Just print and cut with scissors here is the post exploring how to make shadow puppets by hand. Use sellotape to attach a skewer to the back of each of your puppets.

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Do you know how to make a shadow puppet.

How to make shadow puppets. L was happy to have the black puppets as they were and used the indoor meadow as her stage. Allow the child to hole punch dots throughout the numbers. Point it at the wall and turn it on.

Daoine lm on October 29 2009. Put the lamp on the floor or on a table. The use of a hole punch will help strengthen fine motor muscles in hands and create a really neat effect when the light is shown on the shadow puppet figures.

For other puppets in the Printable Library you can also use the instructional. Print the images on a sheet of paper lay it over your thick black cardstock and cut out the shapes using scissors and xacto knife. Add a stick to the back of each puppet a wooden skewer lollipop stick drinking straw or twig from a tree can all work well.

Making the Shadow Puppets Search on the web for images of the animalscharacters in your story. Turn off other lights and close the curtains. A bedside lamp or table lamp works perfectly.

She shows how light travels away from a light source until it meets an object. All you really need is some paper and scissors. A shadow is made when light shines on an object and its blocked to make a dark shape on the other side.

Performed Several Shadow Puppet Shows and made our own super easy shadow puppet 10 Amazing Toys You Can Make For Your Kids says. How to Make Shadow Puppets. B borrowed an angled lamp to shine on her puppets to cast shadows on the wall.

To make hinged puppets cut the legs or other parts separately leaving room for overlap on both sides. It does help to know a few tips and tricks and in this post Im going to share a few that Ive discovered. This guide shows you How To Make Shadow Puppets With Your HandWatch This and Other Related films here.

These templates are designed to make puppets in 19th clothes but can easily be adjusted to other time periods by doing Google image research. For a muskox and a polar bear try this link. October 5 2012 at 200 pm.

I made one of these when I was a child - I will definitely have to give it another go. Draw outlines for your puppets on the cardboard and cut them out. Shadow puppeteer Manju Gregory shows how to make and create a shadow puppet show.

To make a dog extend your little and ring fingers on one hand while keeping the others in a fist. In this video I have tried to show and guide how make shadow puppets. You can also try those.

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a shadow puppet using the mix-and-match templates in our Printable Library. To make a bird cross your wrists with your palms facing you and lock your thumbs together. Tried some very interesting ideas.

Hold your puppets between the light and the wall. Then use paper fasteners brads to affix them. Cut several numbers or shapes out of the paper.

If not scissor tips should work sufficiently well. Then your puppets are ready to play. Nancy Tate Hellams from Pendleton SC on October 17 2009.

We used 3 inch numbers for math play and learning too. Its such a great idea to make shadow puppets and you give all the instructions so clearly. We love shadow puppets first of all because theyre such an amazing creative outlet.

If you have a hole punch that makes 18 holes that will be great. Make the bird flap its wings by curling your fingers toward you. Making shadow puppets with your hands is great fun that anyone can try.

Can you see a shadow on the wall. Choose images with simple silhouettes. But we also like how easily you can learn to make shadow puppets.

Then simply by changing the shape of your hand you can make animals birds and other characters come to life. Punch holes at the points of articulation. All you need to make your own shadow puppets are your hands a wall and a light source.

Use your hands to make animals shadows and amuse your little ones tonight. Martha Stewarts Shadow Puppets Gorgeous shadow puppet templates with an underwater theme -- mermaid shark seahorse fish and a crab. Put one hand between the light and the wall so that you can clearly see the shadow of your hand.

Look through the video to see how to put your hands together to make shadows look. Best Materials to Make Shadow.