The Phantasmic Detective Agency activities
Shadow Puppet Fun!
Uncle Alfred in The Phantasmic Detective Agency likes to create shadow-puppet plays to entertain the children at Christmas. You can create your own shadow-puppets and their plays! These can be either cut-out shapes on sticks or using your hands to make the shapes.
You can make simple plays using fairytales, fables, etc or create your own wild adventure—your imagination is the limit! (Just watch out for Shadow Wolf! 😊)
Here are some good You Tube videos on creating your own shadow puppets
Making shadow-puppets with your hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8wP2RYy64
Making shadow-puppets with cut-out shapes and sticks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsdMqNIcrls
Making your own shadow-puppet theatre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hL28SkHf1g
Uncle Alfred in The Phantasmic Detective Agency likes to create shadow-puppet plays to entertain the children at Christmas. You can create your own shadow-puppets and their plays! These can be either cut-out shapes on sticks or using your hands to make the shapes.
You can make simple plays using fairytales, fables, etc or create your own wild adventure—your imagination is the limit! (Just watch out for Shadow Wolf! 😊)
Here are some good You Tube videos on creating your own shadow puppets
Making shadow-puppets with your hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8wP2RYy64
Making shadow-puppets with cut-out shapes and sticks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsdMqNIcrls
Making your own shadow-puppet theatre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hL28SkHf1g
Resources:
Here is a wonderful resource about shadow puppets, by the great Australian puppeteer Richard Bradshaw, with lots of information about this amazing art form, and instructions for making and staging shadow-puppet plays : https://riversideparramatta.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Shellshock-Teacher-Resources-How-to-make-your-own-herman.pdf
There’s also a great documentary about Richard Bradshaw and his puppetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1lG90aJrYc
Shadow-puppet animation:
And here are some fantastic examples of shadow-puppetry animation from around the world to watch:
Funny little shadow-puppet skit by Richard Bradshaw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNsJ6kDVbfk
Great Indonesian dalang, or shadow-puppet master Dr Joko Susilo performs in Brisbane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiN8Yv_KPGY
Mouse and Cat, Chinese shadow puppetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMoZyX53UU
Sleeping Beauty: a shadow puppet play made by kids in a school in Macedonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1EGbNKBho
Puss in Boots, by classic German shadow- puppeteer and film director Lotte Reiniger, (1891—1981)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4uzZvhJnk
Shadow-puppet animation:
And here are some fantastic examples of shadow-puppetry animation from around the world to watch:
Funny little shadow-puppet skit by Richard Bradshaw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNsJ6kDVbfk
Great Indonesian dalang, or shadow-puppet master Dr Joko Susilo performs in Brisbane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiN8Yv_KPGY
Mouse and Cat, Chinese shadow puppetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMoZyX53UU
Sleeping Beauty: a shadow puppet play made by kids in a school in Macedonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1EGbNKBho
Puss in Boots, by classic German shadow- puppeteer and film director Lotte Reiniger, (1891—1981)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i4uzZvhJnk