Scouring the backwaters of the ITV Hub for a period drama to watch (!!), I came across Fireball XL5 – all the complete series. An early 1960s Gerry Anderson “Supermarionation” (yes, that’s where Super Mario gets his name from) children’s series, I absolutely LOVED this when I was a little kid, and would always watchContinue reading “Small World Animations – where Fireball XL5 meets Button Moon!”
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make your own santa shadow puppet show!
Here’s a lovely simple activity to download, perfect for keeping you, and your friends and family entertained for long dark nights. Learn how to make your own shadow Santa puppet and set up a shadow “screen” to perform on.
Make Your Own Puppet Theatre
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”
Make Your Own Eggbox Puppet
Make Your Own Egg Box Hand Puppet & Mini Easter Egg Holder This is a super-easy make for ages five and up – even doable for younger children if grownups lend a hand. Make sure if you use scissors or a stapler that an adult helps you 🙂 Create a frog, owl, lion, hippo handContinue reading “Make Your Own Eggbox Puppet”
Puppets in Exeter
I was very lucky to get the opportunity to sit in on some undergraduate puppetry sessions at Exeter University recently. Led by the brilliant Cariad Astles, I got a real insight into performing with puppets and working out what makes a good performance and puppetry piece. Really interesting, and extremely useful for a kids puppetContinue reading “Puppets in Exeter”
The Wizard of Oz at Magic Carpet
What beautiful puppets and theatre the guys made during our Wizard of Oz workshop yesterday!
Creative Club
I can’t believe we’re past half term already! The first four Creative Club sessions produced some lovely work in January and February, from moody charcoal scenes to eggbox puppets! Take a look 🙂
Prop making for Alice in Wonderland
The guys have been very busy making all kinds of props for their production of Alice in Wonderland recently. They really are lovely and I think it’s going to look very special when they perform on May 17th in Honiton. Here are a few of the puppets and masks we made last week…
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