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ZMACS 1 Oct: Shadow Story

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ZMACS 1 Oct: Shadow Story
Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:rngstgstll (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Handmade  Paper Crafts 
Number of people in swap:3
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:July 31, 2016
Date items must be sent by:October 5, 2016
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

Shadow puppets! Did you ever make a shadow puppet theater as a kid? Well, now is your chance to do it -- or do it again.

Find a fairy tale, short story, or song with characters that appeal to you -- or write a sketched-out story of your own (does not have to be hugely detailed). Then make 4 shadow puppets to play out the major scenes. You do not need to include the sticks to attach them to, so that they can be mailed regular rate in an envelope. Puppets may include joints if you like, but this is not necessary. Mail the puppets to your partner, along with a copy of the story, a link to the story online, or the title/ author/ etc of the book you were inspired by. When you receive your puppets, get out your chopsticks, a lamp, and some white sheeting in the doorway or over a large frame, and voila! Instant shadowy story. Audience participation strongly encouraged!

Long signup and creating time due to summer and the beginning of fall craziness and also so that you can find a great story to share. Open to all ZMACS members in good standing of course! Above all, the goal is to have fun.

Here are your tutorialspirations: Good ol' Pinterest, check out the Star Wars puppets in a galaxy long long ago, make a shadow puppet theater from a cereal box, a puppet theater for those with a few wood tools -- and some ideas for using Cricut machine templates for puppets, a shadowy squid!, a nice little tutorial featuring transportation puppets, Halloween themed puppets, a tutorial for simply jointed puppets with hole-punched features -- very cool idea, muskoxen, polar bears and dinos -- oh, my! Oh, then there is the dessert is better with shadow puppets party-planning idea, more Pinterest, artistic birds, and finally a modern retelling of the Gingerbread Man. Fell free to post more below!

Image is by Ellie Chaney and is found on her Wordpress blog, Stories in Paper Diary.

Discussion

Angenita 06/24/2016 #

Love love love this idea! It seems fairytales are a theme in my life lately. Would it be alright to rewrite the story a little or do you want the original stories? For now putting this on my watchlist, but it's a really great swap!

rngstgstll 06/24/2016 #

Oh, of course you may rewrite the story, or write your own story to go with the puppets ! Nothing like a good story ... I was thinking that the song "American Pie" would make a great fairy tale, but I was trying to figure out how to make a Chevy and a levee and got sidetracked!

Angenita 06/26/2016 #

Great! Not sure if I will change a story, but it's good to know I am allowed.

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