Intermediate/Advanced Puppet-Making

We've moved beyond paper-bag and sock-puppet territory.  Each student in this camp will build a muppet-style hand-and-rod puppet from scratch, then choose a 2nd project based on the technical skills they want to learn.  All students will learn:

- to make a sturdy, flexible 3-dimensional puppet head structure from 2-dimensional materials

- To cover the puppet with fleece using a pattern, hot glue and/or hand sewing.

- To build an internal hand structure giving the puppet pose-able fingers, a magnetic attachment point, and both top and bottom sockets for removable control rods

- To design a puppet's features using a mix of materials

For their 2nd project students may choose from one of 3 mini-puppet options

- Rubber-band-mouth puppet

- "Glove Bug" puppet

- Tube-spring puppet

 OR build any of the following features for their hand-and rod puppet:

- blinking eyes

- ears that move/wiggle

- a nose or mustache that can be controlled to create more specific facial expressions

This camp ends in a "meet the puppets" interactive event for an invited audience of family and friends.