Costumes & Masks

Kids love dress up and you can get some secondhand costumes from the thrift store or hand-me-downs, or buy them new, but what would happen if you made them yourselves? From sculpting whimsical masks to stitching elaborate costumes, children engage in a symphony of creative disciplines. They hone hand-eye coordination, spatial reasoning, and narrative building, all while nurturing self-confidence and the joy of bringing their visions to life through their own hands. As a gateway to imaginative play, costume and mask making provide an engaging counterpoint to screen-based entertainment. In fact, it could be considered a pre-skill for the much more complicated "Systems Thinking," considered by some to be a future-friendly skill kids must all learn. By actively constructing their own theatrical worlds, children cultivate a deeper understanding of storytelling and the power of their own creative potential. A good introduction to sewing, crafting, the arts, sculpting, puppeteering, stage craft and movie craft; as well as measurements, hand eye coordination, gross motor skills.

Puppeteering

Book Making

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Activity! Tradition Sewing Binding

Simple Page Book

Zine Zie

Printing

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Stamps

Activity! Stamp Making

1. Glue string onto cardboard (nice and thick). Roll paint on to string and stamp or place stamp into paint and stamp.
2. Use clay to make either raised or indented stamps

   

   

   

   

   3. Try a simple experiments to generate interest - collect all the bits and bobs from your junk draw, broken toys, empty plastic containers. Place some paint for child to dip bits and bobs in and make a picture.
   4. Vegetable printing

   

   

   5. Linoleum block printing
   6. Hand, finger, foot prints into plaster of Paris, clay or play dough

   Activity! Styrofoam Stamp

   

   Clean the styrofoam tray. On the convex side use a stick, pencil or something similar to draw a simple design. Try different types of paint or paint sticks to see which one works best for printing. We tried water colors, with very little water, and if you go over it after it is printed, it creates a few hours of fun!

   Activity! Marbling

   Using oil based inks or nail polish or chalk crushed into a powder - place the ink into the water. You will notice it floats at the top of the water (oil is less dense and hence floats). Gently place your paper so that it lies flat on the water surface. Then remove. The paper will 'grab' the ink and make a marbling effect.

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   DABBER

   

   BONE FOLDER

   

   BRAYER

   

   LIGHT BOX

   

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   Models, Dollhouses and Stage Making

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   Activity! Magnet Theater

   If you don't have thumbtacks, use paper clips.

   

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   Interested in stage craft? Dollhouses? Models? Help me make a course, series or class for kids! Contact me @ admin@parkfuturesedu.com

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