Folded Paper PuppetThis is one of the easiest puppets to make with children. It can also be one of the most easily adapted puppets.By the time most kids have reached the third grade, they have probably folded a piece of notebook paper into a tube and then folded the tube into fourths to make a little puppet. They draw eyes on one section and a tongue and teeth on another and make the puppet talk by moving their fingers up and down. It's the kind of activity kids engage in when they're supposed to be practicing their spelling words or their times tables. Here's how to take those folded pieces of paper to the next level and actually use them as a creative tool for storytelling. (Graphic is a a scan of a real puppet. The graphic is a little smaller than the actual puppet and the nose got flattened in the scanner, but you can see how much character this guy has even without being animated by eager fingers!) | |
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