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Shadow puppetry

Shadow puppetry

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Shadow puppetry

Build your own theatre and make shadow puppets!

Partner Organisation: Little Angel Theatre
Art-form: Puppetry
Lesson plan included? No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 4
Partner activities: Scoops Space; How to make a pocket theatre; Making paper puppets
Covid-secure advice: where possible children should use their personal equipment
Difficulty: Advanced

How to make a pocket theatre

How to make a pocket theatre

Project Title

Make a pocket theatre

These pocket theatres are so much fun and easy to make. Decorate it however you like and create a whole troupe of actors no bigger than your thumb! This activity sheet includes a template.

Partner Organisation: Little Angel Theatre
Art-form: Puppetry
Lesson plan included? Click here to download the lesson plan
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Partner activities: Scoops space; Shadow puppetry; Write your own play
Covid-secure advice: where possible children should use personal equipment
Difficulty: Intermediate

Design a comic book

Design a comic book

Make a Story House

Design a Comic Book

Reimagine a well-known fairytale for the modern day, and design your very own comic strip using our Comic Book Creator worksheets. Take inspiration from the graphic novels and comics in our Scottish Design Galleries and think about storyboarding and sequencing while imagining a new version of an old story.

Partner Organisation: V&A Dundee
Art-form: Visual arts
Lesson plan included: No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Partner activities: Design a story house;
Suitable for children with additional needs
Covid-secure advice: NA
Difficulty: Beginner

Take a closer look

Take a closer look

Design and Make

Take a closer look

Ideas for starting a conversation about art...

Partner Organisation: National Galleries of Scotland
Art-form: Visual art
Lesson plan included: No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Partner activities: Scotland Forever!; Under the Wave off Kanugawa;
Suitable for children with additional needs
Covid-secure advice: NA
Difficulty: Beginner

Scotland Forever!

Scotland Forever!

Make a Story House

Scotland Forever!

Partner Organisation: Magic Lantern
Art-form: Art
Lesson plan included: Click here to download the lesson plan
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 1
Covid-secure advice: the shouting activity should be skipped
Suitable for children with additional needs
Partner activities: Take a Closer Look
Difficulty: Beginner