The first half of the hour-long workshop centered on making the sock puppets. Each person attending was asked to bring a clean sock. We provided a wide assortment of trims, fabric and felt scraps and assorted "junk" to decorate the puppets, mostly by gluing stuff on with craft glue. I encouraged the kids to add braids, tails and other "swing-y" things that would move when they acted with their puppets.
We then encouraged all of the kids to show off their puppets at :
The Alien's Party
Welcome to the Party!
Come and join the fun-
First, please, introduce yourself
As we greet you one-by-one:Cats begin by introducing themselves (that is,
their puppets): give the name (Eloise, PigglyWiggly,
Zam) from (Mars, Mayfield Hts., Hogwarts School)We're glad that you could come today,
From Venus or from France,
Please gather round each table
And synchronize your DANCE!MUSICWe hope you're having fun now,
Cats do a few "line dance" moves with their
puppets, then spread out to encourage each table.
After a few minutes, each table demonstrates its
dance for the others.
We hope you're in the mood.
We've got big bowls of "fritzels"
On Jupiter - it's FOOD!Pass out bowls of "fritzels"Thank you all for coming.
Everybody dig in - throw, hoard, share, etc.
It's time to say "Good-bye"
Or what word would you use? "Aloha"
Or "'Ave a nice Day (Dye)?Hugs and kisses.
"Fritzels" were colorful short lengths of curling ribbon, curled
into little corkscrews. I also added some M&M candies to the bowls,
which distracted some kids from the whole puppet thing.
All-in-all, both boys and girls had a blast!
