Jim Morris - artworker
0121 778 5695
projects 2012
Puppets Plus... RECYCLING
Year 5 pupils make Owls from envelopes...
Dinosaurs from recycled card and juice cartons...
...and talking characters from tights:
❝ It was fun and interesting because I learnt how to make three different puppets.
I can still remember how to do my name in Sign Language. ❞
2 days at Barford Primary School
(linked with ‘Reduce·Re-use·Recycle’ topic)
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& explore Puppets Plus... Recycling
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MASK THE FAMILY
Key Stage 1 pupils and their families make masks
using recycled card and paper plates
3 days of INSPIRE workshops
Princethorpe Infant School
❝ fantastic feedback from all the staff and pupils ❞
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the owls bring good news to
THE FIELDSLADE SCHOOL of TRANSFORMATION
4 Year Two classes make owl puppets, confront monsters... and turn them into wearable wizards’ hats
4 days at Sladefield Infant School
(linked with their ‘Harry Potter’ film topic)
to see some of the Owl Puppets
to see some of the transformations
& explore Puppets Plus... Transformation
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JUICE-RASSIC PARK
Young visitors make Dinosaur Puppets from recycled juice cartons
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
(linked with the Dinosaurs Uncovered exhibition)
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MASKS at the MUSEUM
Young visitors turn themselves into monsters
Walsall Leather Museum
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Puppets Plus... WE ARE B28
Local youngsters make Lucky Bag puppets
at Play Service Launch
Hall Green Neighbourhood Forum
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Puppets Plus... ALL ABOUT ME
2 Reception Classes make their own two-faced puppets
Heath Mount Primary School
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ENVELO Sketches
sketches from ‘La Vélodyssée’ cycling trip in France
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BANK HOLIDAY FLUTTERBIES
Lots of young visitors and their families turn paper cups into Butterfly puppets
Drop-in at Family Fun Day - Walsall Leather Museum
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NEW DINOSAURS DISCOVERED!
Young readers make new dinosaur puppets
2 workshops at Kings Norton Library
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BOSTIN’ PUPPETS!
Giant puppet construction by Karl Lewis, Pete Chaplin and Sam Hale
Drop-in workshops with Bostin’ Arts
decorating processional puppets for Sandwell Arts Festival
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OLYMPIC PICK & MIX
Young visitors tackle an artgames try-athalon -
Olympic Pixels, Animal Olympic Puppets and Everyone’s a Winner portraits
Wednesday Workshop at Walsall Leather Museum
for how to make the Pitta Puppets
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ROBOT OLYMPICS
Young visitors build their own Robots -
faster, bigger, stronger... and slower, smaller and gentle:
Wednesday Workshop at Walsall Leather Museum
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READY, STEADY, GO for RANGOLI...
Painted rangoli patterns from Year 4 pupils’ designs
School entrance - Woodgate Primary
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SEASIDE PUPPETS at ALUMWELL
Year Two pupils make paper cup fish puppets...
...radial patterns... jellyfish puppets...
...and paper plate crab puppets
3 days at Alumwell Primary School
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PITTA PUPPETS at WOLVERHAMPTON SHOW
Young visitors to the Puppet Tent at the Show
make their own ‘Pitta Puppet’ creatures
2 days with The British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild
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for how to make the Pitta Puppets
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READY, STEADY for RANGOLI...
Year 4 pupils’ rangoli patterns chalked on floor grid
School entrance - Woodgate Primary
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PUPPETS at the SHAW HILL SEASIDE
Year One pupils make paper cup fish puppets...
...radial patterns... jellyfish puppets...
...and paper plate crab puppets
3 days at Shaw Hill Primary School
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PUPPETS PLUS... OPPORTUNITIES FAIR
photos by Martin Blamire
Visitors to the Opportunities Fair
make their own Paper Plate Parrot puppets
part of Carers Week 2012
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READY for RANGOLI...
Painted grid ready for Year 4 pupils’ rangoli patterns
School entrance - Woodgate Primary
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SHROPSHIRE SKETCH
to see this and other sketches
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PITTA PUPPETS at the BOOK BASH
Young readers turn themselves into Kings and Queens of the Jungle
(or Princes and Princesses of the Pet Shop)
using ‘Pitta Puppets’
2 days at Birmingham Book Bash - Aston Hall
for how to make the Pitta Puppets
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SEASONED TRAVELLER
❝ Another fantastic creation. Very clever. ❞
Jim’s turtle puppet featured on the makedo inspiration & insight blog:
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FLUTTERING BY
❝ This is fantastic! ❞
Jim’s butterfly puppet featured on the makedo inspiration & insight 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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ON A PLATE...
The Paper Plate Parrot Puppet video clocks up 5,000+ views
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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
for how to make this ‘Pitta Puppet’
plus
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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MARRAKECH 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
the JELLYFISH PUPPETS on YouTube
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
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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Got an idea/request for a project?
e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk
to make it happen
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e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk
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