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projects 2014
PUPPETS PLUS... CONSULTATION @ SYCAMORE
Pupils use puppet-making to
share their thoughts and feelings about the School’s ‘Quiet Rooms’
Sycamore Short Stay School, Dudley
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Be inspired...
....by this Education Manifesto
from the Crafts Council
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MONSTER MASKS @ THE MUSEUM
Young visitors turn themselves into monsters
using recycled card
Walsall Museum
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FOREST MONSTERS
Youngsters and their families make Monster Masks
using recycled card
Forest Arts Centre - Walsall
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CHARLIE & THE TOY THEATRE
Year 3 Classes create their own puppet characters...
scenery backdrops...
and Toy Theatres...
Westfield Primary School - Wombourne
Part of a project with Birmingham REP Theatre
( inspired by ’Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’ )
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FUNGUS FUN DAY @ Sarehole Mill
Young visitors and their families
make Fungus Fun Hats using recycled sugar paper
In the courtyard at Sarehole Mill
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BUTTERFLIES @ The Opportunities Fair
Visitors to the Opportunities Fair
make Butterfly Puppets using paper cups
The Moving Forward Together Opportunities Fair 2014
St Andrews Stadium
click to find out more about Opps Fair
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ALL ABOUT US @ The Radleys
Year 1 & Year 2 pupils make ‘Happy/Sad’ and ‘Child/Adult’ puppets
from paper bags and coloured envelopes
as part of their All About Me topic
The Radleys Primary School
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ALL ABOUT US @ Heath Mount
New Reception pupils make ‘Happy/Sad’ and ‘Child/Adult’ puppets
from patterned paper bags
as part of their All About Me topic
Heath Mount Primary School
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SCOTTISH SKETCHES
Ink and wash sketches
from Shetland & Orkney
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CIRCUS STARS
Young visitors and their families make
‘Circus Star’ glove puppets
using recycled card
‘Drop-in’ at Walsall Leather Museum
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MORE IMAGINARY MONARCHS
Youngsters make multi-coloured ‘Imaginary Monarchs’/Pitta Puppets,
‘Peace Horse’ and Clown Puppets
Walsall Leather Museum
for how to make the Pitta Puppets
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WALSALL WAR HORSES
Young visitors and their families make
‘Peace Horse’ Puppets
using recycled card
as part of Walsall Museum’s commemoration of
the outbreak of the First World War
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PRIORY PUPPET-MAKERS
New Year 7 pupils make
‘Guarding Dragon’, ‘Peace Horse’ and ‘Dancing Monkey’ Puppets
as part of ‘Transition’ Summer School
Priory Community Comprehensive School, Hitchin
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THE BRIGHT ELUSIVE BUTTERFLIES of LOVE
Pupils, visitors and staff make Butterfly Puppets
using paper cups, ribbons and willow withies
‘Flower Power’ Summer School
Victoria Special School & Specialist Arts College
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BUTTERFLIES at the MILL
Young visitors and their families make BIG butterfly puppets
using bamboo and recycled plastic ribbons
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CIRCUS STARS
Young visitors to the Puppet Tent at the Wolverhampton Show
create their own Circus Star Puppet characters
using recycled card
2 days with The British Puppet & Model Theatre Guild
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PARTY BOTS!
Year 5 classes create new characters using paper cups...
and plastic play balls...
Ward End Primary School
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ALL CYLINDERS
Year 4 classes make Cylinder Head Puppets...
and design their own creatures using cylinders...
Ward End Primary School
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INTO AFRICA
4 Reception classes explore some of the sights, sounds and smells of Africa
and
make African Animal puppets from paper bags
2 days at Ward End Primary
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ANGLESEY VIEWS
Ink drawings from Anglesey
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MAKING SENSE
Youngsters, their families and staff make tactile puppets
using padded envelopes and coloured tights
The Acorns Hospice - Selly Oak
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FLOUR POWER
Sketches from Sarehole Mill
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PARTY BUTTERFLIES
Young visitors and their families turn paper cups into Butterfly Puppets
Drop-in workshop at Walsall Leather Museum
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ROAMIN’ SOLDIERS
Young visitors create their own Roman Soldier puppets
using recycled card and paper plates
Lunt Roman Fort - Baginton, Coventry
( linked with the Roman Empire - Power & People Exhibition at The Herbert )
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HELPING IRON MAN
Pupils use recycled materials to create new characters to
help Iron Man tackle the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon:
Year 4 create ‘Citsalp’ characters using plastic play balls
and paper coffee cups
Year 3 create ‘Dracabrod’ characters using cardboard drinks cartons
Year 2 create ‘Rap-ep’ puppet characters using paper envelopes
Haynes Lower School, Bedfordshire
‘Puppet-making Plus... Recycling’
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WONDERFUL UNDERWATER WORLD
Year One and Reception pupils
turn paper bags into Fish Puppets
Haynes Lower School - Bedfordshire
( as part of their ‘What a Wonderful World’ topic )
explore this Wonderful World with Puppets
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IMAGINARY MONARCHS
Year One classes
explore the topic of ‘Queens and Kings’ by making:
‘pitta puppet’ waving glove puppets...
Royal Jester puppets...
and medals for family and friends...
4 days at Sladefield Infant School
to make the Pitta Puppets
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PUPPETS at ELGAR’S BIRTHPLACE
Inspired by Elgar’s “Wand of Youth”,
young visitors make their own puppet characters:
Fluttering Fairies...
Party Butterflies...
Talking Giants...
Drop-in Workshop day at Elgar’s Birthplace Museum
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Khovanskygate
‘Live’ sketches of this extraordinary opera production
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QUICK ON THE DRAW
Young visitors sharpen their drawing skills -
with Jim’s artgames inspired by
Ed Emberley, Jessie Eckel and Mr+Mrs Potato Head
Walsall Leather Museum
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EXHIBITION at MILL
Exhibition of Limited Edition Prints by Jim Morris
The Tearoom - Sarehole Mill
for details of opening times of
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Sketches of Valencia
Ink drawings from a visit during the ‘Las Fallas’ Festival
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KINGS, QUEENS & ROYAL CLOWNS
Year 1 classes make ‘Imaginary Monarch’ & ‘Royal Clown’ puppets
using recycled card
2 days at Ward End Primary School
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CHERRY OAK BOOMERANGS
Giant wooden boomerangs painted by pupils of all ages for the school’s Outdoor Area
- as part of their ‘Australasia’ topic
Cherry Oak Special School
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MONKEY-MAKERS
Year 3 classes make ‘Dancing Monkey’ body-puppets
using recycled card
2 days at Ward End Primary School
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MONSTER-MAKERS
Year 2 classes make Monster Puppets and Monster Masks
using recycled card and the ‘Pitta Puppet’ system
2 days at Ward End Primary School
for how to make the Pitta Puppets
and
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Just the Ticket
Sketches from Moor Street Station
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MONKEY BUSINESS
Young visitors make and wear ‘Dancing Monkey’ body-puppets
Walsall Leather Museum
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IMAGINARY MONARCHS
Reception, Year One & Year Two pupils
create new King and Queen puppets
inspired by the colours of recycled card:
Green = ‘The King of Peas’
3 days at Alumwell Infant School
as part of Creative Arts Week
for how to make the Pitta Puppets
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PLAYING TRAINS
All Reception pupils play ‘train’ artgames:
Creating ‘ticket-pictures’...
‘GO Signal’ puppets...
Drinks-carton carriages...
and ‘train-track pictures’:
4 days at Sladefield Infant School
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Sketchcrawl at the Barber
Sketches on tracing paper from the Barber Institute
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SURF’S UP!
Australian surfer ‘cut-outs’ - with chalkboards - in ‘The Beach’ play area
Victoria Special School & Specialist Arts College
‘Cut-outs’ painted by pupils and students
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New Year in Llangynidr
Ink and wash drawings from the Brecon Beacons
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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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