VISUAL ARTS: Week 9 ( Making Puppets)

I believe that puppetry can create some of the best creative arts lessons.

Here’s why,

1.  Puppetry can easily be transferred across, visual arts, drama, and media arts.

1.  Puppetry can be an essential tool for certain students in drama (boosting confidence and self esteem)

1. Puppetry can be made in many different forms during visual arts lessons.

(Finger puppets, hand puppets, sock puppets, toilet roll puppets, etc.)

1. Puppetry is excellent in media arts, where technology is incorporated.

(Using film and photography can be excellent in a puppetry lesson)

1.  Puppetry is fun for students while teaching essential skills and elements of creative arts.

(Making, performing and appreciating)



This week we made 'fairytale puppets.'

My puppet, was 'Alice' from "Alice in Wonderland'. The puppet was very easy to make and most items can be found around the house or bought from $2.00 shops.

 

Materials used for this task included:

• Toilet roll
• paddle pop sticks
• wool
• fake eyes
• coloured fabrics
• black and white paper
• newspaper

The above image features a friends puppet 'Harry potter puppet' and my puppet 'Alice in wonderland puppet'.
Both puppet required similar materials however the above mentioned materials can be used a basic list.
A collection of art and craft material is just as great.