Sat, Nov 16: 9a-1p
at The Newport Theater: 956 W Newport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Over the course of 4 hours you will build a hand-and-rod puppet from scratch using a no-sew pattern adapted for use by students as young as 4^th grade.  In addition to building and designing your puppet’s “look,” you’ll also learn to “wire” a hand to make it poseable, build a magnetic anchor point for your puppet to hold props, and add a socket to make your arm rods removable/interchangeable with green screen rods.  The fee for this workshop includes all materials to make one full hand-and-rod puppet per participant.

Participants will:

·      Build a hand-and-rod puppet from scratch using a no-sew curriculum adapted for students as young as 4^th grade.

·      Walk through the project preparation process and lesson plan for delivering the project in the classroom with students working in pairs.

·      Learn best practices for supporting student work with foam, fabrics, glues, and age-appropriate cutting tools.

·      Explore sample lesson plans for integrating puppet-making into academic learning.

Workshop facilitated by Emily Leonard