Online Family Workshop I Ages 8+
Cranky Toy Theatre Workshop
Get hands-on with this online workshop & make your own moving toy theatre!
These toys, also known as The Moving Panorama or Cranky Theatre, are traditionally used in folk singing and storytelling. Rather than turning a page to reveal the images, they appear across the “screen” of the box by turning a handle (or crank).
These toys were an innovation on panoramic paintings in the mid-nineteenth century. It became a new visual element to theatre and was among the most popular forms of entertainment, serving as an ancestor and platform to early cinema.
Where & When
Online Workshop
Saturday 24th July
10:00 – 11:30 & 16:30 – 18:00
Ages 8+
€6 per household.
Please book below
Materials Needed
These are the materials you will need to follow along with the workshop;
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1 small cardboard box (a small cereal box is perfect somewhere around 12x25x6cm )
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a glue stick
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scissors
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pencil & pencil sharpener
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ruler
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2x A4 sheets of either thick paper or thin card (contrasting colours eg blue & yellow or pink & orange)
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4 sheets of A4 thin white paper
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2 straight sticks (dowel / long chopsticks / long pencils, that are a little longer than the width of your cereal box)
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1 A4 sheet of cardboard box (brown packaging box – possible to cut with scissors)
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a sewing needle
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tape (sellotape or gaffer not masking tape unless it’s strong)