Creative project do-it-yourself puppet theater. DIY Hawaiian party Make your own puppet theater

MU DO DDT in Verkhneuralsk Chelyabinsk region village Krasninsky, Verkhneuralsky district, Chelyabinsk region.

Creative project “Do it yourself puppet theater”

The project was created to attract more students in creative activities. Students aged 12-13 years are involved in the project.

"Do-it-yourself puppet theater"

Explanatory note

Puppet theater plays a huge role in moral and aesthetic education schoolchildren of any age, and especially middle school students, when they are in the “search phase”. Classes in the puppet theater develop children's imagination, memory, thinking, artistic abilities, introduce them to a variety of children's fairy tales, promote the development of sociability, sociability, develop the motor skills of the child's hands and fingers, and motor activity.

In the process of working on a performance, children learn coordinated actions, mutual assistance, and the ability to subordinate their desires to the interests of the team. Very important for younger children school age show an example of friendship, righteousness, responsiveness, resourcefulness, courage, since this period is unique for the formation of one’s own taste, interest, a certain attitude to the surrounding world.

Classes in the puppet theater help broaden children's horizons, improve emotional culture and culture of thinking, and form beliefs and ideals.

While playing in the play, children transform into various images, learn to express their feelings in words and intonation. Based on this, the idea arose to create a project “Do-It-Yourself Puppet Theater” with a group of 6th grade students attending classes in fine and decorative arts from the head of the art studio “Workshop of Miracles” Olga Petrovna Kudrina. The idea of ​​this project is not only to produce dolls for the puppet theater, but also to voice them. Making puppet theater characters will help children better understand the characters, and voicing puppets will help them express their emotions.

Project type:

By the dominant method or type of activity in the project– role-playing, playful, creative.

By type of activity– additional education.

By duration– short-term.

By number of participants– individual-group.

Project implementation timeline:

Project implementation period: February - March 2017

Age of children for whom the project is designed: 11-12 years.

Project update.

IN currently The diverse use of theatrical creativity among schoolchildren is relevant. Introduction theatrical arts in the form of the “Do-It-Yourself Puppet Theater” project can effectively influence the educational process. Uniting the class team, improving the culture of behavior - all this can be achieved through training and creativity in theater classes. Theatrical creativity acquires particular importance at the middle level. It not only helps to educate the individual, but also teaches through play, because... For children at this age, play is the main activity that constantly develops into work (learning).

Objective of the project:

Introducing students to creativity, identifying and developing their creative abilities.

To achieve this goal, the following are solved: project objectives:

Educational : develop practical skills creative activity students, as well as their artistic abilities;

Educational: develop culture and speech technique, memory, imagination, artistic abilities;

Educational: develop the ability to perceive and emotionally perceive moral essence actions of the heroes of the works.

Didactic goals of the project:

— formation of creative skills, aesthetic taste in the manufacture of puppets for the puppet theater.

— mastering primary knowledge about theatrical art;

- mastery of basic skills, abilities, methods of artistic and labor activity;

— development of students’ artistic and creative abilities and expression of their attitude to the world around them, in the process of collective interaction;

- fostering emotional responsiveness, as well as hard work, perseverance, accuracy, a sense of mutual assistance and camaraderie.

Abilities, skills and methods of activity formed by the project:

• Cognitive activity.
• Speech activity and work with information.
• Working with literary texts.
• Correct and conscious retelling out loud (observing the necessary intonation, pauses, logical stress to convey the exact meaning of the statement).
• Formation of skills in making dolls from foameran and fabric.
• Establishing the sequence of actions for making dolls.
• Organization of activities.

The fundamental question of the project:

— How to organize puppet show so that it becomes a real spectacle for the audience?

Problematic issues of the project:

— What is the purpose of a puppet theater?

— What is my role to achieve the common goal?

Pedagogical principles:

• a differentiated approach to a child’s education, taking into account his individual capabilities and abilities;
• respect for the individual;
• using the subject teaching method;
• encouragement of creativity.

The connection of the project with life and general academic subjects.

The project provides students with the opportunity to realize their interest in educational fields such as literature, fine arts, labor training, music and singing.

Class form:

• collective;
• individual - group.

Stages of work on the project.

Stage 1 - organizational and preparatory

It includes searching for a problem, justifying the choice of product, selecting and analyzing materials and tools for making the product, analyzing the work to be done, determining quality control criteria, and organizing the workplace. At this stage, students are presented with a problem. Schoolchildren must understand why and why they need to complete this project, what is the main task of the upcoming work. The emerging images of the future product should be embodied in sketches and drawings.

Stage 2 - project development

Target: planning for the project period.

Stage 3 - technological

Target: high-quality and correct performance of labor operations, correction of one’s activities, control and self-assessment of work.

Stage 4 - final

At this stage, the project is protected and evaluated. In this case, the presentation takes place in the form of a puppet show in front of parents, students, school teachers and pupils of the Beryozka kindergarten.

Project work

1. Organizational and preparatory stage.

Target: introducing children to the world of theater; to give an initial idea of ​​“transformation and reincarnation” as the main phenomenon of theatrical art, in other words, to reveal the secret of theater for children.

Tasks:

1) introduce the history of puppet theater;

2) awaken interest in reading;

3) cultivate the desire to make dolls for the puppet theater with your own hands;

3) make the life of children interesting and meaningful, fill it vivid impressions, interesting things to do, the joy of creativity;

Statement of hypothesis.

Classes theatrical creativity not only activates students' interest in the art of theater, but also develops imagination, memory, attention and other qualities, educates and improves the psychological atmosphere in the classroom. Preparing a performance is a long process, but very important. Its preparation includes the selection of works - Russian folk tales, design of the performance, starting with mounting and design of puppets and scenery. It is necessary to create a psychologically comfortable atmosphere for classes. During this period, children learn to communicate with each other, share their thoughts, skills, and knowledge.

1. Getting to know the goals and objectives of the Do-It-Yourself Puppet Theater project
2. View presentations: “Types of dolls”; "Puppet show".
3. Drawing competition "Doll's house".
4. Choosing a fairy tale to show in a puppet theater.
5. Sketching sketches of dolls, selecting materials for making dolls and drawing up a technological map.
6. Making puppets for showing the fairy tales “Turnip” and “Kolobok” in the puppet theater.
7. Rehearsals of fairy tales “Turnip” and “Kolobok”.
8. Presentation and defense of the project “Do-It-Yourself Puppet Theater”.

1. Project development.

Thematic planning

Time spending

From the history of occurrence. Horse dolls: bag (ball), cam-finger, manual, mechanical, etc.

Grassroots dolls: puppet, jumping, etc.

Table dolls: flat, cardboard, foam rubber, boxes, natural material, from gloves, etc. Dolls: toys, “with a living hand”, mask theater, shadow theater, etc.

Creation theatrical performance complements and accompanies all work in order to master the terms (director, concept, author, play, script, etc.)

III. Technological focus of the project.

The implementation of project objectives is carried out through different kinds activities:

1. Theater game.
2. Basics theatrical culture.
3. Work on the performance (from sketch to the birth of the performance).

Main areas of work with children:

Theater game - a historically established social phenomenon, an independent type of activity characteristic of humans.

Tasks:

• develop visual, auditory attention, memory, observation, creative thinking, fantasy, imagination, interest in performing arts;
• practice clear pronunciation of words, practice diction; cultivate moral and aesthetic qualities.

Culture and technique of speech – games and exercises aimed at developing breathing and freedom of the speech apparatus.

Tasks:

• teach to compose short stories and fairy tales, select the simplest rhymes;
• pronounce tongue twisters and poems;
• train clear pronunciation of consonants at the end of a word;
• use intonations that express basic feelings;
• replenish your vocabulary.

Fundamentals of theatrical culture - children are introduced to elementary concepts, professional terminology of theatrical art.

Tasks:

• introduce children to theatrical terminology;
• introduce the main types of theatrical art;
• cultivate a culture of behavior in the theater.

From sketches to the birth of the performance – work on fairy tales “Turnip”, “Kolobok”

Tasks:

• develop skills in working with imaginary objects;
• teach to find keywords in separate phrases and sentences and highlight them with your voice;
• develop the ability to use intonations that express a variety of emotional states(sad, happy, angry, surprising, admiring, pitiful, contemptuous, condemning, mysterious, etc.);
• replenish vocabulary, figurative speech.

1. The final stage.

Projected results of the project.

As a result of this project, students acquire representations:

• about the history of theatrical puppets;
• about the professions of people who work in the theater (director, set designer, prop maker, actor, etc.);

and can:

• move the doll over the screen;
• make a theatrical puppet from various materials;
• create scenery and posters for performances;
• demonstrate your abilities and achieve success;
• acquire and apply your knowledge in practice;
• plan project activities;
• work in a group, defend a creative project.

List of methodological literature.

1. Karamanenko T. N. “Puppet Theater”, M. 2001;
2. Konysheva N.M. Project activities schoolchildren. Magazine " Primary School"No. 1, 2006, p. 17
3. Rusakova T.G. Fairy tale - a game in the classroom visual arts. Magazine "Primary School" No. 5, 2006, p. 59
4. Konysheva N.M. Design education in primary school. Magazine "Primary School" No. 5, 2006, p. 57
5. Ryabova O.N. Circle-studio “Image Theater”. Magazine "Primary School" No. 11, 2005, p. 52
6. 6. Politakhina E.P. Game design and design in experimental primary schools. Magazine "Primary School" No. 11, 2001, p. 75
7. 7. Byvaltseva M.V. Child's vision performing arts. Magazine "Primary School" No. 12, 2005, p. 45
8. 8. Ivanova T.D. Education with the help of dolls. Magazine "Primary School" No. 3, 2005, p. 68.
9. 9. Rudakova V.P. Puppet Theater Club. Magazine "Primary School" No. 3, 2005, p. 69.
10. 10. Golovanova M.V., V.G.Goretsky, L.F.Klimanova. Native speech. Textbooks for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades of primary school. M.: “Enlightenment”, 2005.
11. 11. Dictionary Russian language. M.S. Lapatukhin. Moscow "Enlightenment".
12. 12. Kiyanovsky A.A. School theater in elementary school / Library “First of September”, series “Elementary School”. M.: Chistye Prudy LLC, 2007.

Annex 1

Master Class

Materials and tools:

For students: scissors, foameran, fabric, glue gun, glue gun refills, wooden skewers for sketching (one per desk), napkin.

For the teacher: samples of puppets for the puppet theater.

During the classes:

- Today we have a very interesting and unusual lesson, today you will not be students, but... who, you will now find out...

- Who creates the magical, amazing world- theater? (Actors, directors, designers, stage workers and many others). They do everything so that you and I leave the theater in a good mood and do not remain indifferent to the fate of the characters. So today in class we will try to create a small performance ourselves. But our theater will not be simple, but flat, i.e. all fairy-tale heroes will be flat.

- Look, guys, how much fairy-tale heroes visiting us today!

So, I invite you to the “wonderful workshop”. Each of you today will create miracles with the help of a variety of objects.

- Try to determine from these symbols, what objects will you work with in the workshop?

— What do you think needs to be remembered so that you enjoy working in the workshop? (safety regulations)

- Let's repeat these important rules for everyone. I will show the symbol, and you will name these rules...

1. Compass we will draw a circle exactly

Or one or several arcs.

A compass will prick with a needle like a hedgehog,

If you take it in your hands incorrectly.

1. Glue don't spill it on the desk,

Be careful with the glue!

1. Scissors – from the word “knife”.

Remember if you take them!

— What other materials do we need? (foameran and fabric)

And remember what the mood should be while working, help each other, and then your work will radiate warmth and kindness. Remember the “golden” rule: “Put your soul and heart into your work -

Treasure every second of your work.”

And now I will show you how to make these fairy-tale characters. Be careful.

— First we will look at the instruction card.

- Let's repeat it together now:

Where did we start doing the work?

How is the head made?

How do we work with a glue gun?

— Does anyone have questions for me, is everything clear? Then get to work. I'm sure you will succeed, and at the end of the lesson we will see your fairy tale characters on our stage. (Children do the work, the teacher helps).

— Whoever finished work, clean up the workplace.

- Guys, you did a very good job. Now let's look at your heroes in the fairy tale that you have prepared for us. As in any play, we have a director and actors.

- Who is the director?

— Who are the actors?

- So, the show begins.

- Actors on stage! (show of the performance).

Demonstration of the fairy tale “Rerka” by project participants

Appendix 2

Invitation card T

on puppet show"Turnip" and "Kolobok"

Date Time______________

Row____________ Place______________

Game of actors and actresses,

The tireless smell of the stage,

The unique noise of the scenes

They change the value of our lives.

The soul takes flight,

And where the end of the game is is unclear.

The theater always lives in us,

And it’s still wonderful!

Appendix 3

"How it all happened..."

Making dolls

We sew mittens:

Assembly of dolls:

Rehearsals:

“Debut” Speech to 2nd grade students

Performance at the school amateur art show 03/07/17.

Appendix 4

Fairy tale scenarios

Characters: Narrator, Turnip, Grandfather, Grandmother, Granddaughter, Bug, Cat, Mouse.

The scenery is on stage: a hut, a vegetable garden.

Narrator:
Grandfather lived in the same village
Together with Grandma for many years.
Grandfather once wanted
Steamed turnips for lunch.

Grandfather:
Well, I guess I'll go
Yes, and I’ll plant a turnip.

Narrator: I went to the garden and planted a turnip.

Grandfather:
The sweet turnip grows,
The turnip is growing big.

Narrator:
The turnip has grown to glory
What miracle of miracles?
Turnip - almost to heaven!
Grandfather decided to pull out the turnip.
But it was not there -
One is not strong enough.
What to do? How can we be here?
Call Grandma to help!

Grandfather (waves his hand):
Grandma, Grandma - where are you?
Help me pull the turnip!

Grandma grabs onto Grandpa and tries to pull out the turnip.

Narrator:
Once - that's it!
Two - that's it!
Oh! No way to pull it out!
You know, our hands have weakened.
Let's call our Granddaughter to help!

Grandma:
Come on, Granddaughter, run,
Help me pull the turnip!

Granddaughter runs out and grabs Grandma. Trying to pull out a turnip

Narrator:
Once - that's it!
Two - that's it!
No! No way to pull it out!

Narrator:
That's a turnip! What a vegetable!
You know, you have to call for help...

Granddaughter:
Bug! Bug! Run
Help me pull the turnip!

Bug runs out, barking, and grabs his granddaughter.

Narrator:
Here, Zhuchka is ready to help,
Clings to Granddaughter.
Once - that's it!
Two - that's it!
Oh! No way to pull it out...
You know, you have to click the cat,
To help a little.

Bug:
Murka the cat, run,
Help me pull the turnip!
Stepping softly, the Cat comes out

Narrator:
Once - that's it!
Two - that's it!
Oh! No way to pull it out...
Let's call Mouse...
Hiding somewhere, little coward!

Cat:
Mouse-Mouse, come out!
Help me pull the turnip!
Mouse runs

Narrator:
This mouse is very strong!
Stronger than a bear, stronger than an elephant!
One can pull out a turnip,
She doesn't need any help at all!
Come on, Grandfather, grab the turnip,
Come on, Grandma, hold on to Grandfather,
Granddaughter and don’t be lazy:
Grab Grandma more tightly now.
Bug for Granddaughter, Cat for Bug,

Mouse: Pee-pee-pee! Do you want a turnip? Pull together!

Narrator:
So they pulled out the turnip,
That she sat firmly in the ground.

The turnip is pulled out, everyone falls.

Narrator (addresses the audience):
How strong is the Mouse?
It was friendship that won!
Eat to your health, Grandfather,
Your long-awaited lunch!
That's the end of the fairy tales,
And whoever listened, well done!

The artists bow.

Scenario of the fairy tale "Kolobok"

Narrator: Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and grandmother. One day my grandfather was sitting and wanted to eat. That's what he says to grandma.

Grandfather: Bake a bun, grandma.

Grandma: What should we bake from? There is no flour.

Grandfather: And you, grandma, go, scrape the bottom of the woods, mark the barn! Maybe you'll get some flour.

(Granny stops knitting and comes into the house)

Narrator: The old woman took a feather, scraped it along the bottom of the tree, swept it around the barn, and collected about two handfuls of flour. I kneaded the dough, fired up the stove, and baked a bun. The resulting bun is both fluffy and aromatic.

(Grandma puts a toy bun on the windowsill)

Narrator: Grandma put the bun on the window to cool. And the bun jumped out of the window and rolled along the path.

(Instead of a toy, a child appears on stage playing the role of Kolobok. He runs into the forest, saying sentences).

Kolobok:
I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!
I left Grandfather and
left Grandma!

(On the right the Hare jumps out to meet Kolobok).

Hare: Kolobok, rosy side! I will eat you!

Kolobok: Don't eat me, little Bunny! I'll tell you a poem.

I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!
I left Grandfather and
left Grandma!
And I’ll even leave you, Hare!

Narrator: And Kolobok rolled on; only the Hare saw him!
(Kolobok quickly “rolls” past the Hare and disappears behind the fir trees on the right. The Hare runs away in the opposite direction).
(Music is playing)
(On the right, the Wolf comes out to meet Kolobok).

Wolf: Kolobok, rosy side! I will eat you!

Kolobok: Don't eat me Gray wolf! I'll tell you a poem.

I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!
I left Grandfather and
left Grandma's
I left the Hare, and I’ll leave you, Wolf, even more so!

(Kolobok quickly “rolls” past the Wolf and disappears behind the fir trees on the right. The Wolf runs away in the opposite direction).
(Music is playing)
(The Bear comes out to meet Kolobok on the right).

Bear: Kolobok, rosy side! I will eat you!

Kolobok: Don't eat me, Clubfoot! I'll tell you a poem.

I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!
I left Grandfather and
left Grandma's
I left the Hare
I left the Wolf, and I will leave you, Bear, even more so!

The bun quickly “rolls” past the Bear and disappears behind the fir trees on the right. The bear goes in the opposite direction.
Music is playing.
Kolobok appears from behind the fir trees on the left, from behind the fir trees on the right the Fox comes out to meet Kolobok.

Fox: Kolobok, rosy side! I will eat you!

Kolobok:
I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!
I left Grandfather and
left Grandma's
I left the Hare
I left the Wolf
I left the Bear, and I’ll leave you, Fox, even more so!

Fox: Oh, how wonderfully you sing! Yes, I began to hear poorly. Come closer and tell me one more time!

Narrator: Kolobok was glad that they listened to him, and rolled up very close to the sly fox.

Kolobok:
I'm scraping my bottom,
sweeping through the barn,
planted in the oven,
It's cold at the window!

Narrator: And the little fox, his - Am! - and ate it.
Although no... Kolobok still managed to escape. But after that he never boasted again.
That's the end of the fairy tale! And whoever listened - well done!

Winter - best time for crafts with children. Today we will tell you how to make a wonderful homemade puppet show out of the box with your own hands. Any child will definitely enjoy this original educational toy. What is especially important is that it is useful to play it, because role-playing performances “feed” the brain.

Our craft will be quite simple; you can complete it in literally half an hour. Of course, it’s better to do it together with your child - at least he will help you select pictures. A little time - and you will already be playing mini-theater at home together!

What do we need?

• cardboard box of any size
• culinary skewers
• small LED garland
• small beads with a large hole
• colored paper
• small images of your favorite fairy tale characters

How to do it?

It is best to take an elongated and low box. If you don’t have one, take any (shoe ones are perfect). Remove the front edge of the box completely. Cut out the back one so that about 2-3 cm remains at the edges. Make cuts on top at regular intervals using a cutter.

Make a small pallet from the cut parts of the boxes. You need to make exactly the same holes in it. We insert culinary skewers into them (can be replaced with sushi chopsticks or tightly twisted newspaper tubes). Place a bead at the end of each skewer and secure with glue if necessary. This will make it easier to move the dolls.

You need to attach pictures to the skewers. If you don’t have ready-made images, just draw them: penguins, snowmen, Santa Claus - any characters you need for a fairy tale or theatrical performance.

The lid of the box needs to be covered with colored paper; we will install it behind the main part of the craft - it will be something like a screen. Using blue, blue and white paper you can imitate snowdrifts and the sea. Separately glue the small elements and side edges for the future homemade theater.

Place them directly into the box - no need to glue them.

Just place the garland on top. To prevent it from slipping, secure it with tape.

Home puppet theater will help parents introduce their child to art, develop his imagination, speech and Creative skills. The kid can try himself as an actor, and also take part in preparations for a theatrical performance. You will learn everything about how to make a home puppet theater with your own hands in our article.

Home dollDIY theater

Nowadays, it is not difficult to find attributes for holding a home performance. They can be purchased in specialized stores. But if you want to surprise your baby in a special way, make a puppet theater with your own hands. Let your child take part in this venture. A bright screen, colorful scenery, animated characters from your favorite fairy tales - and a sea of ​​genuine positive emotions will be guaranteed.

DIY screen for home puppet theater

Puppet theater at home cannot do without a screen. What should it be made of? We will tell you about the most popular options.

Quick screen

Are you itching to host a theatrical performance but running out of time? Make a screen on a quick fix. To do this, just hang the fabric on a rope and fix it in the doorway. Use the waste material by cutting a window in it.

PECULIARITIES! Host a theatrical performance fresh air. Such a pastime will not only give good mood the baby, but it will also benefit him.

If you don't want to ruin the fabric, you don't have to make a hole in it. In this case, the puppets in the performance will be located above the screen.

Sew the decorations carefully onto the material or secure with clothespins. Lightweight paper parts can be easily attached to an improvised partition using double-sided tape.

The screen is easily made from available items that can be found in every home. You will need a regular ironing board. Fix the fabric to its legs - the partition is ready. You can use the same method on a table.

Fiberboard screen

You can make both a tabletop and a floor screen from fiberboard. Naturally, in the second option you will need more materials and time. Such structures will last for more than one year.

What is needed to make a screen?

• Fiberboard sheet.
• Pencil.
• Jigsaw (saw or knife).
• Drill.
• Sandpaper.
• Ribbons or cords.
• Dye.
• Brush.
• Textile.
• Decor elements.

Sequence of work.

• Transfer the templates for the screen parts onto a sheet of fiberboard and cut them out using a jigsaw.
• Sand the ends and other irregularities with sandpaper.
• Drill holes in the structural elements.

REFERENCE! Door hinges can be used to connect the parts of the fiberboard screen.

• Paint the resulting base with water-based environmental paint.
• Let the screen dry thoroughly. If necessary, apply several coats of paint.

• Sew covers onto the design parts. Attach the elements to the fabric and trace with chalk, leaving seam allowances, then sew them together. Use thick and colorful materials. Gabardine, satin, and velvet are perfect. They will decorate the screen and give it solemnity. If desired, the covers can always be removed for washing. To add volume to the material, you can use various fillers (foam rubber, padding polyester, etc.).
• Thread the tape through the holes and connect the structure.
• Get decorating. Give free rein to your imagination. Let your little one take part in this creative process. Use ribbons, buttons, fringe, etc. to decorate.

Cardboard screen

This version of the screen is similar to the previous one, but it is less stable and durable.

What will you need to make?

• Single-layer cardboard.
• Corrugated cardboard.
• Glue.
• Pencil.
• Ruler.
• Scissors.
• Decorative elements (paper, paint, etc.).

Sequence of work.

• Trace the template for the future screen (you can download it on the Internet) with a pencil on cardboard or design the dimensions yourself.
• Cut out the blanks.
• To make the screen stable, stick several layers of corrugated cardboard on its front part; in the folded areas it is better to use one layer.
• After the glue has dried (after about a day), connect the parts using thick thread, ribbon or lace. To do this, use an awl to make holes at the joints, then thread the thread or ribbon. The stitches must be large, otherwise you risk tearing the cardboard.
• Paint the screen with paints or cover it with decorative paper (you can use unnecessary wallpaper).

Screen out of the box

A simple but worthy option. Surely you have an unnecessary box at home? Give it a second life and use it as a table screen.

• Cut a window at the bottom of the box, perhaps in the shape of a theater curtain.
• Straighten the elements of the box.
• Remove the top and bottom side parts.
• Paint the structure in several layers.
• Make decorations from the leftover material: sun, trees, grass, etc.

REFERENCE! Do you want to surprise your baby? Home shadow theater – great option. Make a screen for the performance by stretching fabric over a base of wooden blocks, or use a box and a white sheet of paper. Prepare figurines of future characters, glue them onto black cardboard and attach them to a wooden skewer.

Dolls for home puppet theater

Dolls for home theater For a creative performance, you can buy it in a store or use your baby’s favorite toys. But it's best to make them yourself. Your baby will be happy to participate in their making and will not only receive a lot of positive emotions, but will also show his creative abilities. Such activities are great for developing fine motor skills, calm down nervous system and help self-expression.

What dolls can be made at home?

Fabric mitten dolls

Such dolls are made from any fabric. If you want the toy to keep its shape well, use dense materials or glue the elements with doublerin. To make a mitten doll you will need:

• pattern;
• textile;
• filler;
• chalk or a piece of soap;
• scissors;
• threads;
• decorative elements: buttons, fur, etc.

Work order.

• Do pattern according to the size of your hand. To do this, trace it on paper or take a ready-made mitten as a basis. Don't forget to leave seam allowances.
• Place the pieces together with the right sides facing in and sew.
• Press the seams.
• Turn the product right side out.
• Do head pattern future doll. Draw a circle, choose its size as desired. Cut out 2 pieces of fabric and sew them with the right sides facing in, leaving a small hole. Turn the product right side out and fill it with filler (cotton wool, padding polyester, etc.). Carefully sew up the hole. Outline the facial features and do the hair. As peephole use buttons, beads or felt cut-outs, embroider the mouth using thread. For the spout cut a small piece of fabric in the shape of a circle, hand-stitch along the edge, pull the end of the thread and fill the resulting “bag” with filler. To make hair, use a bunch of threads.

Finger puppets

These theatrical accessories are made according to the same principle as in the previous version. Only they will not be worn over the entire palm, but on your fingers. Such a doll can be sewn from fabric, felted from wool, knitted from thread or cut out from paper.

These toys will become indispensable when traveling, because they do not take up much space and will captivate children of any age. Even a baby will appreciate such a theatrical mini-performance.

Paper dolls

You can buy paper dolls at any bookstore or print templates from the Internet. If you are good at drawing, show your talent and depict the characters yourself using paints.

To make toys keep their shape better, choose thick paper, or stick the pictures onto a cardboard base. Attach the manufactured characters to plastic machines, matchboxes for stability, or use a frame in the form of pieces of wire, matches or ice cream sticks, etc.

Papier-mâché dolls

Pieces of paper are soaked in glue, and then theatrical props, masks, toys, etc. are made from the resulting mass. This technique is called papier-mâché. Making a whole doll using this method is quite difficult, so it’s suitable for beginners mixed media. The torso can be made of fabric, and the arms and head can be made using papier-mâché.

Dolls made of plasticine or salt dough

Mold fairy-tale characters from plasticine, secure them to pieces of wire, matches or wooden skewers. Instead of plasticine, you can use salt dough.

Spoon dolls

These toys are easy to make. Both plastic and wooden spoons will work. Draw faces or glue ready-made appliqués, sew clothes or cut them out of colored paper.

PECULIARITIES! Organize a small children's party. Invite to home performance your child's friends. Together with your child, prepare a poster for the show and tickets.

A fairy tale for home puppet theater

You can also prepare a script for a home puppet theater yourself and choose the presentation of popular children's fairy tales. For your first performances, choose simple, uncomplicated stories that will teach you important things in life. Gradually increase your repertoire. So that the child is interested and does not get tired, duration of productions should not exceed 10-15 minutes.

Good for home performance Russians folk tales (“Turnip”, “Teremok”, “The Three Little Pigs”, etc.), works by Chukovsky, etc. You can compose a piece yourself. Use musical accompaniment as a background for the performance.

Children's puppet theater is a home concert that will help a child cope with fears, low self-esteem, and also spend his leisure time interestingly with his parents. The baby will be able to try himself as a designer, actor, director. Interesting productions can captivate even restless children.

Help your child discover his talents and show his creativity. If you have never done theatrical performances at home - be sure to do this, your child will be delighted, and photos from family performances will remind your child of a fun childhood.

Children not only love to go to the theater or circus, but also organize their own performances at home. In order for the apartment to turn into an outdoor tent, all you need is a stretched string with a sheet hung on it - this will be a curtain. The role of actors can be either ordinary dolls (in this case, children will simply hold them in their hands), or special theatrical puppets or glove dolls. All parents know that children's imagination is limitless, so you shouldn't buy a set of expensive professional dolls. Firstly, they may not be enough for all the performances that a young director wants to stage. And secondly, with your own hands you can make such amazing characters that you won’t even find for sale. In this article we will take a closer look at how to make a puppet theater for children's entertainment with your own hands.

We make a puppet theater with our own hands: theatrical paper dolls

Paper is the simplest and most affordable material from which you can quickly make children's crafts. Don't think that theater puppets made from paper is always something disposable and unaesthetic. After all, you can use not only an ordinary newspaper, but use your imagination and glue dolls from multi-colored, shiny or velvet paper. Paper dolls usually come out flat, and then they are glued onto sticks, which can be used as ordinary culinary skewers.

You can make paper dolls a little stronger by strengthening them with cardboard backdrops. More difficult option- these are not just dolls on a stick, but figurines with moving individual parts.

A glove doll or hand doll is one of the most simple options. Parents can play with the smallest of these dolls, funny moving their fingers inside the doll so that the toy reaches out to the baby, nods and hugs. Older children will be delighted to learn the simple way to control this doll and will happily entertain themselves and their household.

Few people know that a glove doll can actually be made from gloves, and even the most ordinary white gloves are suitable for physical work (the main thing is that they do not have rubber bumps on the palm). To make a “Bunny” doll, you will need two such gloves, one of which will turn into a head with ears, and the second will become a torso and paws. For decoration, you can use white fur, and decorate the muzzle with small buttons and embroidery.

By their principle, sock puppets are relatives of glove puppets, since they are also put on hands. Usually made from socks funny characters, which have only a head, an opening mouth (this is what will need to be sewn together) and a long neck. These dolls do not have arms, since there are simply no holes for them in the sock. From a sock you can make a snake, a goose with a long neck, or any other unidentified animal.

The photo below shows some fun ideas for making sock puppets.

For the little ones, you can make dolls even from scrap materials that can be played with accordingly. For example, you can make round characters from the favorite children's cartoon “Smeshariki” from disks. Ears and tails are attached to this round base using universal glue. The disc itself also does not have to be left shiny - it is also easy to stick a colored circle of a suitable color on it. If paper does not adhere well to a smooth surface, you can try using self-adhesive film.

Such dolls can be used not only for home theater, but also as methodological manuals to kindergarten or group early development to act out various dialogues and tales.

For kindergarten it is worth choosing simple tales, which are already familiar to children, for example, “Turnip” or “Teremok”. These stories are also good because they have a sufficient number of characters.

If it becomes clear that a child’s passion for theater is not a momentary whim, perhaps it is worth worrying about higher quality and expressive dolls, sewn from scratch from fabric yourself. You can use any material to make them, but bright felt has certain advantages. Such dolls are dense to the touch, and the edges of the fabric will not fray. In addition, felt is a fairly wear-resistant material that will withstand even the most active children's games.

Patterns of dolls for home theater can be found on thematic forums on sewing and needlework, but it is much more interesting to come up with them yourself.

Video on the topic of the article

To learn how to make a puppet theater quickly and easily with your own hands, we suggest watching the following videos. Experienced craftsmen They will tell you about all the intricacies of making these crafts.

Vera Stroganova

Educator: Stroganova Vera Yurievna

In my work with children on theatricalization, I use various types of theater: table theater on sticks; carpet theater; finger theater; masque; theater on capsules; shadow theater; Bi-ba-bo theater; theater on clothespins; reel theater, puppet theater, etc.

I bring to your attention some types of theater made by myself.

Children really enjoy playing theater and inventing and acting out fairy tales themselves. These types of theater are very convenient in that they can be shown both behind a screen and anywhere in the group. The theater is constantly being replenished. Some children made a similar theater at home. They act out performances with parents and relatives.

Theater on sticks

For this type of theater, the guys and I used popsicle sticks.

We found, cut out and glued images of animals and cartoon characters to sticks

Target: Improving the ability to invent and expressively tell tales.

Tasks:

3. Develop creative imagination, speech, fine motor skills.

Theater on sticks

"Vegetable Dispute"

For this type of theater, the guys and I used chopsticks.

We found, cut out and glued images of vegetables to sticks.

Target:

Tasks:

2. Learn to pass characteristics fairy-tale heroes.

Finger Theater

“Create, show and tell a fairy tale”

For this type of theater, the guys and I made mini cups (origami) out of paper. Parents printed out characters from various fairy tales, and we cut out and glued their images onto mini cups.

Target: Improve the ability to invent and expressively tell stories.

Tasks:

2. Learn to convey the characteristic features of fairy-tale characters.

4. Develop fine motor skills of the hands, namely teach children to move index finger in accordance with the text.

5. Improve the telling of a familiar fairy tale.

Theater on capsules

"The Tale of the Stupid Mouse"

For this type of theater, the guys and I used Kinder Surprise capsules. We found, cut out and glued images of animals to the capsules.

Target: Improve the ability to remember and tell stories expressively.

Tasks:

2. Learn to convey the characteristic features of fairy-tale characters.

3. Develop creative imagination, variability of thinking, the ability to compose a joint sequential text, and develop speech.

Theater on reels

"Where the sparrow dined"

Here we used spools of thread (from old stock).

We found, cut out and glued images of animals to the spools. The images are stable and it is very convenient to move the characters.

Target: Improve the ability to remember and tell stories expressively.

Tasks:

2. Learn to convey the characteristic features of fairy-tale characters.

3. Develop creative imagination, speech, variability of thinking, and the ability to compose a joint sequential text.

4. Improve the telling of a familiar fairy tale.

Theater on clothespins

"Under the mushroom"

Well, here clothespins were glued to the pictures. We thought through the structure of the box (it had strips of cardboard glued to the bottom so that characters could be attached to the foreground and background) and the theater was ready. The characters are put into a box after playing. Very comfortably.

Target: Improve the ability to remember and tell stories expressively.

Tasks:

2. Learn to convey the characteristic features of fairy-tale characters.

3. Develop creative imagination, speech, variability of thinking, and the ability to compose a joint sequential text.

4. Develop fine motor skills of the hands

5. Improve the telling of a familiar tale

Making a theater with your own hands is not that difficult. All you need is desire, a little patience and your fairy tale will come true.

Thank you for your attention!

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