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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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for how to make the

‘CYLINDER HEAD’ PUPPET


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Be inspired...


....by this Education Manifesto

from the Crafts Council

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to read the Manifesto


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MONSTER MASKS @ THE MUSEUM

 
 

Young visitors turn themselves into monsters

using recycled card

Walsall Museum


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for how to make

the Monster Masks


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FOREST MONSTERS


Youngsters and their families make Monster Masks

using recycled card

Forest Arts Centre - Walsall


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for how to make

the Monster Masks


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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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for info about the 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


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for how to make the

PAPER CUP BUTTERFLY PUPPETS


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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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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS


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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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for how to make the

LUCKY BAG PUPPETS


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SCOTTISH SKETCHES


Ink and wash sketches

from Shetland & Orkney

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to view the sketches


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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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to see some of the puppets

on YouTube


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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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and

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for how to make the

PEACE HORSE 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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for how to make the

PEACE HORSE PUPPETS


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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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for how to make the

GUARDING DRAGON PUPPETS


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for how to make the

PEACE HORSE PUPPETS


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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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for how to make the

PAPER CUP BUTTERFLY PUPPETS


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BUTTERFLIES at the MILL

 

Young visitors and their families make BIG butterfly puppets

using bamboo and recycled plastic ribbons

at

Sarehole Mill


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for how to make the

Bamboo Butterfly


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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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for the Guild’s website


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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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for how to make the

‘HOT HEAD’ PAPER CUP PUPPET


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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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for how to make the

‘CYLINDER HEAD’ PUPPET


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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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for how to make the

ANIMAL PUPPETS


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ANGLESEY VIEWS


Ink drawings from Anglesey


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to view on Flickr


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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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to view on Flickr


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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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for how to make the

PAPER CUP BUTTERFLY PUPPETS


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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


contact Jim to explore

‘Puppet-making Plus... Recycling’

in your school


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for how to make the

DRACABROD / DRAGON PUPPETS



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for how to make the

ENVELOPE PEOPLE PUPPETS


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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 )


contact Jim to

explore this Wonderful World with Puppets

in your school


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for how to make the

Bag Fish Puppet


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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


contact Jim to explore

‘Imaginary Monarchs’

in your school


to make the Pitta Puppets

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and

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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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Museum’s website


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Khovanskygate


‘Live’ sketches of this extraordinary opera production


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to view on Flickr


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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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Ed Emberley’s Drawing Pages


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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

the Mill and Tearoom

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Sketches of Valencia


Ink drawings from a visit during the ‘Las Fallas’ Festival


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to view on Flickr


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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

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and

click here


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Just the Ticket


Sketches from Moor Street Station


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to view on Flickr


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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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and

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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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to view on Flickr


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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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to view on Flickr


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e-mail: jim@artgames.co.uk

to make it happen

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WORK IN SCHOOLS

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PUPPET-MAKING PLUS...

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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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