Crafty Tuesday: National Day of Puppetry is Saturday

I can’t currently find my old portfolio that had all the photos I wanted to scan. But when I do, I’ll post them here. Anyway, Saturday is a National Day of Puppetry. I plan to take that day and build some sort of random puppet. Also Caroline and I are going to pull out our What-nots and improve with each other. Puppets are an art form and a very varied art form indeed. All cultures seem to have some form of puppetry within them. Puppets can be as simple or complex as one would like to make it. And they are only limited by your imagination (and physics but even then you can cheat a little). So to get ready celebrate National Day of Puppetry, I suggest building a puppet. Here are some links for some puppets that are easy to make and can be a spring board to so much more. Crayola has a page dedicated to NDoP with a number of links to some pretty cool puppets that are print, color, and go. Crayola NDoP page The Disney Family Fun site has a lot of puppet ideas and patterns. I like this one because it is really a jumping off point for the imagination. Paper Finger Puppets Instructables has a number of people who have put up tutorials on how to make all kinds of puppets. Instructables search There is a lot to poke through there. Legends and Lore have a pretty good site for both parents and teachers with a couple of puppet ideas and links Legends and Lore site As to Puppets as Art, here are a couple of places to go look at puppets and puppetry. Center for Puppetry Arts Museum page with its virtual museum Puppeteers of America have a site with lots of information and lots of links to all kinds of puppets and puppeteers. Puppeteers of America> The Jim Henson Foundation is a great way to keep up on all things puppets. They have all kinds of information on their site and the photos are quite lovely. The Jim Henson Foundation website And one of the best link sites for Puppetry is maintained by the Barones. SageCraft Puppetry Page So there are some places to start. I encourage all of you to do something on NDoP. Let’s keep this art form alive. I am grateful that I have puppets in my life.