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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1952. W

Do a Christmas play-

with puppets you've made

W

your

HY not do a puppet play at Christmas? You can make own: characters-tó wear as gloves, on your hands and perform any amount of different stories by making them move and wave their hands and heads, It isn't necessary to have à theatre; you can perform your plays behind "a big armchair, kneeling · down, béhind it yourself and waggling your puppets on top. (See illustrations).

But if you want to get everything prepared in time for Christmas, you will need to start a few days carly, This tells you how to make the puppets and how to dress them.

Making The Hoads -

To make four heads you will aced:-

1 lb. of whiting of china

clay,

2 ozs. of solid glue or 4 b2x

Itquid glue,

Half to one pint water,

Newspapers,

Thin cardboard.

Tear lots of newspapers into very small pieces and mix them up with water in an old sauco- pan. BOIL GENTLY FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, unul the mixture becomes so thick you can just pour it from a big spoon.

'How To HOLD.

THE PUPPET_

FOLD

How To MAKE THE

PUPPETS

DETAILS

← FOLD

40.

HAND

THE PLAY

"Christmas Roses"

(With the OLD WOMAN on your left hand and JANET on your right, bring them both on from your The OLD WOMAN should left, facing the audience.

•

have the tray in her hands, Le. between your fingers).

OLD WOMAN: Wo've no Lord Chamberlain will be money to buy F Christmas furious.

NOW ADD THE GLUE. Sur tree, Janet. Now you run OLD WOMAN, Lord Cham- until it has dissolved and re- along. I'm going to sit here berlain? move saucepan from heat, by the royal palace and try to Gradually STIR -IN THE sell the roses. WHITING with a stick. and JANET: Why can't we have then knead with your fingers & Christmas tree? until you have a soft kind of clay,

in

OLD

KING: He'll be so rude if I come-back, with nothing. But If I can't get a carriage, what cdn' I get? You bee, I always give the Queen a new carriago WOMAN: Because at

Christmas: It's sa much go in-

wo've no money. Now.

I must sell them. All

OLD WOMAN: Why don't you give her a necklacer

KING How much would that be

OLD WOMAN: Quite a lot. Fifty pounds, perhaps.

For each head you will need doors and play with your simpler than having to think small cylinder about inches long, just big enough to Roses Christmas

wo brother. (Janet goes out LEFT) what she really wants. roses! Buy Lake the .p of your first o finger. This can be made from my roses (Talking to herself)

On deat end the thin cardboard, one

not ahould be covered. Now COVER the children at home and THE CYLINDER WITH CLAY Even any food for them, And tomorrow's Christmas Day. In the form of a rough ball, The KING comes in from the

KING: That's no good. I've and START TO MODEL, add RIGHT) Good

got gracious me,

to spend six hundred ing pieces for the nose, chin, here's the King! Roses, your Pounds. The Lord Chamber- ele, and gouging out hollows

lain told me so, for the eyes.

KING (briskly): No, not now, about a new

OLD". "WOMAN: Then what crown for the my good woman. I'm in 1

Queen? dreadful hurry. It's Christmas

and I've all the royal nowadays, not

KING: They're very cheap made of gold to buy. Do any longer, like buying Christmas dear, oh dear;/1 what have you know. Oh presents? ::

you got in that tray? · Haven't OLD WOMAN: Yes, your you something to sell? majesty. But I haven't any money to buy any.

majesty!

When the head is complete.. set it on a stick to dry for a day or two, and then paint the tace with colours. For hair, Eve. plck out strands of wool family's presents suitable colours and slicit with glue.

Now For The Clothes

For each puppet, you will

need a piece of material about

you

KING: You're lucky. I wish

I didn't have any money.... I

OLD WOMAN: These aro Just roses.

KING: Rases at Christmas?

OLD WOMAN: Yes, not

10 ins, long by 3 ins, wide. Fold hate buying Christmas presents. many people can grow roses at this in half, so that you have I

a square 8 ins. by. B. ins. Que never know what to get Christmas, but' I can. I grow

specially for the Queen. I sup- them speen let me

I

the

OLD WOMAN: But—

buy

of this told CUT OUT A pose I'll give her another royal.. KING: CRESCENT SHAPE as shown carriage. A golden carriage. them. They'll do, they'll do by the dotted lines on the (He goes cut LEFT as the perfectly! I heard the Queen diagram, and also CUT OUT Queen comes in RIGHT). say only yesterday she wished THE SLEEVES.

QUEEN: Was that the King? she had some Christmas -TOGCS If you open out the material, majesty. He's gone

·OLD WOMAN: Yes, your in

garden. She'll

love to buy those you will now find you have à

much better than hole in the middle of it. This

Christmas presents. i

golden QUEEN:

carriage. There

you is to-go-round - the neck- of

(disgruntled)

arc.There's six hundred another your puppet. RUN A STRONG suppose he'll buy me

pounds. THREAD round

this

circle,

Carriage. about half

WOMAN: Don't you an inch

KING: You've saved my life, from the edge. Put your puppet's head

golden carriage, YOUT want

my dear. Rosest There's a through it, ond draw the thread.QUEEN: I've got so

majesty?

present

ent for the Queen indeed! tight round the neck.

many. How clever I was to think of He's giyên me a golden córri-

!!! (He goes out RIGHT, hav- every Christmas, for

the ing agu

taken · the rotes-you can OLD pretend this from the WOMAN'S

OLD WOMAN Six hundred pounds! But they were only od. a bunch. Janell

JANET: (She necessarily appear)

Now

J

SEW UP the sides and sleeves.

from a piece of double high) years. (She goes out

out little HANDS RIGHT).

OLD WOMAN: (umazed) A

Now

felt,

"one

Illustration). Sew these to the golden carriage every Christ

about

Inch long. (Sce

ends of the siceves:

"put

mast

A

your hand In the "glove",

(The KING comes in LEFT)

not with your first anger in the The carriage-builders are shut. KING: Of all beastly Bucki

ming! head, your thumb and second They're not opening again till that

OLD WOMAN! Go and Ly finger in the sleeves. !YOUR

Christmas tree, and 口 two days after Boxing Day, goose too, and PUPPET IS ALMOST COM-

crackers and It's too bad... What can I give cakes PLETE

and sweets! We can the Queen now? It's got to be have a Christmas after all! Making Different Charactors something expensive I've six (She goes out).

hundred pounds to spend. The

THE END

you cap: maké different

characters by choosing different The Kindest Man In The World

coloured materials -

clothes. In the little play be

low,

there are FOUR charas

tere

This Old Woman: 'Uso

black material for her, sticking

on

a Hitle white cap for her

He Would Do You a Favour-And Then Thank You-

By MAX TRELL

DID I ever tell you," Me

Punch said to Knarf and

head or a black veil. She has Hanid, the shadow-children with

to carry a box In the play; use the turned-about-names, “about

the tray from an ordinary my friend Mr Sam?".

matchbox.

.2. Janet, her

child:

Some bright material would suit her. Get some thin. strands of yellow wool to stick on for hair.

Knarf and Henid immediately shook their heads.

"You're sure? said Mr Punch. Knart and Hanid, sald they

3. The King: He should be were quite sure.

:

in red, with a paper crown Me Punch it his pipe, took a painted gold-on his head. He puff or two, stretched his legs might have a black beard too. out comfortably and smiled. "Már 4. The Queen: In blue per- Sum," ho said, "was the nicest, haps, also with a crown, but most generous, best natured man I ever know. I wish he were give her some, long hair top.

here now. - I wish you both" Making Your Own Plays could know him." You can use these four pup- pets in lots of different plays. You can also make other Hatter

ar

Mad

11-10

"Where is Mr Sam?" Hanid Mr Sam worked very hard. Ho asked.

Was a carpenter. “

Out Helping Somebody- "Ho did indeed. He told me then over reported in dentifrice history! To help stop puppers White Rabbit from probably but ping somebody was shivering with the cold. Mr I don't know exactly. He's he had just met an old man who "Alice in Wonderland" Punch rör other, It's no use, going to Sam never could keep anything

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Punch to show, you), Father

Cinderella, or any ad Christma

any said, smiling again, "when you someone else needed it. favourite characters set there you and that he Knart said: "But after Mr Sam- pt.

act given it away to somebody who gave the old man bis cont and youstories. Make from

up your

Bem cold needed. It more than he did. ¡his own plays from these stories.

wasn't Mr ory needs more

"I never know anybody like himself

Jos aid Mr. two characters, you

will|Me than our story

was.” Certainly Sant for giving things away... friend to help

he didn't Ho

Would

uld give away his money. Punch. "But he said he if the performance. In He would give away all the food mind being

cold if Bomebody the play below you really need in his pantry. One day I met else was warm. Mr Sam was

That WAY

couldn' two people to work the pus Me, Sem on a very cold winter's

help being generous. He would pets, though ene person can do day. Ho was walking without

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