Colorize: Shadow Puppet Activity

Play with lights to create colored shadows and make stories using shadow puppets! This activity has 3 lights: red, green, and blue. They should be aimed at a white or clean surface. The children can then use shadow puppets to see how they react to the light and see how the shadows are colored. This is a more open-ended activity to let kids get curious about how light works and create their own stories. Using the provided powerstrip you can switch on and off individual lights to show different combinations.

Basic Equipment/Needs

● 3 Par38 Lighting Fixtures

● 3 ALZO Joyous Light Dimmable Full Spectrum LED PAR38 Spot Light Bulb

● Red, Green, and Blue colored gels

● Powerstrip w/ per-outlet switches

● 1 to 3 3-prong outlets

● Shadow puppets!

Make sure you cut the gels from American DJ to fit the frame. You will need to screw in the light bulbs in as well

Place the lights at an angle. Make sure that the colors are mixed to make white on the white background.

Let them play in front of the lights after they made their own shadow puppets. They cut the cardboard and then tape it to the dowel

Turn on and off certain lights and make it interesting.