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 SUNKA WAKAN MARIONETTE PUPPET-MAKING

WITH GRACI HORNE

Join Graci Horne as she shows us how to make our very own two-string marionette puppet out of materials found around the home!

Click here to download the stencil for this project

Materials you’ll need:

The following Minnesota State Academic Standards apply to this lesson:

5.0.2.2.1 Explore ideas through the work of other artists.
5.0.2.4.1 Identify choices made in one's original artwork.
5.0.5.10.1 Recognize that all humans make art.
5.1.2.3.2 Practice safe use of art materials and tools while making art.
5.1.5.10.1 Recognize that people from different places and times have made art for a variety of reasons.
5.2.2.4.1 Describe choices made at different steps in an art making process.

  • 3 cardboard toilet paper rolls

  • string

  • scotch tape

  • scissors

  • a stick at least 6 inches long

  • pencil or marker

  • paint (tempura or acrylic)

  • cup of water

  • paintbrush

  • printed template (optional)