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How to

Make a Hand Puppet

Hand puppets are a great craft project for children, and Puppet Theater can be a lot of fun too. If you want to make a hand puppet, you can rest assured that it is a relatively easy task. All you’ll need is a few basic...

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Make a Sock Puppet

Making a sock puppet is really quite fun. The thing that makes sock puppets so fun is making each one unique. Each one can have special characteristics! And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens and compute...

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Make a Paper Bag Puppet

Kids a little bored? Have them make a paper bag puppet and put on a puppet show for you! They will have plenty of fun. Even better if you join them!

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Make Finger Puppets

Finger puppets are a fun toy for people of all ages! With some creativity, you can make the puppets resemble anything you would like. Making simple finger puppets is fairly easy and is a great arts & crafts experience.

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Mime

Mime is form of performance art that can be traced back to ancient Greece and Rome, though it is often associated with French culture. Miming is a silent art form that requires the performer to communicate through moveme...

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Create a Marionette

Marionettes are puppets that generally take the form of a human, and are manipulated through the use of string. Making traditional marionettes by hand is a skill that can take years to acquire and perfect. However, it's ...

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Make Puppets

The world of puppets. Arguably a better one and just as diverse. Here we'll cover making puppets out of paper, socks, felt, and full-out Jim Henson-style muppets. You'll have a veritable theatre of puppets to choose from...

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Do the 4 Kings Card Trick

The Four Kings trick is a good beginner's card trick and one that children can easily master. There are many variations, and nearly all of them involve keeping the four kings together while leading your audience to beli...

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Perform a Card Trick Using Math

This is an easy card trick because it requires no sleight-of-hand to work—just simple math. Even without an understanding of how the math works, you can still perform this "magic" trick to impress all your friends!

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Do the Twenty One Eleven Card Trick

This card trick is nice for beginners because it requires no sleight-of-hand to work -- just simple math. Even without an understanding of how the math works you can still perform this "magic" trick to impress all your ...

How to

Be a Clown

Do you love making people laugh and sharing your laughter with others? Do you love working with children, adults, hospital patients, or any large audiences? Do you like dressing up and working with a variety of props? If...

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Do the Cops and Robbers Card Trick

Mastering the Cops and Robbers card trick is fairly simple, but always a crowd pleaser. The trick is an illusion that will convince your audience of your abilities to move cards throughout a deck using nothing but magic....

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Make a Lie Sound Convincing

Telling the truth is usually a much better option than lying, but sometimes you have no choice but to tell a lie. In some cases, you might need to tell a white lie to avoid hurting someone's feelings or to keep someone i...

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Work a Marionette

Working a Marionette is a lot easier than you might think, but the basic premise is still the old "practice, practice, practice"... This article will show you a few beginner methods for your puppets, but there are many d...

How to

Teach Storytelling

Interested in teaching children how to tell a story? Running an English classroom and it’s time to teach the unit on narrative writing? Whatever the reason, you may need some help teaching storytelling. Luckily, there ...

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Perform an Impossible Card Trick

Do you want to amaze your friends? Looking to take your card trick repertoire to the next level? If so, this is the trick for you! This “impossible” card trick is actually pretty simple. With a little bit of practice...