#plays with paper puppets

[blinkycravesviolence]

au where

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I'm so sorry I'm pretty sure your bard au is supposed to be serious but oh my god I couldn't help but get strong Men In Tights and Monty Python and the Holy Grail vibes

Especially bc of Barnaby I would not put it past him to make a "your mom's a hamster" reference

no no it Is very silly. how can it not be when you've got the neighbors as the characters? silly central. ALSO YOU'RE SO RIGHT VERY STRONG MP&HG VIBES I FUCKING LOVE THAT MOVIE HERE'S SOME REFERENCES

but it is also real. when it's silly its silly and when it's serious!

it's serious.

[fadedrainbowbookshelves]

There's one kid on the playground who doesn't seem to want to play, but he did take the letter when I gave it to him!

[stimboardofatourneykid]

“Yeah, I really want to go to Loaf's party!”

A stimboard of Ace from Paper Puppets Take 2 for @teddyissi !

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[doodlboy]

Hello, Neighbor!

[Transcript Below]

Pallomine

"The tiniest neighbor in Welcome Home, Pallomine Playful has plenty to learn! They never grew out of their baby-face, nor the curious and excitable attitude that came with it. While they may not always be able to sing along with their neighbors, their trusty crayons are there to spell out the rest."

According to uncovered scripts, Pallomine seems to be an infrequent visitor to Home. Something akin to a special guest character, not much is known so far.

In the show, it seems Pallomine was introduced to cover more sensitive topics such as getting hurt or a fear of thunderstorms. It is also of note that they are often depicted having a sweet tooth.

[macabre-discotheque]

oh my god FINALLY PYRO HAS DRAWN

LIKE 2(?) MONTHS OF NOT MAKING A FINISHED PIECE AND HERE WE ARE WOOOOO

anyways i'm gonna disappear for another million years hehehohoho

i love it when the colors do the color thing and the paper textures do the paper texture things i love drawing i love art i love partaking in the process of creation i lo

[rustcopper]

divorcw 😭

[bowbow-the-clown]

... A JoyFul Girl Out ANd About ...

.. and not a doleful girl in and not so about ..

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. Um ... ??? Some Welcome Home Edits Yes ??? ...

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[sonodaten]

I don’t even know what to say to this

I’m assuming it means I’ll never pull an S-Rank ever again

[thetriggeredhappy]

you can get away with like Anything if you solidify your persona as being someone silly and theatrical and whimsical. i do this thing where i frequently forget what i’m doing if it’s more than a few steps away so i’ll hold my hands in front of me accomplishing The Ghost Of The Task so i can look down and remember what the task was when i forget and a new person at one of my jobs asked why i was ‘air typing’ and it blew my other coworker’s mind. they just thought i was on some comedy. i am unmedicated

[gameboy-berry]

SABOTAGE KILL KILL DESTROY KILL KILL DESTROYA

[gettingready2read]

Dog Books for Early Literacy

We have two great books and a craft today for little kids who love dogs - and kids who are a little scared of them. These books are perfect for kids who aren't reading on their own yet. They'll help them build important skills that'll set them up for reading success.

I Got a New Friend by Karl Newsom Edwards

I Got a New Friend is a simple, well illustrated picture book about a girl getting a new puppy. The girl and the puppy are a bit overwhelmed at first, but come to be best friends. The story introduces young children to the care and responsibilities involved with getting a pet.

Skills

The simple text is large and easy to read, which is great for print awareness and letter knowledge.

Each page features one simple, illustrated sentence about dog care, which builds a child's background knowledge on the subject.

Practices

The easy text helps early readers practice reading.

Ask the child you are reading with about getting a new pet. This encourages talking and verbal skills in early readers.

Playing like the child just got a new pet helps build imagination.

Check out I Got a New Friend

Ben and the Scaredy-Dog by Sarah Ellis and illustrated by Kim LaFave

Ben and the Scaredy-Dog is about a young boy who is very afraid of dogs. New neighbors move in across the street, and with them comes Max, a large dog who has his own set of fears in his new home. Ben is invited over to the neighbor's house for a play date and is terrified when he is left alone with Max, but in the end both Ben and Max learn to overcome their fears.

Skills

This picture book has more complicated text, which builds a child's vocabulary regarding dogs and feeling scared.

The more complicated text can also help children to build background knowledge and more awareness of the world around them.

Practices

Talk to your child about something they are afraid of or nervous about. Not only does this help with verbal skills, but it also promotes socio-emotional skills.

Have your child practice writing their name and their pet/s names. This helps early readers but also works on fine motor skills children need to have to be ready for school.

Check out Ben and the Scaredy-Dog

Extend the book with a paper bag dog puppet!

We found this wonderful craft on Ottawa Mommy Club! Check out the blog for a free template and step-by-step instructions with detailed pictures.

Here's how ours turned out:

We used shades of brown construction paper but black, white, or gray would work too!

To really reinforce those early literacy skills, have your child tell you a story using their new dog puppet once it's done!

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

[davepetea]

tumblgrr please dont call p33ple our crushes its so embarrasswing... B#//

[future-circuit]

maybe there's some sort of deep-seated trauma as to why yuo's like that. or maybe he just woke up one morning and decided to cause problems on purpose and that's infinitely funnier.

[star-market-sushi]

I work at an Art Museum and it is very Cool and Rewarding and Fun to see a lesson plan I made w/ another artist exist in print with translations :^3

it is,, of course,,, puppets