The Magic of Transformation or . . .

The right way to Create One thing from ‘Nothing’
“Little Bunny has ears so tall,
Little Bunny has a tail so small.
He sits up straight and he wriggles his nostril.
What does he odor, do you suppose?

He hops on his toes to a curly inexperienced prime. 
He digs and he digs, and all of the sudden stops.
Tender carrot, not one, however two!
Little Bunny is aware of simply what to do.


He nibbles and nibbles ’til tummy is full.
After which he hip-pity hops away. . .
Till one other day!”
by Connie Manson

“When kids faux, they’re utilizing their imaginations to maneuver past the bounds of actuality. A stick could be a magic wand. A sock could be a puppet. A small baby could be a superhero.”–Fred Rogers


How particular it’s to witness the surprise on a baby’s face, as they watch an atypical handkerchief remodel right into a bunny, or maybe a mousie! This exercise could be shared in so many environments. I’ve created just a little handkerchief pal for infants and toddlers, pre-schoolers and grade college kids in school rooms, within the dwelling, at road festivals and extra! Handkerchief puppetry works fantastically as a approach to open a puppet play with audiences of all ages. This exercise invitations these watching to inwardly take part within the story.


” You can also make a doll for a kid by
folding up an outdated serviette, making two corners into legs, the
different two corners into arms, a knot for the pinnacle, and portray
eyes, nostril, and mouth with blots of ink. Or you should buy the
baby what known as a “fairly” doll, with actual hair and painted
cheeks . . . If
the kids have the folded serviette earlier than them, they need to
fill in from their very own creativeness what is important to make it
actual and human. This work of the creativeness shapes and
builds the types of the mind. The mind unfolds because the muscle groups
of the hand unfold once they do the work they’re fitted to.” (Rudolf Steiner-Austrian thinker, social reformer, architect and founding father of Waldorf training.) The artwork of make-believe is enlivening for youngsters of all ages–both the younger and younger at coronary heart!

So seize a handkerchief, bandanna or desk serviette and observe alongside to create a rabbit utilizing an excerpt from my guide “Hankey Magic”.


“Hankey Magic” is a pleasant hand certain assortment that features unique and conventional songs and poems and tales, with beneficiant illustrations to simply information you into creating quite a lot of handkerchief buddies. With easy rolls, tucks and knots create: a rabbit, the golden solar, little puppet, donkey, mousie, easy marionette, hen and a pleasant silk scarf marionette just like the one pictured under, left.


The package deal features a hankerchief, after all! Your selection of a plain white hankey, a hand dyed hankey (brown or golden), or a batik-ed bandanna. 

Extra particulars on the way to order right here:
Starlite Puppets Store