TEN LITTLE FINGERS - Arvind Gupta

PAPER PUPPETSMost children make the Tippy - Tippy - Tappy (also called the salt and pepperbox or DIN- RAAT).With a few more folds they can make two delightful paper puppets.1. Fold the diagonalsof a 20 cm squarepiece of paper tolocate its centre.2. Fold all thefour corners tomeet at the centre.3. It willlook like anenvelope.4.Turn over theenvelope and foldthe 4 corners onceagain to the centreto make a smallerenvelope.5. Turnover thesmallenvelope.Cat-Chat1. Bring the top edge tomeet the bottom edge.Crease sharply and open.Now, fold the right edgeto meet the left edge.This time do not open.Chatterbox2. You will findfour flaps alongthe right edgeDraw the eyesof the cat.3. Slip your right index andmiddle fingers into the twoupper pockets. Grasp the lowerright hand corner between yourright thumb and ring finger.4. By raisingand loweringyour right handfingers you canmake the catchat.1. Take the double envelope base and fold itstwo opposite flaps in the middle. These twotriangles will make the upper and lower halvesof the chatterbox’s face.3. Slip your thumbunder the upper halfof the face andpinch the centrecrease, so that thenose stands out.Pinch the bottomcentre crease too.2. Crease along the middle line and draw theface.4. Hold the side corners with the thumband index fingers of both your hands sothat the two halves of the face are broughttogether. By moving your hands you willbe able to make the chatterbox chatter.