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• To teach children to create, perform and exercise critical
judgement
about artistic productions, in order to add an
artistic dimension
to their daily life.
• To introduce the participants to new art concepts
and vocabulary.
• To have them use the visual arts as a form of
communication.
• To give the participants an opportunity to mount
an artistic production.
• To introduce them to the principles of art and design.
• To have them become familiar with and use art materials,
techniques and processes.
• To encourage them to relate the visual arts to the
themes in All Nothing.
• To invite participants to show their art to others and to
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ANIMATED
Alive, having life.
INANIMATE
Not animate, not endowed with life,
especially animal life; lifeless.
A skilled puppeteer can take an inanimate object like
a paper bag and give it life!
COMMUNICATE
To share information with others by
speaking, writing, moving parts of the body or using other
signals.
We can now communicate instantly with people on the other
side of the world.
Unable to speak a word of the language, he communicated with
(= using) his hands.
As an actor he could communicate a whole range of emotions.
MANIPULATE
To control using the hands or fingers
or other body parts, to operate.
The puppet manipulated the controls of the submarine with
its arms.
PUPPET
An inanimate object in the shape of
a person or animal that is manipulated by the puppeteer’s
fingers or hands, or by manipulating rods or strings, for
example. Large puppets may be animated by one or two puppeteers
moving the puppet’s different parts.
SEE also http://www.thepuppetstudio.com/What.html
Paddle puppets, suspended by string or a rod, bounce on
a plank that the performer taps with his foot.
PUPPETEER
A person who creates movement in puppets
to tell a story, express character and convey emotion.
REPRESENTATIONAL
Showing things as they are normally
seen in real life.
I prefer representational painting to abstract painting.
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Preliminary Activity #4a: What
is a Puppet?
- Handout: What
is a Puppet? 
- Internet: http://www.thepuppetstudio.com/What.html
Preliminary Activity #4b: Facial
Expressions
- Handout: Facial
Expressions
Preliminary Activity #4c: Colour
Symbolism
- Internet:
Colour Symbolism and Psychology
(www.paintcafe.com/en/couleur/langage/symbolique/)
See
Color Theory in Action
[www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html)
Activity #4: What is a Puppet?
Puppet Body
- Toilet paper inner rolls
- White glue, masking tape, scotch tape, or double sided tape
- Scissors
- Pencil, eraser, sharpener
Puppet face and clothes
- Recycled gloves, socks
- Fabric scraps
- Ribbon
- Recycled colour papers
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Preliminary
Activity #4a:
What is a Puppet?
Read:
Handhout: What
is a Puppet?
Group discussion
- What is a puppet?
- Have you ever made a puppet? If so describe it.
- What are puppets made of?
- Is your puppet going to be female or male?
- What is the age of your puppet?
- Is your puppet a person or an animal?
- What colours will you use??
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Preliminary
Activity #4b:
Facial Expressions
Look at:
Handhout: Facial
Expressions
Group discussion
We have many muscles. Our faces communicate our
thoughts, moods, and emotions, such as happiness, sadness,
anger and surprise. By contracting the muscles of your
face only slightly, you can produce countless new expressions.
A tiny movement of the mouth, eyes, eyebrows or any combination
of these can dramatically change the way we look. Even
the smallest movement can turn a smile into a frown.
Touch your face. Review the different features: eyes,
nose, mouth, chin…
Make different faces. Look at your neighbour and guess
what emotion he or she is expressing.
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Preliminary
Activity #4c:
Colour Symbolism
Go to the Internet:
Colour
Symbolism and Psychology
(www.paintcafe.com/en/couleur/langage/symbolique/)
See
Color Theory in Action
[www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html)
Group discussion
Colour is all around us. It can mean many things
to different people. However, often it can have the same
meaning to a wide range of people.
Ask the participants to share with the group their favourite
colours and why.
Discuss the attributes of different colours and what emotion
you would attach to them and why.
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Activity #4
:
Making a Puppet
Puppet Body
- Toilet paper inner rolls
- White glue, masking tape, scotch tape, or double sided
tape
- Scissors
- Pencil, eraser, sharpener
Puppet face
and clothes
- Recycled gloves, socks
- Fabric scraps
- Ribbon
- Recycled colour papers
Today we are going to recycle a variety of materials.
- What do we usually do with these items?
- Can you think of other uses for these items?
- Look back at the descriptions and individual
characteristics that you wrote about your
puppet.
Demonstrate various ways to make a puppet.
Emphasize that each person may go about making their puppet
in a different way. Each puppet will be an original. Each
will use different colours, fabrics, and so on.
1) Use the toilet paper roll as the base for the face.
What shape will your face be? A circle, square or oval?
Does your puppet have hair?
2) Younger children can use a cutout shape (circle, square,
rectangle, triangle), which they can then decorate with
bits of fabric and tissue paper.
3) Is your puppet happy, sad, or excited? How will you
go about drawing that? How can you create his facial features
to express the character’s emotions?
4) What colours will your choose? Remember, colours symbolize
emotions.
5) Put the 3 middle fingers of the glove into the paper
roll, leaving the thumb and pinky finger outside. You
can attach hands, claws or paws to those.
6) Don’t forget legs, wings etc…
7) Don’t forget the back of your puppet.
8) You can add a length of fabric or an old sock to cover
your forearm if you like.
Hand out the materials.
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