Follow along with Black Cherry Puppet Theater to make your own Mini Shadow Puppet Show! P.S. You may need to ask an adult for help with some of these steps!
00:00 Intro
00:11 Materials
1:06 Talk about Shadows
2:02 Making the Stage/Screen
6:00 Making the Puppets
11:06 Trying out your Light Source and Puppets
12:33 Adding Scenery
13:03 Make more Puppets
14:17 Example Shadow Puppet Show
Materials:
Scissors
Glue Stick
Light Colored Pencils
Marker
Masking Tape
Hole Puncher (optional)
Black Construction Paper (or other thick dark scrap paper)
Cereal Box
White Tissue Paper or a piece of thin Printer Paper
A light--for example a flash light or cell phone flash light, small desk lamp, battery powered lantern or book light would work
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