2014-355 Arts - Glenwood Elementary School PTA for Spring 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $1,000

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SHADOW PUPPET THEATER MA-TERIALS AND TOOLS • Card board project display board. Available at office supply. • Shower curtain liner or white bulletin board paper- • Sturdy y- ,,ard stick- • Lamp extension cord, a power strip will allow y3u to turn it on and off easily, or yo u can install a s switch or dimmer in the cord. • Plug in light socket(see illustration I • Duct tape,to tape the screen onto the theater- • Rubber bonds, 2.4" diameter 1/4" width approx. 2 or 3 will do- • Aluminum fail; 3 feet of it. • Utility knife, a nice new sharp disposable one. for cutting out proscenium • Two pencils I . PROSCEN7Ufa Make a compass far drawing a 24"circle. You can use a couple of pencils and rubber bands to fasten the pencils a foot apart on a yard stick as in the illustrations of the shado�%- puppet theater construction- After scribing the circle onto the display board, use a unlit\ or razor knife to score the circle and then cut deeper until the circle is removable. Decorate the facade of the theater at this time if you w-ish. II . SCREEN Lay a piece of either paper or shower curtain liner over the proscenium opening and mark and cut out the screen material in,a square so that it overlaps the edges of the circle by an ]-112". Tape the corners with duct tape,stretching the semen as you tape. Next stretch and tap,.: the middle points of the top, bottom and side edges. Now ta •duct tape along the whole perimeter of the screen as shown in the illustration- 117 . LIGHT BAR Cut notches on the top edge of each wing of the display board, 1-1,°4" deep and 1'4 wide, 9" from intersection with the center panel- These notches will hold a sturdy- yard stick which will carry the fight fixture. Plug the light socket into the extension cord into the outlet slots closest to the end which the wire comes out of, on the side of the extension cord which has two spaces for ptug ins. Refer to the illustration- Attach the sockeU extension cord to the center of the yard stick, using a rubber band, as shown in illustration.