cardboard paper-towel tube
aluminum foil
red yarn
white construction paper
TOOLS: markers, white glue, scissors
1 – Make one sample puppet ahead o f time so that everyone can see how it is made. Cover the tube with foil. Tuck the excess foil inside the ends o f the tube. This is the fire pole.
2 – Cut a 2-foot (60-cm) length of yarn. String one end through the tube and tie the two ends together.
3 – Fold a piece o f white construction paper in half. Draw a firefighter on one side o f the white paper close t o the fold. Cut out the firefighter without cutting along the fold.
4 – Wrap the fold o f the paper around the yarn on the pole. Glue the two sides of the folded paper together. When the glue dries, you can pull the yarn t o slide the firefighter up and down the pole.
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