SLC S23W4/ Puppets

It's another week to put a smile on the faces of children. There's this feeling they have anytime they see adults come to play with them. Most parents and adults feel it's childish to play children's play but that perspective is quite different. For this week's task, we are to make Puppets

Together with your child between 4 and 12 years old, make one or more glove puppets using the materials of your choice. Remember to indicate the materials used, as well as the step-by-step process and the final result. Include photographic evidence. Also include both the children and you making the puppet and showing the final result

Making a puppet is more like doing crafts. It's just that you'll need to add some creativity to make it unique. These are the materials I used in making the puppets. Before making it, it actually asked myself what can be used to make this puppets? I usually watch puppets in PBS kids channel and how funny they look like. So since it was specified to use gloves puppets, I decided to go with socks.

These are the steps used in making the Puppets. I sat with my children friend as he made this puppet with me. He was the photographer at some point and then helped in cutting with the scissors.

Step 1: To make the above puppet, I took out a carton paper and measured the size I wanted. I then placed two parallel lines in the middle which would act as the throat. After doing that, I folded the carton and then told my friend to place his hands on the carton for me to draw the size I want to cut off. I ensured that the hands were placed opposite the parallel lines.

Step 2: I then carved out the drawing made on one side and then made the same drawing on the other side to make a mouth. It looks more like a mouth, doesn't it? After this, I took the carton paper, folded it and made a small pipe which I would use for the head. After folding, I used my glue to glue it together. It was my child friend that helped me do this. His name is reward.

Step 3: After folding it to attain that pipe shape, I made a circular hole at the bottom of the pipe where two or three fingers would fit in if put inside the socks. After doing that, I glued it on top of the mouth part I carved out. I then cut pieces of the cardboard circularly to create cheeks which I glued close mouth area. After doing that, I had this result and then put it into the sock with the ankle part facing back as the sock is a long one.

**Step 4**: After ensuring this was done, I glued the mouth part to the sock so I can place a circular shape from the cardboard as the visible mouth. I glued everything and then gave him the pen to draw the tongue and paint it. He did just so. In addition, he carved the eyes from the cardboard paper and nose and teeth as well. He did the painting and if looked so unique.

Step 5: I helped him with the hair part by using the wool to roll and cut into a small size. My puppet was ready with his hands tucked in. This is the final result I got from doing this puppet with him. We were so happy we could accomplish something as did though it was dark.

I did two puppets with the pair of socks I used as materials at the onset, one for my friend and the other for me. The character they would create is the chucks character that's always a shy student with fear in his eyes that's why his eyes are red. He fears to speak in public but is very intelligent. This is the character he created in their mind and with the aid of a video, he could play with it. He used his thumb and fingers to fit into the puppet and gave it life by moving it mouth and head.

Can you imagine the puppet spelt the longest word in English language? He aided the movement if the puppet mouth by using his hands. So his puppet can actually talk and not lifeless he taught. I edited the video to amplify his Voice and removed background noise.