My most recent fun with silhouette (shadow) puppets has been using them as magnetic puppets. You can create a magnetic board by covering a metal sheet with thin paper and attach the puppets with magnetic
Family history
Make memories with family puppets during the holidays!
If you think that shadow puppets can only be used for shadow puppetry, you are wrong! Among the many puppets with patterns in our Printable Library I have used the puppets above not only in
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How to
Stop motion puppets for the holidays
Joseph and Mary marveling at the miracle of Mary’s pregnancy In 2020 I made patterns available to act out the Nativity story as a shadow play. This advent season I am sharing just a
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Music and composers
Playing Bach
Are you a closet conductor and you love Bach? Do you play Bach on the organ, the piano, or the violin, or do you wish you could? Here is your chance to play Bach as
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Black history
Puppetry and Poetry
Amanda Gorman’s commanding inaugural presentation has ignited a renewed interest in the equally skilled 18th century poet, Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – 1784). A language arts project in which students compare these Black female poets