Arcadia's Second Graders Created Puppets and Put on a Puppet Show at Portage Point Inn

Making a puppit is hard work. First you get a balloen and put newspaper to cofer the hole thing. Next you put paper towls areound the hole thing too. Then you make it into something and wrap it with newspaper again. That is how far we got. Mrs. and Mr. Barnard are helping us. We are doing this for the talent show., I think the one that I am making will be like a pelican when I am done with it. The whole second grade is doing it. Mine is looking pretty good. ...Quinn,
April 22, 2003

We are making pupets. It is fun. I'm going to be a young roster in the fable young roster. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard are helping us. I think we are having a play sometime in May Are pupets look great so far. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard bring in all of the stuff for us so we can make the pupets. The show will me fun. I might be inbarest thogh. I can't wait at all. I have to go. Theres the ansor. Sincerely, ...Jessa

Making puppets was fun. My puppet is a sheep. My puppet looks like a dog. First I put nespaper on the blon. After that drys we put another layer on the blon. Then I made the fase. ThenI put more nespaper on after I made the fase. ...Emily J.B.

Making puppets was fun! My puppet is a hippo. When I take it home I will change it into a horse. Frist it was a ballon and a toilet rowl. Next we put paper masha on it. Then we did the same thing. Last we shaped it. Now we need to paint it. Then we are having a puppet show with the other class. ...Annie

To make puppets you start with haveing a bulun then you get some goop. Then you get some shreded paper and then you put it in the goop and put it on the bullun and smoth it out do it 2 more times and paint it. ...Amy

To make puppets you start with something for the head then you glue scrap papper on it. Next you glue more scrap paper on. Then you paint the head. Then you add specile parts. Then we glue the body to the head. Soon we will have a pupet show! Sincerely, ...Jessa

Making Pizza at Portage Point Inn

We used our Plant Sale money for the trip.

Making puppets was fun. We made our puppets out of paper mache. The glue was all icky. To make paper mache puppets you need a balloon, newspaper strips, glue, flour and water. My puppet is a toroise. We are doing Aesop's Fables for our puppet shows. My fable is the Tortoise and The Hare. We work in groups. My group is Austin O., Hunter, and me. My mom and dad are helping us. ...Emily C.

Making puppets was fun. My puppet is a crain. We're half way there. We got to pick what our puppets are gona be. Quinn is in the same act as me. He is the pelakin. The act is called the crain and the pelakin. ...Elizabeth

The paper masa is gope. I am a cat for the puppet show. The puppets are hard and croupaly. The puppets are going to be painted for the puppet show. The puppets have eres that have been pappr masued. My pupput is going to be brown. The puppts are small and some are big. ... Sarah

Making puppets was fun. My puppet is a waiter. Frst we got a bloon and got gloow and put on strips of paper and dipt the paper in the gloow and stuk it on the buloon. ...Emalee

To make puppets you start with glue and newspappar. Next I put papper towll over the newspapper. Then we put some more newspapper. 4th we made the ears and nose and mowth and eys. 5th we made the body. 6th we painted the head and the body if you wanted to. ...Christopher,
May 2, 2003

To make puppets you start with the bloon you put nosepaper. You ned to put the stuf. You ned to pant the hed and put on a bode. You need to pant the eyes on. ...Joshua

First you blow up a balloon. You make watery glue. You get paper. Then with the paper you stick it in the watery glue then you put it all over the balloon. Then you get paper towel and dip it in the water glue and put it all over the balon. Then you make what ever you want to for the pupet. They you pop the balloon. Then you can make the clothes for it and decarate it. ...Jacob