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Costumes for Plays and Playing Parkway Publishers Costumes for Plays and Playing shows readers of varying abilities and ages how to improvise believable costumes from materials at hand in the home or at school. Besides Gail Haley’s own simple step-by-step instructions and illustrations, the book contains line drawings of authentic period costumes, as well as an extensive bibliography of source material to suggest to the reader where and how to authenticate costumes to be worn at a dress-up party, a school play, or just for make-believe games at home. Costumes for Plays and Playing is more than a make-your-own-costumes book. It opens new vistas for imaginative activities and individual improvisation, acquisition of craft skills, and development of historic awareness. Parents and teachers will find the book particularly stimulating as a means to encourage play and dramatic acting-out which can awaken a child’s curiosity about how people of the past must have looked and felt inside their clothes. Haley began writing Costumes for Plays and Playing when her children were quite small. As a result of having made up practically every costume in the book, her methods are innovative and child-oriented.
Reviews “Costumes For Plays And Playing by author, illustrator, puppeteer, and storyteller Gail E. Haley is a very practical ‘how-to’ guide to the art of crafting effective stage costumes from everyday materials, with a minimum of fuss and bother. Featuring an easy-to-follow text which covers a wide variety of possible needs ranging from wild animals to soldiers out of ancient history, Costumes For Plays And Playing is a first-rate and user-friendly guide which is very highly recommended, especially for school and community theater reference shelves.”
Links Visit Gail E. Haley’s Web site at http://www.gailehaley.com/. Also by Gail E. Haley:
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