Have you checked out our 'One is Amused' Royal Family Wooden Spoon Puppets yet?

Celebrate the arrival of Prince George by making a spoon puppet family this weekend! We've created members of the royal family but you could do your family or your favourite stars! Go a step further and turn an old cardboard box into a puppet theatre and put on a royal show!

Check out our wonderful publisher's blog for the full tutorial: http://www.rylandpeters.com/blog/celebrate-the-arrival-of-the-royal-baby-by-making-some-one-is-amused-royal-family-wooden-spoon-puppets

 

 

Posted on July 10, 2013

Celebrate the arrival of the Royal baby by making some “One is Amused” Royal Family Wooden Spoon Puppets!

All eyes are on St Mary's Hospital in west London this week, as the Duchess of Cambridge's expected due date approaches. The Royal baby will have the title of the Prince or Princess of Cambridge, and speculation is mounting as to what first name Prince William and Catherine will give their child.

Why not celebrate the arrival by making some Royal Family wooden spoon puppets with your children?

They can be as basic or as elaborate as you like. You could add clothes or wool hair, but the real fun starts when you add the voices!

YOU WILL NEED:

Acrylic paint

Wooden spoons

Fine paintbrushes

Black fine-tip pen

1. Paint an oval face shape on the spoon. If you want to use a skin color, experiment by mixing small amounts of yellow, red, and brown into the white paint.

2. When the paint is dry, add the features of the face with a black pen.

 

3. Paint on the details of your puppet’s character. You could paint on hair, hats, crowns, ears—any features you like to make your character come alive. Here, there is a queen, a corgi, and a guard to give you some ideas.

 

Maybe you can think of some other London faces? How about a police officer, a princess or a Beefeater?

fun fact:

Do you know how to tell if the Queen is at Buckingham Palace?

If she is in residence, the Royal Standard flies above the palace. When she is not there, the famous red, white, and blue Union Jack flag flies instead.

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