Monday, 30 July 2012 - Hand Shadow Puppets

30 July 2012 - Today's Activity - Shadow Hand Puppets

To make the puppets,  you need to be in a darkened room, although not totally dark.  Place a flashlight or desk lamp a few feet from a wall.  Turn it on and make sure it is pointed at the wall.  First, experiment with the light, make sure it is pointing the right way, check and see how close or far you need to hold your hands to make the shadows.  You should find that if you put your hands too close to the light (and relatively far from the wall), the shadow will be very fuzzy.  So you will probably want your hands pretty close to the wall.

(These come from weheartit.com)

Here is a guide to some shadows you can make.  Can you tell what they are?

(These ones are from Chatham Chatter)

(And these come from Butterfly Rocket.)