Shadow Puppets - Jeffrey

Jeffrey Reporting

On Tuesday, we went to make our shadow puppets. Shadow puppets are used in Cambodia and in other Southeast Asian countries. It was kind of easy to me. First, we get a hammer and a wooden circle, so the stage won’t get ruined and metal tools to make the shape. It was hard work. I chose the frog for the shadow puppet. The people at the shadow puppet place had to mark the places, with red marker, what shape to use and where to hammer. It was kind of hard, but I did it. After I’m done, we painted certain places of the shadow puppet. It was easy, but I have to cut it out first, which was tough, because it’s made out of leather.

 After I’m done with my shadow puppet, dad said “Good job, Jeffrey!” The others were not done, so I have to wait. Dad let me borrow his IPod Touch for games. When we were all done, we went home and showed mom our shadow puppets. She felt surprised at this!