a brad. The overlaid straws form
a handle for the moving strings which manipulate the head and arms.
Scrape fabrics are used
Here are some other ideas at other websites:
Zoom PBS
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/do/marionettes.html
A cute Leprechaun at the Enchanted Learning website
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/stpatrick/Leprechaun.shtml
Turkish Puppet Shadow Play
Many good resources to other puppet links
http://www.karagoz.net/puppets/puppetmasters.htm
Mitten, Sock and other kinds of Puppets
You will enjoy this Martha Stewart Puppet Website
if You Don't Know What to do with Those Extra Mittens and Socks
Danielle's Place
Many Good Examples
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/puppets.html#