projects 2012

FLUTTERING BY

❝ This is fantastic! ❞

Jim’s puppet-making featured again on the makedo inspiration & insight blog:

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to see the blog

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A FISHY FINGER PUPPET

❝ We loved the simple brilliance of your creation ❞

Jim’s puppet-making featured on the makedo inspiration & insight blog:

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to see the blog

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ON A PLATE...

The Paper Plate Parrot Puppet video clocks up 5,000 views

on YouTube

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FUNNY BUNNIES

Young visitors and their families make Easter rabbit puppets from recycled paper

at the Family Fun Day

Walsall Leather Museum

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for how to make this ‘Pitta Puppet’

plus

workshop featured

on the

inspire·imagination·through·creation blog

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THE WORLD IN WOODGATE...

...WOODGATE IN THE WORLD

Painted World Map/noticeboard for Entrance Hall

to feature pupils’ families’ home countries

Woodgate Primary School

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PUPPETS PLUS... RECYCLING

❝ ...an amazing time. I found out about re-using and why it’s good to recycle.

I also learnt some Sign Language. You also taught me how to make puppets which was really fun. ❞

Year 5 pupil

Year 5 pupils use recycled materials to make brand new puppet characters.

Linked with their REDUCE · RE-USE · RECYCLE topic

a 2-day project at

Barford Primary School

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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPET

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for how to make the

TALKING HEAD PUPPET

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for how to make the

PAPER PLATE PARROT PUPPET

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(view on YouTube)

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MARRAKECH SKETCHES

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to see the sketches

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SLADEFIELD SCHOOL - UNDER THE SEA

Four Year 2 classes explore life under the sea -

making fish, jellyfish and sea-turtle puppets

Inspired by the Finding Nemo film

a 4-day project at

Sladefield Infant School

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for how to make the

FISH FINGER PUPPET

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the FISH PUPPETS on YouTube

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the JELLYFISH PUPPETS on YouTube

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the SEA TURTLE PUPPETS on YouTube

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CYLINDER CITY

A fantastical new city...

Add any building you like - as long as it’s made of cylinders.

Young visitors and their families build a new Coventry

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

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Cylinder City being built on YouTube

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MAKE IT SmokeFree BOXES

Themed puppet-making resource boxes

for 20 local Children’s Centres

as part of the SmokeFree Children project

Dudley Stop Smoking Service

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SmokeFree PUPPETS

staff from Children’s Centres

make Lucky Bag and 2-Face puppets

as part of the SmokeFree Children project

Dudley Stop Smoking Service

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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPET

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Got an idea/request for a project?

e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk

to make it happen

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WORK IN SCHOOLS

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WORK IN MUSEUMS & ART GALLERIES

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EARLY YEARS WORK

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ARTS & HEALTH WORK

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WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

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WORK IN LIBRARIES

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e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk

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