Set of 36 Black & White Outlines/Shadow Puppet Templates

These are original, hand-drawn outlines/shadow puppet templates of:

1. Ant
2. Bat
3. Bear
4. Beaver
5. Butterfly
6. Cat
7. Chicken
8. Dog
9. Dolphin
10. Duck
11. Eagle
12. Elephant
13. Fish
14. Fox
15. Frog
16. Goat
17. Goose
18. Grasshopper
19. Hare
20. Hedgehog
21. Horse
22. Hummingbird
23. Lion
24. Monkey
25. Mouse
26. Orca
27. Owl
28. Ox
29. Pig
30. Raven
31. Rooster
32. Shark
33. Snake
34. Squirrel
35. Tortoise
36. Whale


The set also includes a bonus!
You will receive an original schedule icon for Shadow Puppets.

In my third grade class, students create their own shadow puppet fables.
The outline of an animal is traced onto tag board, cut out, and used as a master animal template to be shared by the class.
Students trace the master template onto black tag board and cut it out for their personal shadow puppet of that animal.
The simplest way to make an eye is to use a hole punch.
If students want their shadow puppets to have any interior designs, they may draw a simple shape or two. A responsible adult then cuts the shapes out using an X-Acto knife so light may shine through the template.
A Popsicle stick or pencil is taped onto one side for a handle.
Shadow puppets can be flipped around depending on what direction your students want their puppets to move.
To see what one of our shadow puppet scenes looks like, just scroll over the photograph. Students create scenery and props to go along with their fables.

Each of the animal outlines/shadow puppet templates in this series fits onto a half sheet of 8 ½ by 11-inch paper. This PDF is 18 pages long, with two animals per page.
Each image is black and white, and is a high-resolution PDF of about 600 KB.

Please try a free sample of the tortoise and the hare by searching for: Tortoise & Hare: Black & White Outline/Shadow Puppet Templates.
All other animal images may be purchased separately for 50 cents each, or as a set of 36 for $14.00.

Thank you for your interest and support! ~Pamela