Chaos writes:
Here’s a very simple stick craft we’ve been doing this week… great shadow puppets inspired by Chinese New Year:
You’ll need some sticks (!) from the garden, or as we do, collected on weekend walks by small children. Some black card, sellotape, a pencil, scissors and some ‘brads’ (the pins with bendy legs, I never remember what their name is!) Oh, and some coloured tissue paper or sweet wrappers. AND a torch if you fancy doing a shadow puppet show!
We drew the dragon ‘pieces’ out onto the black card – cut them out, and joined them together with the brads (we used a bit of plasticine behind the card, and pushed a pencil through to make the hole for the brad).
Attach the sticks with tape at the back and you’re ready to go! You’ll need a couple of characters for the shadow puppet show – standing behind a large white sheet – we dimmed the lights, shone the torch and tried them out. We made up some short stories for our characters and put on a fun silhouette show!!
Click the YouTube link to view the Google+ hangout hosted by Maggy Woodley from Red Ted Art and meet me Ali Clifford at the Stick Craft hangout with Anthea Barton from Zing Zing Tree, Kelly Innes ( Domestic Goddesque) and Liz Burton.
Don’t forget to head over to Red Ted Art and check out the links for all the crafts featured on the video:
- Maggy’s Spiderwebs and Tree pictures
- Ali’s Shadow Puppet (that’s me!)
- Lizzie’s Rustic Heart Wreaths
- Anthea’s Twig Wall Flower
I also write over on www.agreenerlifeforus.com 🙂 and incredibusy.com (first published 2013)
Looks like fun. Didn’t realise they were called brads, now I know..
heehee, I think I called them ‘brindles’ in the video?! Did you spot that… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thPAm3riVjI&list=UUjjRFKvjpU1L1eDmfBWcqig&index=1 ?
Loved this as well. I haven’t done any shadow puppets with the girls yet and I think they would love it.
My two loved doing the shadow puppets – we’ll be making some ‘people’ at the weekend to go with the dragon! 🙂
Ooh they look FABULOUS!! Well done boys.
Maggy
Thanks Maggy, we’re pretty chuffed with the whole thing really! x
I’m very impressed with your dragon – clearly you are a much better drawerer (as DD calls it) than me!
I must have a go, although I might stick with a snake haha! x
hehee… well that would be perfect as it IS the year of the snake after all Lizzie! X
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Well that is the weekend sorted !
Aww, thanks for the lovely comments, and have had a look at your adorable http://www.michikoandme.com work – why did I have two boys?!! x
Funny you should say that …. Boys range in the pipeline 🙂 and we love to hear suggestions from mothers of boys – what they like as well as what they don’t so feel free to share! Info@michikoandme.com
Off to hunt down some card for shadow puppets….
OK will do! 🙂 we’ve got a Japanese student coming to stay soon, so we may well be inspired!
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Shadow Puppets are great fun. I had to look up the ‘brads’, we call them ‘split pins’ in this house!!
heehee, I called them ‘pins with legs’ !
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Wow that is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
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