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My Kiwi co this month had a really fun puppet theme! I got to make my very own marionette. It comes with interchangeable head pieces and includes a lion, bear, and bunny. It also has 2 mechanical puppets with moving jaws. The marionette was super simple!
Cut a piece of cloth in a rectangle with one long end slightly curved.
On the opposite side of the curve poke a hole in the middle and all 4 corners.
Bend a pipe cleaner a couple inches from the tip. Poke the short end through a corner hole, and slide a medium bead on the end. Put it all through the bead and slide the bead onto the fabric until it's snug.
If you are doing an arm, twist the short end onto the long end to secure thr pipe cleaner and repeat with the second arm. These will attach to handle.
For the feet, take out the pipe cleaner unless the bead is too big to be snug, then leave it and secure it and maybe attach another pipe cleaner to the end of the first one to make it long enough to reach rhe handle.
For the head repeat as with the hands using the large bead, leaving the pipe cleaner attached.
For the handle use double sided foam tape to stick some popsicle sticks together, 2 or 3. Then do a couple across to make a T shape.
Secure the hand pipe cleaners around the ends of the top of the T and if you have feet pipe cleaners as well.
Secure the head to the bottom of the T so the head goes up when the arms/legs go down.
Secure by attaching a piece of foam tape outside each side and putting a piece of foam across, so the pipe cleaners are sandwiched between them.
Give it a cute face with markers or foam shapes!
The mane slides on and stays snug so it can be switched out.
Balloons Over Broadway was a super cute story about a boy who loved puppeteering and grew up to become the man Macy's went to for developing the new floats every year. He developed the float so everyone could see! An inspirational story about how any love or hobby can be followed into adulthood. Work should be play as I always say!
On a serious note- My uncle's brother (by marriage) was killed by coyotes the last of many times he crossed, and I understand from past talks with mom that in some places humans and children are sold as property and hurt or made to work. Mom thought this was a good opportunity for a heart felt discussion.
We love all humans and want to give a voice to those who have none. We talked about how immigration is what this country was founded on, that it's great when done the right way, and how it can impact young (and old) lives if done incorrectly.
We talked about the Catch and Release program and what effect ending it had. I understand that throughout history slavery and trafficking has taken place, and that mom has been called to speak out about this and many other things.
We also talked about the importance of legal voting, which I already understood, but mom expanded that and taught me about current administration decisions to open up the border and reintroduce Catch and Release while allowing illegal immigrants to vote, creating a monopoly on votes for the left. I understood the implications without explanation. A heavy topic sandwiched into a fun book, but important and impactful.
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