Blade wants to show you how to make a skeleton puppet that dances around.

You will need:

• A picture of a skeleton (for guidance)
• Cardboard
• Scissors
• A punch
• Split pins
• Ice-cream stick
• String
• Paint, kokis or crayons

1. Cut your cardboard to make the puppet - you will need a large rectangle for the body, circle for the head and four long strips for the arms and legs.
2. Place the pieces together to make a body shape and then paint or draw your skeleton on them. Use a picture from a book to help you.
3. Punch holes where you want to join the pieces to the rectangle body and fasten them each with a split pin.
4. Punch a hole in the top of the skull and in each hand.
5. Thread some string through each hole and then tie the string to the ice-cream stick.
6. Let the dancing begin!