Peter Pan. Family Activity Pack

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1 Peter Pan Family Activity Pack

2 Family Activity I: Make your own pirate hat You will need an A1 sized piece of paper per hat. Decorate your pirate hat so you look as fearsome as Captain Hook s crew Family Activity II: How to make a shadow puppet theatre Shadow puppetry, also known as shadow play, is a unique form of storytelling originating in China and India. Shadow puppets are figures that are placed between a light and a screen and moving them creates the illusion of moving images on the screen. Although shadow puppets can be highly creative and elaborate they can also be very simple yet effective. You can make shadow puppets with little or no experiences and put on a shadow play with little expense and just a little time. The aim of the activity is to be creative when making your own puppets and to explore how light travels and what happens when it meets a source. You can test transparent, translucent and opaque materials when creating the puppets. For this activity you will need some resources: - Construction material for your puppets e.g. cardboard (the more solid a material is the darker the shadow cast). - A light source e.g. a lamp or a torch. - A cardboard box (for your stage ). - Bamboo skewers or straws or balsa wood sticks or pencils - Tape and/or glue.

3 - Cutting materials e.g. scissors. - Thin tissue paper or a thin material or baking paper to be used for your screen. To build your stage, begin by cutting the bottom out of the cardboard box, leaving a small (approximately 5cm) border around the edges. Fasten your screen using tape or glue so that it covers the hole you have just cut out of the cardboard box. Once the puppets have been made, you will hold your puppets in between the light source and the screen to project their images. 1) Cardboard Box 2) Cut out the bottom of the box 3) Attach the Screen to the box 4) Hold puppets between the light source and the screen Design and draw your puppets. Using craft materials (for example, black cardboard) draw the outlines of your puppet. The puppet can be as simple or as detailed as you like. Minor details such as eyes can be tricky to cut out, but when they are these details will appear in the shadow. When you are satisfied with the design of your puppets, use a pair of scissors to carefully cut along the outlines. Tip: You can be adventurous and use various types of scissors that have various blades on such as zig-zag designs. Attach the bamboo skewers (or straws etc.) to the back of your puppet using a piece of tape or glue. If you are using glue, allow it to dry before using. Tip: For larger puppets, the puppet may require more than one stick, particularly if it has moving parts (using split pins).

4 Family Activity III: Hand Shadow Puppets: Using the table of puppets below, cast their shadows using your hands. When you have mastered the puppet move on, be inventive and create your own hand shadow puppet. Bird: Potentially one of the easiest hand shadow puppets to create. To make the bird simply: Turn your palms away from you, (or facing towards you) cross your hands over and lock your thumbs. Stretch your palms open to make the birds wings. Close your palms and open your palms to make the bird appear as if it were flying. Dog: To create a dog shadow puppet: Take both your hands together with outstretched fingers. Fold over your index fingers keeping your thumbs outstretched (for the ears). Keep your middle fingers and ring fingers together but separate the little fingers (to create the mouth) Tip: Move your little fingers up and down towards the middle and ring fingers to make the dogs mouth move. Snail: To make the snail shadow: Take your right hand and bend your little finger, ring finger and thumb inwards towards your palm (leaving the middle finger and index finger outstretched) creating the snails body and tentacles. Take your left hand and create a fist. Place the fist on the wrist of the right hand and this creates the snails shell.

5 Elephant: This hand puppet requires a unique arrangement of the middle fingers and ring fingers. To create the elephant: Face your left hand s palm towards the ground. Point your ring and middle fingers towards the ground while keeping your little and index fingers straight (like a rock on gesture). Bend your thumb and tuck it under the hand. Place your right hand palm-down on top of your left hand and bend all of your fingers except your thumb to make the elephant s eye. Tip: Try moving the middle and ring fingers on your left hand to make the elephant s trunk move.