Learn how to make shadow puppets and start your own shadow puppet theatre at home! Children are quick to learn the art of creating shadows on the walls with their hands. They fall in love with this activity that is both full of innocent magic and pushes bedtime off a...
Today I am participating in the Rockstar Sunday series over at Teach Mama. Making shadow shows can be very easy. Sometimes fairy-tales and fables have just a couple characters, and what makes them exceptional is the interaction between two. The Fox and the Crane...
Adventure in a Box is participating in the Story Book Summer series over at Rainy Day Mom. Every article of the series features a story book and related craft or game. This week the theme is fairy-tales, and I chose The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen....
Based on the famous fairy-tale, these printable shadow puppets will let your kids make their version of Three Little Pigs and stage a shadow play at home or in the classroom! The Three Little Pigs is one of my son’s favourite fairy-tales. There are these three...
Many of the projects on my blog use silhouette designs. You can cut them by hand or you can use a special silhouette cutting machine. Here’s a quick tutorial on importing JPG or PNG files into Cricut Design Space, so that you could cut them out with a Cricut...
Want to open a puppet theatre at home or in classroom? Here is our DIY tutorial on how to build a sturdy puppet theatre from wood! UPDATE: Four years later, our wooden puppet theatre is still with us, but we also made a printable version to share our enthusiasm for...
Many of the projects on my blog use silhouette designs cut out of paper. You can cut them by hand or you can use a special silhouette cutting machine. Here’s a quick tutorial on importing JPG or PNG files into Silhouette Studio, so that you could cut them out...
Based on the famous fairy-tale, these shadow puppets will let your kids make their version of Little Red Riding Hood and stage a shadow play at home or in the classroom! I think that once in a while we all want to try ourselves at a new creative enterprise. ...