How to make a Robot Puppet (“Making With Mom”)

Hello everybody, I am doing a little post about a “Making with Mom” video that I made for the @FabooNews You Tube channel. The photos above show my making process for the “One I made Earlier” example robot. You will notice in the main video (which you can find below) that I give instructions on how to make the head a rigid, fixed head rather than a spinning one. I was concerned that if it should be used by children as a toy then the upturned sharp pencil end (which is underneath the spinning head) could be dangerous.

If, however, you are an adult or keep it out of reach of kids on a high shelf, the way it works is just literally the right shape of lid (this one is from a deodorant) and it is literally just balancing on top of the pencil. The graphite means that it is almost frictionless and spins undisturbed with very little effort.

Enjoy the “How To…” video below:

You may also like to watch Episode 3 of “Al & Kai’s Faboo News” which contains the story all about the “Berts” robots made from scrap materials by clicking HERE

There are 3 other main episodes on the @faboonews channel plus a number of “Faboo News Extra” videos. Do watch like and subscribe to the channel if you enjoy it. We really appreciate your help to spread the Faboo News.

We really need more good news stories from YOU. You can be an adult or a child and it can be something small or something big. You could share a joke or something you’ve achieved, or something that makes you smile. Click on the “Faboo Yous” tab at FabooNews.com to share your news and be on the show.

If you a teacher at a school, we would love to hear from you. Please CLICK HERE to find out about Faboo Workshops and what we can offer you in a visit to your school 😊.

Shadow Puppetry shows and workshops!

Hi everybody, it’s that time of year again when many schools start to think about booking shadow puppetry shows and workshops for their Light and Shadow Topic or a show for a halloween treat.

This is something we have a lot of experience with, check out this great video of happy kids playing with their Halloween themed shadow puppets below:

We are also happy to fit in with books and topics that you may be working on such as when we did a fantastic workshop based on Ted Hughes “The Iron Man”. This was a more structured workshop with the children working in groups to create a scene from the story:

(CLICK HERE to read my previous post about this workshop)

For more information on the sorts of shows we have available for Halloween, you can check out our Halloween events page HERE or if you want to find out more about workshops for schools please click HERE for our Education Work page on the main Rough Magic Theatre website.

CLICK HERE to contact us for a booking or enquiry 😊