Do you speak puppetry
Puppetry as an alternative form of communication
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Farryl Hadari has been an educator in the field of puppetry for more than 30 years.
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How to make a Puppet from Two Disposable Cups
MATERIALS:
- 2 disposable cups, the same size with no design
- Scissors
- Colored markers
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Draw a circle on the first cup and cut it out.
- Put this cup on top of the second cup.
- Using the hole you just cut in the first cup, mark a circle on the bottom cup.
- Rotate the top cup until you can mark another circle.Continue doing this until you have no more room.
- In each circle that you marked on the bottom cup, draw a face displaying a definite emotion, such as happy, sad, surprised, etc.
- Place the first cup on top of the second cup.
- Draw puppet features, such as hair around the hole in the first cup.
- Rotate the first cup on the second cup each time the puppet changes its emotions.
![make a hole in one cup and draw faces with emotions on the other](images/howto/papercups.jpg)