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Shadow Puppet Theater

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Materials Needed:

  • White sheet or paper
  • Cardboard box
  • Flashlight or lamp
  • Black paper
  • Scissors
  • Sticks or straws

Instructions:

  1. Cut a window in the cardboard box
  2. Attach white sheet to cover the window
  3. Create puppet shapes from black paper
  4. Attach puppets to sticks
  5. Set up light source and perform!

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