From: Elizabeth Freeman <LindenTree85-AT-comcast.net> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:31:08 -0500 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: [Puptcrit] Recycled materials To protect school tables and homes when doing puppet making workshops, I often take the fairly clean plastic tablecloths folks regularly throw away after parties or Temple services and give them a rinse in the washingmachine, and hang dry in the shower. I just cut out a bunch of hand puppet shapes for a girl scout trip from old sheets. Some one gave me a handful of cork coasters which worked great for a Rabbi's yarmulke for a few of my shows. Due to snow storms, regular school curriculum, and field trips, my fourth grade reading group (Portugues/Cambodian) finally performed The Magic Dreidle for several classes on Friday with another performance next Friday. We used Judy O'Hare's technique with paperbags (stuffed with small pieces of Newspaper) with paint sticks hotglued inside, with scrap cloths for simple costuming. When the bags began to rip when stuffing them (old?) I mixed some white glue and water together and kept brushing over the whole bag. That strengthened them and they have withstood practice and normal kids being kids behind teacher's back :) The goblin got green tissue paper laminated to the brown bag with the glue/water brushing too. Those watching the show were awed and amazed and wanted to know how to make the puppets. They were given directions and sent home for the long weekend with a possible project to try. liz in MA _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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