They can conduct scientific experiments with light or try coloured filters. They can even use shadow puppets to create simple animation!
Over the years, we have also created a variety of printable shadow puppet templates suitable for an educational environment. We have shadow puppets that allow teachers, librarians, or parents to present fairy-tales, fables and nursery rhymes, teach about animals, and explore myths behind some festivities.
And we enjoying continually adding more to our collection, so if you have an idea for a new set, leave a comment or send a message. You can get printable shadow puppets and cut them out yourself or you can order a shadow puppet set from us that has already been cut, and we will ship it to you. If you want to cut the shadow puppets yourself, there are several ways you could go about it.
Read a detailed post with a video about it here. In short, you can cut the shadow puppet patterns using traditional tools scissors and a hobby knife or using silhouette cutting machines Silhouette or Cricut. The second is very easy and fast, but requires an investment in a specialized machine.
Our designs for shadow puppets are saved in PNG format, so that they can be used for either method. A flashlight is enough for a start. Just point the flashlight at the puppet and let it cast shadows on the walls. You can have a bit of shadow puppet play before bedtime every now and again and tell stories with puppets.
If you want to have a proper theatrical performance, add a simple cardboard puppet theatre or invest some time into building a sturdy vintage-inspired theatre from wood. It would be surprisingly easy to organize enchanting performances at home for friends and family behind a screen of parchment paper! This series of shadow puppets were based on famous fairy-tales, so that we could reenact familiar stories with our children.
While walking through the forest, a little girl in a riding hood meets a big bad wolf. There is a certain sense of foreboding and danger about Little Red Riding Hood that is well suited to the dark silhouette world of a shadow puppet play. We have improved it since, but this set will always be special to us because it was the very first set we ever made. I always wonder how children decide who of these three pigs is the one who built the straw house, who built the branch house, and who was the creator of the brick house.
For our family, this is the set that has seen the most creative play, and I always think about it when I talk about how children can really make their own stories with shadow puppets, using familiar characters. In some epilogues, presented by my son, Wolf has even come to tea afterwards! Based on the Norwegian fairy-tale, this is a very good shadow puppet play for beginners. It has a straightforward plot, and the majority of the fairy-tale is based around dialogues between two characters.
We took a video of our shadow puppet play, so you can see how we perform it, as well! The story of a girl who learnt to love a monster for the kindness he showed to her. The story of a man who was unkind once, but succeeded in changing and finding love.
Romance, character growth, and a caring hero — a winning story! Beauty and the Beast was also a delight to turn into a shadow puppet set.
This stick puppet storytelling activity is a fun way to introduce children to this classic fairy tale. This stick puppet craft will inspire children to act out their own version of this classic fairy tale. The story of Hansel and Gretel is about two children who get lost in a forest. They eventually stumble upon a house made of candy and sweets.
Kids will love making these fun characters come alive with their own hands. These adorable puppets include everything you need for Hansel, Gretel, and even a hungry witch.
The classic Jack and the Beanstalk story is one of my favorites. However, it turns out to be more than he bargained for when the magic beanstalk grows overnight! Help Jack escape from the giant in this stick puppet storytelling activity. What would it be like living in a world where giants existed? Would you have traded your cow for some beans, not knowing if they were magic or not? Why not download our free popsicle stick puppet printables and sing about Belle and the Beast with your child?
Download our Aladdin inspired stick puppet craft now to make pretending even more fun when retelling this classic tale that teaches dishonesty does more harm than good in the long run. Help children to understand that it is important to stay true to oneself and that who we are is worth more than money and material things. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
I know everyone is looking for something to keep the kids occupied right now and this is the perfect little family activity. This cute little puppet show theater is made entirely out of a cardboard box! It is SO easy to make, too! We get a couple of different subscription box kits for our kids and this is a box from one of those, but any shoe box or delivery you have should work great!
If it has a large flap or attached lid, it will stand up better. Cut some slits down the side of the box for your little puppets to go through. Use a box cutter knife if you have one. If your box is big enough you could make the set backdrops slide through this slot as well. Ours was not quite big enough for that. I cut the fabric into two pieces to make the curtains. The fabric is just taped to the inside top of the box and then tied to the sides to draw them back.
I also secured each of the ties with a little piece of tape to keep them from falling off or getting lost. If you have a box lid that is attached, glue down a piece of paper- this is just for decoration, but we liked how it looked.
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