Creative Rod Puppets With a yearlong theme of ancient cultures, this PA Day (no school) took us south to Mayan Art. Inspired by The Chocolate Tree: A Mayan Folktale students created colourful rod puppets; KukulKán: The Feathered Serpent and his twin brother Night Jaguar. We read the story out loud then finished with a sampling of dark chili chocolate. (I had a non food back-up in case anyone could not try it.) Years ago I came across a post for an Upcycled dragon puppet from S unhats & Wellie Boot s. This style of puppet has become one of my faves. It is easily made from newspaper (I asked my local grocery store for their unused leftover flyers- works perfect!) tissue paper, sticks, glue and crafty odds & ends. I pre-assembled the head and body forms consisting of rolled up newspaper secured with masking tape. Each piece has a glued in wooden puppet rod. Students wrapped each newspaper ball with tissue paper, then fastened with glue and /or tape....