
First, an armature was created from wire and
¼” rounded reed was woven through it.
Students carefully taped joints so the reed wouldn’t move. Battery operated lights were strung
throughout the puppet ensuring a beautiful glow. Next, using a mixture of white glue and
water, students cautiously added squares of rice paper to the body of our
puppet. Fans were turned on ensuring the rice paper
would dry in a timely manner.


When all of the pieces were dry, each puppet
was put together and bamboo sticks were attached so the students could manipulate
them. The grade sixes were ready to learn how to become puppeteers! Students
found out very quickly the importance of working together and communicating
with each other to move their puppet.
The students are proud of their work and look forward to showing all the
students in their school their creations.
~ Karen Youngberg, Jube School Coordinator
No comments:
Post a Comment