Monday, March 3, 2008

Turning a poem into a puppet show

I turned one of my poems into a puppet show. It was super fun. What I had to do was look at a poem I had written about finding a needle in a haystack and all the things you can do with a needle and a haystack. I thought it would be fun to re-enact the things you could do with a haystack and with a needle. I made puppets and props.

I had to make the poem a bit different for the puppet show because I decided to have a painter as the main character and I needed to have a way for him to express his feelings about haystacks. I think it turned out really well, but I also think I might have done some things differently. For example, I think I should have made the puppets a bit better by making them mechanical instead of out of poster board. I also wish I had the materials to make a miniature easel and a real haystack and a real needle. But I think the poster board ones worked okay. I think people got the idea I was trying to convey which was all the different things you can do with a needle and a haystack and how it might change your life.

How do you think a needle and a haystack could change your life? Please comment on my blog and let me know. I'm very curious.

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