The Papier Mâche Project

The Papier Mâche Project The Papier Mâche Project is an initiative to promote the use of puppets in the classroom. The Project is based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Using shadow puppets to teach Grade 1 Science students about opaque, transparent, & translucent objects.
06/03/2020

Using shadow puppets to teach Grade 1 Science students about opaque, transparent, & translucent objects.

12/12/2019

You can keep your Marvel movies to yourself. I'll just sit and watch an artist at work. Soran won the national Cambodian puppetry competition recently... how lucky am I to learn from him??

Puppeteer bucket list: Learn how to make a traditional Khmer shadow puppet. Check. My design's not traditional (no tim...
11/12/2019

Puppeteer bucket list: Learn how to make a traditional Khmer shadow puppet. Check.

My design's not traditional (no time to learn that), but the method is. It's my 1st time working with leather, chisel & hammer. I cannot wait to finish my puppet - even is she's oddly proportioned :-D

Puppeteer tip: When you're in bed with BOTH ankles sprained, you watch your favourite puppeteer's videos. She's dark, b...
24/11/2019

Puppeteer tip: When you're in bed with BOTH ankles sprained, you watch your favourite puppeteer's videos. She's dark, but amazing.

Ilka Schönbein - marionettes

Here we go: the last video for a long, long time. I obviously did weird things to the Brothers Grimm here [anyone remem...
09/08/2019

Here we go: the last video for a long, long time. I obviously did weird things to the Brothers Grimm here [anyone remember what I did to poor old Shakespeare?]. Well, the students left Bella with some dating advice at the end of the video. I was left speechless.

And here it is, the last puppet show for the foreseeable future. Grade 5 loved Bluebeard by the Brothers Grimm, so I did my special variation on that age old...

Last day with the original pixies:
06/08/2019

Last day with the original pixies:

Yo, A crazy story about trying, magic gone wrong, sharks, romance, potato songs, and stuff... Yup, this story has got all the elements of my nutty mind. This...

New video on my dust-gathering YouTube channel:
06/07/2019

New video on my dust-gathering YouTube channel:

Hey, It's been a while since I uploaded, but things have been crazy. My grade 4's recently learnt about reusing, reducing, and recycling, so I figured it wou...

Puppet show Friday. It's my last day with my students, so we're puppetting it out.
05/07/2019

Puppet show Friday. It's my last day with my students, so we're puppetting it out.

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