Episode 12 Mister Maker

Mr Maker!

Mr Maker!

Mr Maker!

Make it, Mr Maker!

Make it, Mr Maker!

Make it, Mr Maker!

Make it, Mr Maker!

Oh, hello, there.

Great to see you.

What's your favourite cake? I like doughnuts.

Oh, are you still there?

Hang on. Wait a minute.

Sorry about that. I couldn't see you through that jam splodge.

Mmm, a splodge.

Lots of splodges.

Quillions of splodges. That gives me an idea.

Oh, let's try something.

Try using splodges to make a gloopie glue stained-glass pattern.

Let's make it. We'll need some things from the doodle drawers.

Four plastic cups.

Four lolly sticks.

Four different coloured poster paints.

And lots and lots of gloopey white PVA glue.

Now, to make your gloopey glue pattern, like this one here,

put a good splodge of glue in each cup, like this.

Then put two splodges of paint in each cup.

Use a different cup for each colour.

Now give them a mix with a lolly stick.

Use a different lolly stick for each cup.

Now you need to ask an adult if you can use an old baking tray.

Thanks! Right, let's get started.

Now, pour a splodge of your painty gloopey mixture onto your tray.

And then make a pattern with your lolly stick.

Put it in a warm place to dry for the day. Leave it overnight. Night.

SNORING

YAWNS

Morning.

Now your design is dry, put a thick layer of glue on the top.

And then leave it to dry again overnight. Night-night!

SNORING

-YAWNS

-Morning.

Aw.

Now this is the exciting bit.

Very carefully peel your splodge design away from the tray.

Now be careful because you don't want to tear it.

There. Not bad.

A gloopey glue pattern.

Go on - try it.

See, any splodge design can be a masterpiece.

Oh, no, double doughnuts! I've done it again.

-SNORING

-Who is that snoring?

These are the shapes.

Oh, they are asleep.

I've got an idea!

Let's wake them up.

Rise and shine, come on.

Take it away.

ALL: Hey! Yeah!

OHHHHHH!

I am a shape.

I am a shape.

I am a shape.

I am a shape.

I am a circle.

I am a triangle.

I am a square.

I am a rectangle.

I am a shape.

I am a rectangle.

How many rectangles can you see?

One...

two...

three...

four...

five...

six...

seven...

eight.

There are eight rectangles.

Well done, rectangle.

It's time to go back on the shelf.

ALL: OH!

Oh...

SNORING

Oh, the shapes are asleep again, but they are still brilliant!

-I love it when...

-Duckie here! Minute make time. Minute make time.

It's minute make time!

Wow!

Right, here's what we're making today. It's a mouse finger puppet.

look at him. And he is eating cheese.

Again.

To make a mouse finger puppet you will need

two pieces of mousey coloured card.

One that's a half-circle

and one that's a small rectangle.

You'll also need some scissors,

some white stickers. And if you haven't got any, don't worry.

Cut some circles of white paper.

We also need a pipe cleaner, a pen

and some sticky tape.

Do you think it is possible to make this mouse finger puppet

in just a minute?

No way!

Really? Well, let's find out. I am going to have to be very quick,

but don't worry - I'll remind you how to do it at the end.

let's make it in a minute!

-Start the clock.

-Let's go!

First, we get our half-circle shape and roll it into a cone

and stick it with some tape.

If this is fiddly ask an adult for help.

Then make a pinch in the nose.

Very carefully with your scissors

make a slit in the top.

Get the rectangle piece of paper

fold it in half

and very carefully cut an ear shape.

There we go.

Be careful!

I am being careful. Don't worry.

Then these ears should just pop in the slit like that.

Right, now we need two eyes.

I am going to put one eye there

and one eye on the other side there.

-Now he needs a tail.

-Hurry up!

Let's stick the tail in the back there.

There we go.

The tail is in.

And there you go - you've got a little mouse puppet.

Time!

Phew! That was close.

If you've got more than a minute you could add black dots for eyes.

Like that.

Use different coloured bits of paper to make different mice.

Hello. ..Hello.

Finger mouse puppets made in a minute. Why don't you try it?

Here's a reminder of how to do it.

Let's go back to the beginning and take another look.

Roll a half-circle into a cone shape and stick it with tape.

Snip a slit into it like this.

Then fold a rectangle of card.

Cut out an ear shape.

Unfold the ears and slot them into the slit.

Stick on two sticky dots for eyes

and a pipe-cleaner tail, and you've got a mouse finger puppet.

-Try making it in a minute.

-ALL: Hello, Mr Maker.

Guess what we are making today.

Oh, I don't know. Tell us.

I am brown.

I am pink.

I am yellow.

I'm purple.

It's a birthday cake!

Well done, everyone. See you next time.

Now it is time to frame it!

Frame it.

Frame it.

Now have a look at this.

This is a great fish-tank picture.

It's easy to do but looks so good that you'll want to frame it.

To make it, you'll need a big piece of sticky-back plastic,

coloured paper,

tissue paper and a felt-tip pen.

Take the sticky-back plastic and put it down shiny side up.

Fold it over, making the top side shorter than the bit underneath.

Like this.

Now peel off the backing from the top side

to leave it nice and sticky.

You may need to get an adult to do this as it is a bit tricky.

Then make some fish to go in your fish tank.

Draw some fish onto some orange paper.

Or any coloured paper you like.

Now take some scissors and carefully cut them out.

Be careful because scissors are sharp.

Stick these slippery rascals onto the sticky plastic.

And how about some seaweed?

Tear some green tissue paper into strips like this

and scrunch it up.

Then place it near the crease

of the sticky-back plastic.

What's missing?

How about adding some rocks and sand?

Rip yellow paper to make the sand.

And brown paper to make some rocks.

Stick it all into place.

Peel off the rest of the backing and gently flip it over

and lay it on top of your fish.

This can be a bit tricky so you might need to get an adult to help.

You'll see that there's a sticky strip along the top.

You can use this to stick your fish tank anywhere.

On a window, on a door,

or even on a piece of coloured card.

It's your very own stick-back plastic fish tank.

Why don't you have a go?

What a great way of making a really clever picture!

Now all that's left to do is frame it.

What a wonderful watery picture.

That's reminded me - I need to do some watering.

I planted seeds in my window box.

Wow, they are going to look fantastic.

I am just going to add some of this special...

grow-very-fast-and-strong mixture to my water.

There, just sprinkle some in there.

And then pour it on.

Wow, that works really well!

Oh, I've got some other seeds.

This time grass seeds.

Ah, these give me an idea.

Let's make something!

A hilarious head with a grass hairdo you can watch grow

because it is grown from grass seed.

Let's make it. As well as our seeds

we'll need some things from the doodle drawers.

Some cotton wool.

Some elastic bands.

A pipe cleaner.

A paper cup.

An old pair of tights. No, only joking.

Actually, we do need an old pair of tights.

And some of these -

grass seeds.

Now, to make a grass head like this fella here,

first cut one foot from the old pair of tights.

But be very careful because scissors are sharp.

There we go.

Now put some of your grass seeds into your tight.

These are going into the toe part so I'll just give them a shake

so they are all down the bottom.

Now we are ready to add a big ball of cotton wool

into the tight and on top of the seeds.

Now tie an knot in the open end.

Like this, to keep it all in place.

Now we pinch out a nose shape from the middle.

Like this.

And fix it in place with an elastic band.

There we go.

There. Now do the same on either side of the head for the ears.

You may want to ask an adult to help you with this bit.

It's a bit fiddly.

Then get two googlie eyes.

You can make them by drawing them on white paper and cutting them out

or you can go to an art and craft shop and buy them. 'Scuse I.

Whoa.

Ah. Here are my googlie eyes.

Let's stick them on.

Get some glue.

There's one.

And there's two.

Great.

Nearly done, but he needs a mouth.

For that we'll use a piece of pipe cleaner or a piece of wool.

Put your grass head in a paper cup.

There we go.

And pop him in a sunny place.

If you water him every day,

within about a week he'll start sprouting grass hair.

I don't want to wait a week to show you.

So I am going to use my grow-fast-and-strong mixture!

And once you've grown a grass head

you can even style his hair by giving him a trim.

Like this.

-Oi, watch the hairdo!

-Sorry, Mr Grass Head.

Ho!

Time to go!

Oh, that's it for now.

My making time is over, but yours is just beginning. See you soon.

It's time to put all this stuff back in its box.

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