In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre Artists
Stacy Lee King and Madeline Helling
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 12- 22, 2014
Ridgeway Community School had the great honor to host two
amazing artists, Stacy Lee King and Madeline Helling from In the Heart of the
Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre. They had workshops with our students aged 3- 11 years old,
Preschool through Grade 5. Stacy Lee and
Madeline began on Monday, May 12 by introducing the students to
puppetry with an all school assembly. They
shared stories and puppets for the students.
They showed how to work a puppet with two people. They had students acting out a puppet
show. They told the students that In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, HOBT,
they had puppets that were two stories tall and required 15 people to operate
them!
When each class of students came in work with the artists,
they played games with the children to learn their names and find out about their
favorite critter. The children got to hold and work with the puppets.
At Ridgeway Community School we teach 3-4 year
old Preschool, one class Kindergarten, one class 1st grade, two classes of
second and third grades; and two classes of 4th and 5th
grades.
Each class had a project
Preschoolers: lily flowers
Kindergarten: dragonflies
1st Graders: prairie chickens
2nd & 3rd Graders: frogs
4th & 5th Graders: turtles
The 2nd
and 3rd grade students would create frogs and preform as frogs for
the musical pageant. To create the frog
masks, the children filled up plastic bags with newspaper and tied them
shut. Then they balled up newspaper for
two eyes that they taped to the head.
One group began the paper mache possess on the first day.
The process continued on their next session and they added
brown bag for strength.
The children played animal games in between the making. Madeline and Stacy emphasized that the
materials used were recycled or re-purposed—old cardboard, newspaper, bicycle inner
tube from flat tires.
The first grade students created prairie chicken masks. They
paper mached the beaks.
Another day, they painted the mask, wing, and tail feathers.
The youngest children or our school, the 3-4 year old
preschoolers, painted lily flowers for their mask/crowns.
The 2nd & 3rd Graders painted
their masks and got fitted for the masks with a piece of cardboard and rubber
inner tube to make it snug and comfortable for the head.
Parents came to help and join in the fun.
The 4th & 5th Grade students
created turtle shells. They paper
mached with brown bag.
In the next session, they painted. There were many variations on how to create the lines for the painted turtle. Lots of artistic expression.
The large turtle began with the head.
In the next post, check out how everything turned out and see pictures of the outdoor performance. Stay tuned!!!
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