So far I have posted instructions for desk top shadow puppetry screens (made of a box or a tri-fold presentation board), as well as larger screens to use with overhead projectors. Over the last weeks I
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How to Make a Puppet of a Historical Figure: Martin Luther King
During Black History Month our shadow puppetry tutorials feature important figures in African-American history. Today we will be honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and showing you how to make a shadow puppet
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Black history
Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I A Woman: Using Shadow Puppets to Teach History
In my last post I shared how to make a front-facing shadow puppet of Aretha Franklin that can sing. In this post I will show you how to make a side-facing puppet of the celebrated
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Bible stories
How to Host a DIY Nativity Shadow Puppetry Show
Hi all! My name is Sara, and I’m the daughter of Helene, the creator of Past Times. My mom has spent years of her life pouring love and creativity into shadow puppetry, a story-telling medium
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Greek mythology
Using an Overhead Projector
Overhead projectors are great for acting out myths and ancient stories from world religions. With the help of transparencies children can let Moses part the Red Sea, make water rise in a Native American flood
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Using a Tri-fold Presentation Board for a Durable Screen
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. What
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How to Make a 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