We got to check out the Stick Puppet Party Purim kit from Tigercandy Arts the other day. As you can see, everyone jumped right in and helped me test it out.
The kit comes with everything you need except scissors and crayons or markers. There was even a container of glue.
Make sure you keep the cover of the kit handy, because it provides a guide for how your finished puppets should look. We didn’t really look at the cover until we were done, so our puppets looked very different. The important thing is that we had fun making them, though!
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Today is the first full day of the Jewish celebration of Purim (it began at sundown on Thursday), the holiday that commemorates the Jews deliverance from the Persian Empire’s plans to destroy them, as told in the Bible’s Book of Esther.
Rather than tell you about Purim myself, I’d like to have my friend, Jill Miller Zimon explain the traditions of the holiday. Jill, in addition to being the mother of three, is a political blogger who has been interviewed by Public Radio and CNN, among others in association with her blog, “Writes Like She Talks.” As good as her politicial …read more