Other Processions Links
Processional Arts Links
Procession of the Species Art Handbook
This is the official Art handbook of the Procession of the Species. In these pages you will find my ideas for costumes and masks as well as how to make them. The recipes in this handbook accommodate a wide range of artistic abilities and age levels.
http://www.procession.org/ArtHandbook.pdf
All Species Parade and Art projects
This site has many suggestions on how to make masks and various kinds of puppets.
http://www.allspecies.org/edu/aspparade.htm
Face Painting
This site has a great recipe for home made face paint.
http://www.mdacarnivals.com/html/CarnivalGames/games_facepainting.aspx#facepaint
Devising Celebrations
This is a wonderful resource for things to create to add interest to a pageant. It particularly has some great suggestions for banner creating.
http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/commun/devising/
Giant Puppet Links
68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets
This is a wonderful how-to site with several types of puppet recipes.
http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/
Guide to Making Giant Puppets
This is an abbreviated pdf file of the information found in “68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets”. This site does not have the recipes for the puppets, just the basic principals for constructing a giant puppet.
http://www.peacenews.info/media/tools/download.php?id=23.
Bread & Puppet Theater
These are the granddaddies of giant puppet making in the US.
http://www.breadandpuppet.org/
Clay and Paper Theatre
This is a wonderful giant puppet troupe out of Toronto, Canada.
http://www.clayandpapertheatre.org/
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
This is a troupe from Minneapolis, MN. These do a spectacular, creative and festive May Day, spring celebration.
http://hobt.accelhost.com/
The Spiral Q Puppet Theater
Spiral Q is a Philadelphia base puppet group that uses puppets to strengthen community and bring attention to community social issues.
http://spiralq.org/
Wise Fool Community Arts
This is a puppet troupe out of CA. Their handbook is a must have for creating giant puppets.
http://www.zeitgeist.net/wfca/wisefool.htm
Homemade Musical Instrument Construction
Nancy Music
This is a fun site with many kid friendly ideas for homemade musical instruments.
http://www.nancymusic.com/PRINThomemade.htm
The Mudcat Cafe for Kids
Here is another kid friendly musical instrument site with several good ideas.
http://www.mudcat.org/kids/
The Lagerphones Page
Who would have thought that bottle caps could sound so good?
http://www.apex.net.au/~keiths/lagerphones.htm
Make a One Man Band
The name says it all. This site has a recipe for how to make an intrument similar to the Lagerphone.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/lab/make_onemanband.html
The Pogocello
Here is another website similar to the previous two sites.
http://www.hornpipe.org/pogocello.html
Rhythm Web
This is one of the best website out on the web for simple homemade musical instruments. The Moon Drum and the coffee can drums are two of my personal favorite instruments on this page. Also, check out their homemade instrument links for more great ideas.
http://www.rhythmweb.com/homemade/
Devising Celebrations
I included this site again because is has some wonderful suggestions for found sound instruments.
http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/commun/devising/
E-Drumline’s Bucket Drums
This one is a good bucket drum website. I guess that I am not the only one that sees the potential of these drums.
http://edrumline.com/articles/protest-drumming-build-a-bucket-drum
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