September 24 – Muppet Creator Jim Henson's Birthday

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nTodaynis the birthday of the beloved puppeteer, director, and producer JimnHenson, who tragically died from a bacterial infection when he wasnjust 54 years old. n

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nHenson’sncharacters in Sesame Street, Muppets, and Fraggle Rock (etc., etc.!)nbecame so popular and famous that they reached the level of iconic.nThere have been multiple Henson-character TV show and movies. Hensonnwon Emmys, got a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, and was awardednthe Disney Legends Award.
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nHisnfabric-covered foam rubber puppets were able to express emotions farnmore than the earlier carved-wooden puppets. Also, Henson used rodsnto move his Muppets’ arms with much greater control that the earliernmarionettes’ strings could. Lastly, he made sure that puppeteersncould precisely control the mouth movements to match thendialogue—rather than randomly moving up and down out of sync withnthe voice. n
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  nCheckn out the link to Jim Henson’s doodling book, found in this earlier post.

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• nHeren are some free printable muppetn activity sheets.

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• nHeren is a Pinterest board full ofn Muppet activities, costumes, crafts, and party foods. 

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• nCheckn out this quickie bio ofn Henson. 

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nNational Day in Guinea-Bissau 
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nRoshnHashanah 


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