Overview
In this unit, students will design and create paper mâché puppet characters using recycled materials, adding details with paint, fabric, and wood pieces. They will develop their characters through discussion, writing, and sketching.
Lessons
Materials and Tools
- Scissors
- Cardboard cones
- Paper towel rolls
- Egg cartons
- Masking tape
- Buckets
- Garbage bags
- Newspaper strips
- Art paste
- Paintbrushes
- Acrylic paint (primary colors, black and white)
- Tacky glue
- Glue brushes
- Air-dry clay
- Flat wood pieces
- Felt
- Yarn
- Fabric
- Beads
- Ribbons
- Paper towels
Resources
Bread and Puppet Theatre:
https://breadandpuppet.org
The Muppets:
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Category:The_Muppets_Characters
Amedeo Modigliani:
BOOKS:
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss (Author), Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Illustrators)
Lucia the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza (Author), Alyssa Bermudez (Illustrator)
Adaptations
For Multilingual Learners
- Sentence starters
- Cooperative grouping
- Multi-modality tasks
- Engaging texts and images
- Rich content
- Building social and academic language and knowledge through discussion
- Building language and knowledge through writing
- High-utility vocabulary and academic language development
- Language Experience Approach (LEA): Writing a group paragraph
- Jigsaw activity
- Reading books relating to topics
Credits
Written By:
Belinda Blum, Artist Instructor
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