Friday afternoon we continued our work with Donnely on the puppets we started last week. Using recycled egg cartons, paper towel rolls and tape, we added features to our puppets, for instance, ears, spikes, mouth and nose.
Once these were very secure, we gave the entire thing a good coat of papier maché being careful to smooth everything down.
Donnely was very happy with the artists' work yet again. At the end of the afternoon, she showed us a variety of puppets, including glove puppets, finger puppets (the kids were eager to show Donnely my homemade glove puppet that they discovered) and a marionette, including how it's made and how it moves.
I'm looking forward to next week when we get to paint, and the following week when I believe we will be dressing them. If I forget to mention this later, Donnely asked me to pass on that if ever there was a week to wear old art-safe clothing, next week would be it. The paint we will be using is not the easy-to-wash variety, so please send your artist in old clothes. Thanks!