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Everyone loves a few games and a lot of fun. We had a great time putting together our puppet corners so check them out and have a good time making our favourite puppets. You can also find out how to be ‘ventriloquists’ – it is not as easy as it seems.

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Noah with a Karagiozis Puppet

Noah's Puppet Corner:
Karagiozis Play

I was so inspired by my research on Karagiozis that I decided to write a play which involves Karagiozis and Alexander the Great. I know it involves different eras but that's the fun of Greek history and mythology.

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Steps to making finger puppets

Claudia's Puppet Corner:
Make Your Own Finger Puppets

You will need:

A piece of felt
Some Buttons
Needle and Thread
Any other decorative items that would look good on your puppet

You will need to:

Collect your puppet “ingredients”.
Plan out what your puppet will look like, is it a super hero, or a super villain, is it a fairy, maybe it’s your teacher!
Trace around your finger twice.
Cut out the felt.
Sew or glue on your puppet's features.
Sew around the edge of the two pieces of felt, leaving the end open to put your finger in!
Practise a show and perform in front of your friends and family.

Daniel

Daniel's Puppet Corner: Ventriloquism

Talking without moving your lips may seem hard and only professionals can do it, you are so wrong.(well I can nearly do it so it must be easy) Because I bet you can say lots of things already for example, exciting, thrilling and electric go on give it a go. In fact you can say anything that doesn’t have the letters f, p, v, w, b or q, if you don’t believe me, try. Now if you’re thinking well what’s the point if I can’t say those letters, we use them so much? Try saying these letters instead.

For the letter F:
Try replacing it with “th” for some word it doesn’t work, so try the “th” softer.

For P:
Use the letter “h” (make it soft) but for words like plain that have “pl” use “c”.

For V:
Use “th”.

For W:
Use the letter “r” (softly).

For B:
B is very hard so try to avoid it but if you have to use “g”.

Last but not least, Q:
“Kr” seems to work.

Jazz with her Sock Puppet

Jazz's Puppet Corner:
How to make your own Sock Puppet

In my corner I have chosen to give instructions and show the end result of how to make a sock puppet.

Materials:

One old sock
One piece of red cloth or material
One piece of red ribbon (as long as you want the tongue to be)
Two buttons or plastic eye beads

Equipment:

One sewing needle
One pair of scissors
One piece of thread (any colour)
Some glue or Velcro

Steps:

Cut the toe end of the sock with scissors to about 8-10 centimetres in for the mouth.
Cut the material so it will fit into the mouth hole.
Sew the material into the mouth whole.
Glue or Velcro the red ribbon in the centre of the mouth to make the tongue.
Turn the sock puppet inside out and sew the eyes on.
Give your puppet a name.