If you are thinking of doing shadow puppetry more than a handful of times you may want to invest in a durable frame that can be stored easily and will withstand stains and humidity. One
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How to Make a Shadow Puppet Theater from a Box
If you want to use a box as your shadow puppet theater, the size of the screen will depend on the size of the box that you use. For puppets the size of about 10″
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Using Bendable Straws for Puppet Rods
Instead of using velcro to connect moving rods to a puppet a cheap alternative is the use use bendable straws, first introduced by David and Donna Wisniewski in Worlds of Shadow, Teaching with Shadow Puppetry. You can
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Using a Big Screen
If you want to do shadow puppetry as a class project or for a performance, you need a larger screen and puppets that are big enough to be seen well by the audience (12″-15″). The
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Dutch heritage
Dutch “Sand Cookies”
Did you know that the English word “cookie” is derived from the Dutch word “koekje?” (hear the pronunciation). The history goes al the way back to 17th century, when the Dutch had a colony on
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Greek mythology
The Huge Greek Mythology Birthday Party Game
If your child, like my nine-year old son at the time, is really into Greek mythology and you are looking for some creative fun preparing a birthday party, you may like to use some of
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Dutch heritage
How to Make Wooden Shoes out of Paper
What you need yellow poster board from your local craft store (for size of an 8 year old at least 24″x 13″ or 65x35cm) scotch tape stapler two pieces of thin elastic How to make
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Dutch heritage
How to Make a Dutch Hat out of Paper
In 2001, when I had to dress up my eight-year-old daughter Sara in Dutch costume for a third grade event, I found instructions for a Dutch hat on an origami listserv. The lady who
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Dutch heritage
How to Make a Dutch Costume out of Paper
This is my daughter Sara at a 3rd grade class presentation about holidays around the world. The children were asked to tell something about the country their ancestors came from, and to include something about
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Dutch heritage
How to Make a Dutch Boy’s Cap out of Paper
What you need two sheets black A4 or letter sized poster board (8 1/2 x 11 inch). scotch (= non-shiny) tape The patterns Print out the patterns and check if they measure as indicated. If