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HOW CAN I MAKE MY PUPPET?
Character
billy goatType of puppet
rod puppet
string puppetJoins
glue wire
tapeMaterial
Head polystyrene ball
Body and arms milk cartons
the puppet sticksMoving Parts
the puppet legs
the head
Image description
Student: Well firstly I thought I could get two milk containers to make the body. And then I would cut off the edge where the little led bit was. So then I could stick a rod bit through there. Then I put a little bit of wire so that I could move the head without anyone seeing.
Interviewer: Can you tell us what you are making, what your puppet was?
Student: First I was making a goat from three billy goats gruff. When I had put the rod on I put the poly styrene ball on. Then I thought I could make the paper, get some paper, roll it up to make the horns. And then I would get toilet roll and cut it in half, then some wire so I could bend it back and forward. Half of the polystyrene ball so then I could make the feet, get some string and make the tail. Then put some wool on it to make it a woolly tail.
Interviewer: How did you plan to join all the parts together?
Student: I was (going to) join the tail by sticky tape, and that’s mainly it. And the milk containers by sticky tape as well and a little bit of wire.
Interviewer: And what was going to be your moving part?
Student: The legs and the head.
Interviewer: And how was the head going to move?
Student: I had to put the rod through, then half of the rod and tie some wire on to it, then put it through the back and put another rod into it so I could move it up and down.
Image shows a photo of the completed puppet.
Interviewer: Would you like to show us your puppet, and tell us how your design worked out?
Student: This is my puppet, the first thing was, there was no milk containers so I used a shoebox. And then, I made some legs, but because the legs, they were too big, and it’s, like, a little goat, so I used a quarter of the roll. And then, here we go, the head over here, the rod bit, and then the wire from the back. This one here.
Interviewer: And that’s how you worked out the head?
Student: Yeah. I couldn’t move the feet so I made the tail move around here. And made a polystyrene ball here. Made a little face and painted it white.
Interviewer: What do you like most about your puppet?
Student: Making the face.
Student: Yeah. I couldn’t move the feet so I made the tail move around here. And made a polystyrene ball here. Made a little face and painted it white.
Interviewer: What do you like most about your puppet?
Student: Making the face.
Interviewer: Now if remember back to your original design brief, you had to make a puppet which had moving part and was made of different materials and you use different joins. How successful do you think you were?
Student: Not that successful.
Interviewer: Why?
Student: Because I only used one joining part thing.
Interviewer: So what did you join with?
Student: Sticky tape.
Interviewer: How is the head joined to the stick and the wire?
Student: Oh, that was just tied on.
Interviewer: With wire? So you have used wire to join?
Student: Yes
Positive
the boay
because like
boay. It work
wath the puppetNegative
The leg fall of
I didn't like the
feet.
because it fall overInteresting
I like the face
I like the neck
Like because it
moves
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