Design Technology - Puppets (Key Stage 1)

Puppets is a Design Technology unit of work aimed primarily at children aged 5-7. The unit focuses on creating puppets using textiles and sewing techniques.
Design Brief: Design and make a hand puppet based on a character from a fiction book in the library.
The package provides the medium-term plan, six lessons (each lesson has a MS Powerpoint presentation). Any additional resources are provided as PDFs or as Powerpoint Presentations. This unit of work fulfils the National Curriculum (England) Design Technology requirements for this age group in the following strands of learning:
• Materials/Textiles
In this unit of work:
Children make a hand puppet by marking out, cutting, and joining pieces of fabric together to create a character from a story book. Children learn about puppets and discuss what makes a good puppet – this is an introduction to design specifications. They design a hand puppet based on a story book character and learn how to use a simple puppet template pattern to create their puppet. Using their design they decorate their puppet to resemble the book character.

This unit of work is part of the Primary Design Technology Scheme of Work for children aged 5-11 being developed on behalf of Carousel Education.