
We’ve drawn up a basic pattern for ears and eyes which you can download from the Free Projects area of the website. Leo types up a quarrel, pushing a dread from his eye. All you need is a few bits of felt or other scraps of fabric, some buttons and some wool – of and a plastic ball for the monkey. Funnily enough, they didn’t take us too long – and you could make them even faster if you use a quick-drying glue or sew the bits on. I’d like to be able to say that we simply knocked these up there and then, but I’m a mum not a magician and so he shuffled off to school miserable and puppetless.īut that afternoon I managed to snaffle a couple of not-too disgusting items from their dad’s secret sock drawer (it’s where he hides the socks he doesn’t want me to borrow) and we set about making these beauties. And then the eldest says, “Mum, I need to make a sock puppet for class.” And I say, while tying youngest to scooter, “Great, when’s that for, darling?” And he says “Today!” and I say, calmly, “That’s a little bit short notice,” and he shouts, ” But I can’t go in without one.” And I say, less calmly, “Well you should have told me sooner, ” and he wails, ” But they’ll behead me,” and I yell, “Of course they won’t, now get your shoes on.” …does this sound at all familiar? So it’s 8.35 on a Wednesday morning, five out of six shoes found, swimming things dragged from under the bed, homework rescued from recycling and weetabix (mostly) scraped off school jumpers. We’re sure you’ll have a million better ideas of your own.Make your own Sock Puppets – cute ideas for children’s puppets from odd socks
Have the faces express a new language you have created for yourself and friends. Choose a talking puppet to represent you and have them talk to you about what’s on your mind or help you think through a problem. Email short messages to your friends and family using the sock puppet comics you create.
Play ‘’Pass it on’’ - create a multi-panel comic strip in which a character whispers a message and see how the next person relays and changes that message as it is passed on from character to character. Use the talking sock heads to bounce ideas off one another. Have characters whisper secrets to one another. Express what’s on your mind – the good and the bad, the happy and sad – even the mad. Create ‘’He said, she said’’ comic panels in which your characters express different points of view on a subject this could be useful to practice debating. Have the puppets sing songs or create new lyrics as each character adds a new line to a song you are writing. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING – AWARDS & REVIEWS. VIDEOS & LESSON PLANS FOR ESOL TEACHERS. 30 WAYS TO USE MAKEBELIEFSCOMIX IN THE CLASSROOM. DOWNLOAD FREE INTERACTIVE JOURNALING E-BOOKS. COMIC STARTERS TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION. VIEW STUDENTS’ CORONAVIRUS COMIC STRIPS. CREATE COMIX ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS IN THE NEWS.
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