Target age group: grades 4-8 (but it has been
done with as young as second grade)
Time allowance:
About an hour, but it depends on how much coloring they do. You could budget two 30-45 minute sessions if you are doing
this with a class. Depending on age and ability of your students, you may want to do some preparation of parts.
You'll certainly want to do the X-acto knife cutting ahead of time.
Description of project: Students cut and assemble a small pop-up scene from Japanese Bunraku theater.
Materials you will need: copies of the
patterns on card stock, colored pencils, scissors, white glue, glue stick, X-acto knife
