Silhouettes and Shadow Puppets

Tonight I cut out a shape of an elephant and a mouse. I thought to create a shadow puppet show based on the two shapes. The story would be that the two animals had an unlikely friendship because they are such different sizes. Within the story, the two animals would go on different adventures and meet new animals that they would meet on their adventures. The story and the character shapes would be written and created by my students. The animal shapes could be created very simply for younger students or more complex for students who are older and more experienced. However, I thought this would be a nice lesson for the older students to create and perform for the lower grades. I plan to try this lesson and see what happens.