{"id":1664,"date":"2017-04-06T15:53:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2017-04-06T15:55:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:55:22","slug":"sneak-preview-of-our-new-meadowlark-puppet-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/sneak-preview-of-our-new-meadowlark-puppet-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Preview of our New Meadowlark Puppet Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now that spring has sprung here in San Francisco, it\u2019s high time for a new Meadowlark puppet show. \u00a0The Meadowlark puppet show is always a special moment in our weekday morning music class. \u00a0The children sit on their parents laps as we all sing\u2026 \u00a0\u201cMother of a fairy tale, take me to your shining land\u2026\u201d \u00a0And then the handmade puppets emerge from their basket to help tell the story of a song.<\/span><\/p>\n

This particular puppet show is momentous for me because this time, I\u2019m trying a new kind of puppet. \u00a0Up until now, I\u2019d always used needle felted figures like the ones used in Waldorf early childhood education. \u00a0If you follow my blog, you know that I love needle felting. \u00a0Needle felted figures have a wonderful softness and subtlety that is difficult to duplicate in any other medium. \u00a0Working with wool roving, as you do in needle felting, is the sculptural equivalent of chalk or watercolor. \u00a0It\u2019s fluid, intuitive, smeary, always changing. \u00a0I love that.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, as I bring the class to new venues, I\u2019ve started to feel like another kind of puppet might serve us better– something larger and a little more touchable. \u00a0But I\u2019m determined that it be no less magical! \u00a0So this week, I set out to create, for our next puppet show song, some hand puppets to help me tell the story of a Japanese folk song\u00a0–\u00a0Zousan (Elephant).<\/span><\/p>\n

From creating patterns, to purchasing materials, to sewing the actual figures, a new puppet show means lots of activity around our house! \u00a0And now that Ember is four and a half, and actually able to help in some very real ways, it is truly a family affair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some glimpses into how we made them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quick first sketch<\/p><\/div>\n

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On our way to Mendell’s on Haight to look for fabric! We decided to go for a nice, soft stretch jersey.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Trying out our pattern in muslin to work out any issues before making it in the grey jersey. (Ember is really into straight pins lately! And he’s actually doing really well with them… He has quite careful fingers and hasn’t stuck himself yet.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ready for the real fabric now!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The children are both fascinated by the sewing machine. Whenever I set it up, they want to sit close enough to see everything.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Starting the little doll. Here’s the head, which I managed to finish shaping while Peregrine busied herself with some crayons.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Checking the head against my body pattern, trying to get the size right.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The finished doll! Clothes are made out of too small baby clothes I was about to divest. My favorite source for fabric scraps these days!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The finished elephants!<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you\u2019re interested in learning more about Waldorf doll making, I highly recommend Sarah\u2019s Dolls<\/a> as a good first stop for patterns. \u00a0You can download them right away, so no waiting! \u00a0And they’re very\u00a0affordable. \u00a0You won\u2019t find the pattern I used here, since I made that one from scratch. \u00a0(Though I\u2019d be happy to share it with you!) \u00a0But you will find many wonderful patterns there for dolls of all sizes. \u00a0I made Peregrine her first doll from one of Sarah\u2019s patterns, and I found the directions incredibly thorough and easy to follow. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed this little preview… \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0And if you’re raising little ones in the San Francisco Bay Area, come check out Meadowlark Music Class<\/a> to meet them in person!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now that spring has sprung here in San Francisco, it\u2019s high time for a new Meadowlark puppet show. \u00a0The Meadowlark puppet show is always a special moment in our weekday morning music class. \u00a0The children sit on their parents laps as we all sing\u2026 \u00a0\u201cMother of a fairy tale, take me to your shining land\u2026\u201d \u00a0And then the handmade puppets emerge from their basket to help tell the story of a song.<\/span><\/p>

This particular puppet show is momentous for me because this time, I\u2019m trying a new kind of puppet. \u00a0Up until now, I\u2019d always used needle felted figures like the ones used in Waldorf early childhood education. \u00a0If you follow my blog, you know that I love needle felting. \u00a0Needle felted figures have a wonderful softness and subtlety that is difficult to duplicate in any other medium. \u00a0Working with wool roving, as you do in needle felting, is the sculptural equivalent of chalk or watercolor. \u00a0It\u2019s fluid, intuitive, smeary, always changing. \u00a0I love that.<\/span><\/p>

However, as I bring the class to new venues, I\u2019ve started to feel like another kind of puppet might serve us better-- something larger and a little more touchable. \u00a0But I\u2019m determined that it be no less magical! \u00a0So this week, I set out to create, for our next puppet show song, some hand puppets to help me tell the story of a beautiful Japanese folk song called Zousan (Elephant).<\/span><\/p>

From creating patterns, to purchasing materials, to sewing the actual figures, a new puppet show means lots of activity around our house! \u00a0And now that Ember is four and a half, and actually able to help in some very real ways, it is truly a family affair.<\/span><\/p>

Here are some glimpses into how we made them. \u00a0If you\u2019re interested in learning more about Waldorf doll making, I highly recommend Sarah\u2019s Dolls<\/a> as a good first stop for patterns. \u00a0You can download them right away, so no waiting! \u00a0And they're very\u00a0affordable. \u00a0You won\u2019t find the pattern I used here, since I made that one from scratch. \u00a0(Though I\u2019d be happy to share it with you!) \u00a0But you will find many wonderful patterns there for dolls of all sizes. \u00a0I made Peregrine her first doll from one of Sarah\u2019s patterns, and I found the directions incredibly thorough and easy to follow. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

I hope you enjoy this little preview of what\u2019s coming in the next weeks in our class. \u00a0:) \u00a0And if you are raising little ones in the San Francisco Bay Area, come check out Meadowlark Music Class to meet them in person!<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[12,53,3,7],"tags":[84,85,62,66,25,83,80,74],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noevenable.com\/singingcircles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}