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Puppets to make, from Paper Arts and Crafts for Teachers and Group Leaders, by the Dennison Crepe Paper company, now sadly defunct. Page 1 of 2.
This water puppet theater performance lasted approximately 45 minutes. I am used to Regal Cinemas in Portland, Oregon where these huge warnings are given. "Turn off your cell phones. No recording under penalty of both hands being removed from your body…" or something like that. Hanoi, no warnings, no rules. Cameras, videos, cell phones, iPads, samsung tablets--all allowed. So this is my contribution to the fray. Live performers/musicians on the left side. Puppeteers behind the curtain manipulating everything in the water. Next to me, two young kids, both with ADHD, bouncing off the seats. Attention spans of about 30 seconds. Three seats for two adults and two kids. The father finally got up and moved to a different row leaving the mom with two hyperactive kids and me. great performance anyway.
Here's an example of our dinosaur hand puppet made of green felt and craft foam. Check out all of our puppets at www.easy-child-crafts.com
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From an exhibit of Jim Henson's puppets in the American History Museum.
Sorry about the glare of the flash.
Puppet show by a German couple at the Kala Ghoda arts festival in Bombay. Check out the story here - www.caferati.com/kgaf/?p=48
Puppet Heap Owner and Proprietor Paul Andrejco at the Puppet Heap workshop in Hoboken, New Jersey. (RJ Mickelson/amNY)
Thunderbird's Parker puppet replica. 90% finished.
Puppet by me. Shoes by me.
Clothes (the hard part) by my wife. :-)
Taking at Brookfield Zoos "Summer Nights"
This summer, guests can chill out at Brookfield Zoo on select evenings and enjoy a variety of live music, kids' entertainment, and delicious food and beverage options all while surrounded by the coolest animals in Chicagoland. Beginning June 20 through July 26, Brookfield Zoo will stay open until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays evenings for its first-ever Summer Nights.
Hot singers and bands will perform live at the zoo's East Mall stage, and guests can stroll through the zoo and see the animals in a whole new light. Many of the indoor and outdoor animal exhibits will remain open as well as up-close views with some of Brookfield Zoo's ambassador animals every hour on the hour between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. Additionally, there will be a 6:00 p.m. Dolphins in Action each evening. (Additional fees may apply).
Great family entertainment will take place every evening of Summer Nights with five roaming performers from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., including a stilt walker, juggler and magician, each with a different theme, including the Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss, the Wizard of Oz, patriotic, Peter Pan, Americana, and Alice in Wonderland. Fun kids' entertainment on the East Mall Playground Stage starts at 6:00 p.m. and will feature music, puppet shows, storytellers, and even a kids' craft station.
At Stingray Bay Grill and Bayside Beer Garden, guests can choose from a unique selection of scrumptious food and beverage items, including fruit and cheese plate with crackers, dry beef salami with cheese and crackers, crudit with ranch dressing, fresh fruit platter with yogurt dip, hummus with pita bread, grilled shrimp and vegetables, and a variety of sweet treats as well as craft beers, wine, and tropical drinks.
Locally called Kathputli - the colourful string puppets of Rajasthan are made of wood and cloth. The head of the puppets are carved out of wood and coloured according to characters they depict in the episodes.
Strings are attached to the head for manipulation. The faces are usually
painted yellow, white or any light colour. The body, up to the waist and
hands, is made of stuffed rags, cotton or cloth bits. The hands have no
joints unlike the other string puppets of India.
The absence of legs are not noticed due the long trailing skirt made of
colorful cloth.
Some of the wooden puppets that were part of the Art on Farm exhibit at the Jim Thompson House museum in Bangkok, Thailand. The puppets were made by Adisak Phupa, an artist from Yasothon, Thailand and a lecturer at Mahasarakram University. The wooden puppets were based on his childhood memories of puppet performances during rocket festivals in the Isan region of Thailand and represent the bold and fun-loving qualities of people from the region.
It was a Summer Reading Extravaganza by Puppet Pizzazz! The kids saw some amazing puppets in action!
The above image might be too small to make things out, so I've put detail pictures in my photo album.
I'm gonna talk about the method of papier-mâché I use on my puppets. It was Brian Kooser who taught it to me...giving credit where credit is due.
The first thing I do is get myself a whole bunch of grocery bags—preferably of two different colors. At Top Foods you can get a regular brown bag with red panels down the sides. At Metropolitan Market you can get white bags. Next I tear off all cut edges and discard them—I also try to remove anything with glue on it (like the area where the handles are attached). I carefully rip the red panels off the brown bags and make two piles: red and brown. I tear the pieces into approximately 5” by 5” sections.
Next, I take a flat bottomed bowl and mix maybe a teaspoon of wheat paste with water. I add water slowly until I get the paste to the consistency of gravy or hair conditioner. Then I add a generous amount of the Elmer’s Wood Glue.
To prepare the plastaline head, I used two release agents so I can get the clay out easier after the papier-mâché is dry. First, I cover the head with generic petroleum jelly. Second, I cover the head with Reynolds plastic wrap—and I use that brand for a reason. It actually sticks to plastaline. Others are often designed not to stick to food so consequently they don’t stick to anything.
Now, I’m ready to begin. To start off, I take a piece of the brown paper and put it in my paste, cover the paper completely with paste, then wad it into a ball and squeeze out the excess paste. I’ll then un-wad the ball and wad it up again. This causes the fibers on the surface of the paper to stand up a little. Sort of like Velcro. When it’s placed on, the layers will grip each other better. I repeat these steps until I have three or four little waded balls ready to go.
Unwading the first ball and tearing off quarter-sized bits of paper—not strips, I starting with the nose and I work out from there. Little pieces are better than strips because you get more overlap that way which adds thickness. I’m careful to push the paper completely into mouths, ears, nostrils, etc. Sometimes I have to put a little paste directly on to the Reynolds plastic wrap to help with sticking. Once I cover the head completely, I set it somewhere to dry a little.
For the second layer I use the red or white bags so I can make sure to cover it completely. With the different color, I can easily see holes. It helps to avoid thin areas.
For the third layer, I go back to the brown again. No matter how careful I am, I’m going to get wrinkles and bulges. I don’t worry about it. Once the third and last layer is dry, I push into the surface some Japanese Paper clay which either gives me a nice smooth surface or at least a place I can sand smooth. I also use the Paper Clay to add fine details which would normally be lost in papier-mâché only. I use a razor blade to cut the head in half (vertical cut, through the ears and not nose if I can help it). I pull the front off first. It usually comes off the clay very easily, however if it’s a cold day in Seattle, I may need to put the head in my tinfoil and lamp heater box to soft the clay a bit.
That's about it. Any questions?