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Showy Shadow Puppets

Showy Shadow Puppets

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Goose

Bend your right arm next to your body, keeping your forearm perpendicular to the ground.
Bend your right hand at the wrist, keeping your palm parallel to the ground and your elbow close to your body.
Cup your middle, ring, and pinky fingers, keeping them close to your pointer finger. (This forms the goose's head and leaves a space for his eye.)
Lower your thumb to create the goose's bottom beak.
Cup your left hand against the underside of your forearm, keeping your left wrist against your right elbow.

Challenge: Can you swivel the goose's neck and body to peck at another shadow animal?

Elephant Head

Bring your left hand in front of you, palm parallel to the floor.
Cup your right hand on top of your left.
Fold the middle and ring fingers of your left hand down, perpendicular to your palm. (This is the elephant's trunk.)
On that left hand, slightly dip your thumb to form the elephant's bottom jaw.
Your left index and pinky fingers are the elephant's tusks.

Challenge: Can you coordinate both hands to make the elephant "trumpet" his trunk?

Sources: pbskids.org, mindbluff.com, www.exeter.ac.uk, pennybiz.net

— Lexi Walters

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