Ten Lords a-Leaping
In Victorian times paper dolls called Jumping Jacks or
French “Pantin” were a popular toy. Children
would cut out each piece of the puppet, assemble the joints then string would
be tied together to make the arms and legs to dance about.
This puppet came to mind when working on a the
12 Days of Christmas Project:
A 10 Lords a-Leaping
Pantin.
Supplies:
Empty Wooden
Thread Spool
6” Dowel
Acrylic
Paints (red & green)
Wooden star
Double sided
tape
Gold glitter
Black ink
Black fine
tip marker
Tinsel
string
Foam pop-
dots
Espresso
Alcohol ink
Small poly
bag
Small number
stamps
Brads
String
Small bell
Print copy
of the paper doll & crown (provided) on heavy cardstock
Scissors
To make the base:
Paint green triangles around bottom of spool. Paint the rest
of the spool red. When dry even out the look of the green triangles with a
black marker. Run a strip of double
sided tape around top edge of spool, expose tape and glitter. Run 2 additional bands of tape around center
of spool and glitter.
Cut a 4” piece of tinsel string and place in poly bag. Add about 6 drops of espresso alcohol ink into
bag, seal bag and press ink into tinsel. Once coated take tinsel from bag and
set aside to dry.
Stamp wooden star with “10”. Place a foam pop-dot on back of
star and place on center of spool. Take the colored tinsel and wrap around pop
dot behind the star.
Paint dowel with red paint, when dry add glue and place into
spool.
To make the puppet:
For assembly of the
puppet I found it easier to explain by including this excellent picture and directions from the website:
http://www.ekduncan.com/
Once assembled, embellish the puppet with glitter. To attach the puppet to the dowel stick, use
foam pop-dots on back of head and body.
Add a bell to the end of the string, and make your Lord leap and dance.
It was an honor to participate and I can't wait to see what the next 2 days projects will be!
Don't forget about the cone ornament giveaway, I will be drawing names on the 20th!
