balloons over broadway activity kit

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BALLOONSOVER

BROADWAYThe True Story

of thePuppeteer of

Macys Parade

By

Melissa Sweet

EVERYONE LOVES MACYS THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE! From Montana to Maine and Kentucky to

Caliornia, amilies across the country begin their Thanksgiving celebrations by watching the parade

as it winds its way through New Yorks iconic streets. How do they maneuver those huge balloons

o avorite characters down Manhattans crowded avenues?

BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY tells the amazing story o Tony Sarg, the incredible puppeteer

and marionette master who created the frst Macys larger-than-lie parade balloons in 1928. With a

marionette, the controls are above and the puppet hangs down, but what i the controls were below

and the puppet could rise up? Tony thought. And everyones avorite Thanksgiving tradition was born!

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BALLOONS OVER BROADWAYActivity Kit

Use the activities in this fun kit to create your

own BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY adventures!


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Illustration 2011 by Melissa Sweet based on BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY All rights reserved. This page may be photocopied or ree distribution.

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Print this page on white

card stock. With saety

scissors, cut the puppet

along the exterior lines and

cut out the eye holes. Color

your lion with crayons or

markers. Use the paddle

handle to hold the puppet

to your ace or a un mask,

or to make your lion dance

along the parade route!

LIONPADDLEPUPPET


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Print this page on white

card stock. With saety

scissors, cut the puppet

along the exterior lines

and cut out the eye

holes. Color your pup

with crayons or markers.

Use the paddle handle to

hold the puppet to your

ace or a un mask, or to

make your doggie dance along

the parade route!

PUPPYPADDLE

PUPPET


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DRAGONSTICKPUPPET

Print this

page on

white paper

or card stock. With

saety scissors, cut out

the three dragon sections

along the exterior lines.

Color your dragon with

crayons or markers. Fold

the center sectionaccordion style along

the aint lines. On the

back side, tape the

dragon head and tail

to the let and right

sides o the center

section to connect

all three parts. Tape

the top o a stick (try

a wooden chopstick)to the back o

the head section

between the

dragons eet so

that the majority

o the stick

appears below;

do the same

with a stick to

the tail section.Hold a stick

in each hand

to make your

dragon puppet

shimmy and

sway along the

parade route!

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FINGERPUPPETPARADETROUPE

Print this page (with a color printer) on white paper or

card stock. With saety scissors, cut out the puppets

along the exterior lines. Wrap the colored bands

behind each animal fgure and tape securely. Nowyour puppets will stand by themselves or can be

slipped on to eager fngers! Store your puppets in a

BALLOONS OVER BROADWAYPuppet Box (kit pages 6-7).


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Box BottomPrint this page (with a color printer) on white paper or card stock.

With saety scissors, cut out the box bottom along the exterior lines.

Fold along the black lines, putting the white sides together. Fold the

tabs at the dotted lines, putting the white sides together. With the

white side acing you, pull the our sides up, tucking the aps at each

corner behind the rectangle portion. Have a riend help you tapeto secure. Now you

have the bottom

or your box! Add

your Finger Puppet

Parade Troupe (kit

page 5) and top

with your box lid

(kit page 6), and

your puppets are

saely stored until

the next parade!

BALLOONS OVER BROADWAYby Melissa Sweet This page may be photocopied or ree distribution.

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Create this puppetbox for storing yourFinger Puppet ParadeTroupe (kit page 5).

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PUPPETBOX


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Find the best parade route to take the

dragon rom the starting line to Macys.

PARADEROUTE

MAZE


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DESIGNYOUROWNPARADEBALLOON!Draw a giant balloon

or the crowd to enjoy!

What will it be? A zebra?

A snowman? A dragon?

Use your imagination!


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Cut a two-inch wide strip o construction paper

long enough to wrap comortably around your

head. Tape the ends together to make a ring o

paper. Cut out the elephant below and ax him

to the ront o your construction paper ring and

place the ring on your head. Can you move like aMacys Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon?

MAKE APARADE

HAT!

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