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Build your character

    Think about a character in your favorite storybook

  What makes them ✨special✨? What makes them
    your favorite character?
🐶🦊🐻🦁 
 
​    In this activity, we're going to build our own unique              character from materials you can find at home! 🎨🏠 

meet our characters!

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Henry the Unicorn
Henry the Unicorn loves eating noodles on his day off from collecting good dreams for kids. He has a castle up on dreamland which he built himself 4 years ago. 
Nora the Owl
Nora likes to read books all night and goes to work sometimes at the public puppet library. She likes eating peanuts and the smell of crisp sharpened pencils. 
Raymond the Dragon
Raymond the dragon is a software engineer who works at Gooble. He has been recently promoted, so go give him a congrats letter! 
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quick and easy character project

Have some empty toilet paper rolls? 
You can make a delightful character with just an empty toilet paper roll and some other basic materials.
Doll Instructions!
File Size: 19126 kb
File Type: pdf
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OVERVIEW: 💡

We’re going to be making our puppets from recycled materials and supplies you might have around your house. Let’s get building!


Stuff to think about: 💭

1.) What is a character? 
2.) What makes a character visually unique?

3.) How can you build a character you've imagined?

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Let's Get started! 🔽

(DOWNLOAD THE INSTRUCTIONS PDF)
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Marionette Instructions!
File Size: 2847 kb
File Type: pdf
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When you're done making...

Head over to the "How to Make A Story" page by Clicking the Next Step button!
NEXT STEP
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This website and its content was created by undergraduate students in the Detroit Connections course at the University of Michigan Stamps School of Art and Design.

Detroit Connections is taught by faculty member Melanie Manos.  If you have questions please contact melmanos@umich.edu. 

Website support from Larrea Young (laryoung@umich.edu).

  • Home
  • Art Connects Kids
    • Sculpture >
      • How to Make Playdough
      • How to Papier-mâché
      • How to Make Human Figure with Bendy Wire
      • Share Your Work
    • Fibers Fun >
      • Quilted Blanket Project
      • Pom Pom Project
      • Wearables Project
    • Storytelling >
      • Build Your Character
      • How to Make a Story
      • How to Tell Your Story
    • Inspiration >
      • Become a Famous Painter
      • Collaging Your Feelings
      • Minimalist Landscapes
      • MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE
      • Watercolor Flowers
    • Crafts and Countries >
      • Australia
      • Mexico
      • Russia
      • India
      • China
  • YAAAA
    • Fibers >
      • Fibers Sculpture Project
      • Fibers Video Workshop
    • Sculpture >
      • Sculpture & Light Project
      • Lamp Making Video Workshop
    • Painting >
      • Sound & Painting Video Workshop
    • Animation
    • Illustration >
      • Illustration Project
      • Comic Through Song Video Workshop