Shadow Puppets Are A Young Mans Game

KLS got me this for Christmas:

It’s a reprint of a book from the 1800s, and contains instructions on how to make a variety of very complex shadow puppets, just like this:

“How hard could this be?” I wondered before giving it a try. Here’s my sheep:

It’s really difficult!!

But I persisted, gritting my teeth and sterling my will, and fought through the agony as I bent my fingers into unnatural shapes to present this astonishing gallery of my new talent. Can you guess what each of these animals are?

Guesses in the comments please 🙂

2 comments Shadow Puppets Are A Young Mans Game

mycroft says:

1. “Simpsons”-style ape
2. Some sort of bird with a crest…or possibly a camel
3. Man with the top of his head shot off (poor bastard)
4. Some other sort of bird with a beak like a crab’s claw
5. Leprechaun

Bernard says:

1. An excellent Gorn from Star Trek
2. Jabba’s palace, cheating though, not an animal
3. Poor attempt at an urRu from the Dark Crystal
4. A failed Alien chestburster?
5. An okay Ghostbusters terror dog

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