To experiment with light and shadows, students predict and then test how varying the distance between the puppet and light source changes its shadow. Shadow puppet theatre remained popular even in the early period of the Japanese colonization, a phenomenon that can be attested by the large number of hand-copied scripts dated to this period. Or let them read right from the books, and use Post-Its to show who speaks where. Jeffer-son, NC: McFarland, 2010; pp. Allow time for glue to dry. For the Spongebob scene I described earlier, we were able to print a picture of Spongebob’s house, the pineapple under the sea, onto cardstock and cut out its elements in great detail to project. For instance, a certain Zhang Chuan of Donghua copied a script of Chao Chun Appeasing the Barbarians in the 33rd year of the Meiji Period (1900). Explore how shadows differ from the flat paper shadow puppets. I’m still working out the kinks…take a peek: Posted in Puppet Stories, Video Clips Tagged Puppet stories, Video clips Leave a Comment on Little Beaver and the Echo. In this short play for children, a child loses his or her new teddy bear and enlists their older sibling’s help to find it. I tr... 50: 8. Students devise a game to play with their shadow puppets. I recently acquired a Puppet Stand for my storytelling. Search Results Looking for scripts where : title, description, or categories contain 'fairy tales' written in English. By Beth Osnes. A huge archive of free puppet skits and other puppet resources. Fairy Princess – includes a unicorn, fairy princess and even a castle. Puppet Theater Script Ideas ... fairy tale, nursery rhyme, children's book, and even scenes from movies or TV shows to puppet show scripts. 204. Fables, or stories that teach a lesson, make ideal scripts for a kids' puppet play. 1. Gather round my children, and I, the great sage Valmiki, will tell you a tale. sixteen shadow puppets (four children of different ages, two adults, desk, front porch, cake, balloons, gift, ball, dog, scooter, bush, and playground) three example social story scripts – Going to a Birthday Party, What to Do When You Are Lost, and Making New Friends Teaching/Learning Sequence: Ø Talk about the origin of Shadow puppets ( China and asia) and how they were used to tell stories and made of leather. These life-lesson tales typically include colorful characters such as animals that speak. No matter if your looking for pretend play themes for boys or girls, there is tons of shapes to play with! Shadow puppet settings are best done small scale on the overhead’s picture plate.