Art Fest Day 1: Marionettes - Creating body parts

Strips of newspaper, pieces of wire and rolls of masking tape have been flying around left, right and centre in Room 5 today as Art Fest kicks off.  Jo is sharing with a mixed group of intermediate kids how to make marionettes (string puppets) using these basic materials.

An elephant, Superwoman, zombie, Jed and a monkey are some of the characters that this creative bunch are slowly bringing to life.
To make the limbs, you roll long strips of newspaper tightly around a piece wire, then wrap in masking tape. The torso and head need more innovation, as they are shaped and built up by gradually adding scrunched up newspaper, before wrapping and smoothing in a layer of masking tape.

Next job: painting the components.