I promised a while back to put up a tutorial for making a puppet theatre like the amazing one made for “I Want My Hat Back!” for Little Angel Theatre by Sam Wilde. Then in July I was commissioned to make it by the lovely Magic Carpet Arts in Exeter 🙂 It’s a very easyContinue reading “Make Your Own Puppet Theatre”
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Viviane Schwarz – Create a Character Video
I love author-illustrator Viviane Schwarz’s work. She’s brilliant at inventing crazy, engaging characters and in this video from the British Library website, she shows you one way of doing this! It’s a wonderfully accessible technique and great for anyone trying to create characters for their book, comic or animation. Have a go! 🙂
Harry Potter at Home
OK, so this is pretty cool for all you HP fans out there, JK Rowling has launched a Harry Potter at Home Hub with games and activities to keep our brains and hands busy during this lockdown. To enrol at Hogwarts you have to answer some very interesting questions! I am now officially a HufflepuffContinue reading “Harry Potter at Home”
The Andean Bears of “Darkest Peru”
Creative learning activity suitable for 8 years and up. I’ve been trying to draw bears a lot recently. There’s something so cuddly about them – like teddy bears – but that’s not at all true, and I wouldn’t like to meet one up close – that’s a fact! Here’s a great article about real-life, factualContinue reading “The Andean Bears of “Darkest Peru””
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