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Hello friends,
every week @qurator publishes the "Monday Mission", a contest open to everyone.
The theme for this week is: "Creative Sockpuppets".

Toilet paper is a very useful object not only for the purpose for which it was created but it is also useful for creating simple puppets and giving vent to creativity.

I have a 6 year old daughter and every so often we have fun making puppets.

In this post I will tell you about a real puppet race in the family.

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The puppet making contest.

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A thrilling race, a challenge to the last drop of glue. :)

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The participants

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1. Chiara (my daughter)
2. Monica (my wife)
3. Annarita (my sister)

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The tools and objects available

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• Various colors
• 1 roll of toilet paper per participant
• Glue
• Wool threads of various colors
• Scissors
• Paper and cardstock

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Time

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The time available for each participant is 40 minutes.

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The Judges

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The judges appointed to judge the works are my daughter's grandparents, my parents.

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Ready, Departure, Go

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Chiara is the first who starts her work.

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Followed by my sister who takes the scissors and starts cutting the woolen threads.

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My wife starts 10 minutes late and immediately uses a colored card.

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Three different people and three different approaches and techniques.
The challenge becomes interesting!

But now let's see the creation steps of the individual competitors.

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Chiara

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After painting the face of his puppet ...

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... focuses on hair.

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Monica

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After coating the roll with a colored cardboard ...

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Use the stapler to attach two pieces of paper that look like ears.
Note: The stapler was not among the allowed tools and I don't know if the judges will penalize the competitor ...

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Annarita

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She starts from the glue needed to attack the hair.

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then she focuses on coloring the puppet's face

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The three puppets

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The three competitors finish several minutes earlier than the total time available

And here are the three completed puppets.

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Quotes

The bookmakers, after seeing the finished works, published their quotes

Puppet Race Winner

Chiara - quota 5.2
Annarita - share 1.8
Monica - share 3.3

The favorite is Annarita and I must also admit, a simple spectator, that her work is elegant and noteworthy.

But the predictions are often reversed and the Leicester fable is a strong example.

What matters now is the response of the judges: grandmother Rosa and grandfather Andrea.

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The winner

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After a quick consultation the two judges decide who is the winner.

Taking into account the age of the participants, they declare that the winner of the race is:

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And here is the podium and the award ceremony.

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Conclusion

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When I spend time with my family I am happy and the game allows you to amplify the emotions with laughter and fun.
This simple race is a way to encourage and stimulate the manual skills of my daughter who had a lot of fun.

Now the three puppets are ready to be part of hours of play and imaginative invented stories.

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