Collage Animal Marionettes

Last summertime in art camp, we fabricated marionettes! I take a big bin full of TP rolls, so I went on Pinterest in search of something to make with them. I found that several different bloggers had made marionettes from their TP rolls. The crafty Maggy at Ruby-red Ted Art has made four different marionettes if you can believe it: a dachshund, a giraffe, a unicorn, and a bird. The crafty mom backside the blog Badut made another stunning bird marionette, (her weblog is in another language only you tin can see from the photos how it was fabricated). Then there is this horse marionette from Home Charlatan, this very cute pegasus from Life with Moore Babies, and this darling puppy from Parents Magazine.

Of course, we added our ain twist with the collaging and painted beads. I was so happy with the way these tissue paper animals turned out!! They are and then colorful, and I love that they aren't 1 beast in particular. They tin be any animal your child might take in listen! What a bully toy for imaginary play.

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Supplies needed:

~ toilet paper rolls (I call back the white ones are from the Cottonelle brand)

~ colored tissue paper (you can buy squares, or buy larger and cut up yourself)

~ white glue

~ pony beads

~ wooden beads

~ straws

~ liquid watercolors

~ twine or yarn

~ hole punch

~ arts and crafts sticks

~ duct tape

Process:

~ Each child got i full curl and one half roll. They collaged their two pieces with the tissue paper and white glue. I poured the glue into bowls and gave them brushes to employ. This technique is a little less cumbersome than squeezing from a canteen.

~ We let the tubes dry overnight.

~ The next day the kids came dorsum to terminate their marionettes. Earlier they arrived, I strung some white twine through some holes that I had fabricated. I used the tutorial from Parents Magazine to figure all of this out.

~ Each child got four wooden beads. They painted these first and then beaded their legs with pony chaplet while the wooden beads were drying.

~ I cutting the straws into four pieces and each of them got one piece for the cervix.

~ I also made the craft stick holder, again using the Parents Magazine tutorial.

Hither they are hanging up for the parents to see at pick up. I love them!

I couldn't stop photographing them, they were so colorful and pretty.

Hither is a short video where two of the children play with their marionettes. It was so cute because they told a story of two friends, and they never even said a give-and-take the whole time! They just instinctively knew what to do. Kids are so smart.

I hope you give these a try, they are not almost equally intimidating every bit they look! If you lot do, and so tag me on Instagram at @artbarblog.

xo, Bar

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