How to Make Animal Masks

John Lithgow: Buzzy, did you see my dog’s Fanny and Blue, this morning they just sat there. Merely eating their food, just sleeping in their little doggy beds, they seem so sad. I don’t know why that’s what dogging me. They have to run to the whole house while I’m gone. I just can't imagine why they’re so sad. You know that’s a paloozarific idea. Maybe Suza palooza has a way of finding out for me. Carmen de la Paz: Well, good morning to you Mayorship. John Lithgow: Oh not yet Suza. I’m very concerned about Fanny and Blue. Carmen de la Paz: Oh, sir what can I do to help? John Lithgow: I’m not sure. If there was some way to think like they do maybe we could figure out what’s bothering them Carmen de la Paz: I’ll dog it until I find an answer sir. John Lithgow: Thank you Suza. Carmen de la Paz: You know I think Mayor maybe unto something. If we could just think like an animal, maybe we could figure out what Fanny and Blue are trying to say. Are you ready? Children: What’s the palooza? Carmen de la Paz: It’s animal time! Children: What do we need? Carmen de la Paz: We need paper plates, glue, felt, markers or paint and some string. We’re going to create some masks so that we can become like dogs and try to understand what they’re going through. Coco the gorilla is able to express what needs and how she feels. Coco started to learn more just a baby using what’s called sign language. That means using special hand movements in order to talk with people who are hearing impaired. Scientists are fascinated with the way animals communicates. Let’s make a mask. You’re going to use a simple paper plate and I’m going to cut out a smiley face to help us create the actual mouth of the dog And now we got to paint it that’s the fun part. Now, I’m using a paint pen but you can use markers, water colors, crayons, you can use any thing that you have. Now remember, you don’t have to just become dogs, you can make yourself into any animal you want to be. Once it’s dry, it’s going to look something like this. As you can see I cut out the eyes and this is where you would want your parents or your brother or your sister to help you out. I’m also going to punch a little hole on either side to hold the mask in place. Now my dog happens to have floppy ears. Your animal might have fiery ears or pointy ears. Every dog has a wet nose. I’m going to put one right there. And now I’m putting on a nice red tongues so that my dog can paint away. And now we’re ready to put together a little bit of a hair because my dog happens to have curly hair just like mine. And I know you’re saying Suza your gluesza is white, but guess what the glueza dries clear. The last thing we have to do is tie the mask on. On this side, I tied a knot and I’m going to do the same thing on this side. Then dog on it, we’ve got a mask. John Lithgow: When my dogs aren’t happy they chew my shoes, I’m sitting here waiting for that good doggie news. Children on singing, dogs Fanny and Blue blue. Carmen de la Paz: Sir. John Lithgow: Suza. Carmen de la Paz: I think I’ve got some thing that will cheer you up. After acting like a dog myself, I’m sure that Fanny and Blue are sad about two things. They have not had enough time with you and they need more exercise. John Lithgow: Suza how did you figure all these out? Carmen de la Paz: Dogs are pack animals sir, they follow their leader. That’s you. I suggest that you take them for a good run and maybe a nice tummy scratching and they’ll be just fine. John Lithgow: Thank you Suza, you toke away my blues. That makes perfect sense. Next time I’ll just put on a mask pretend I’m a dog and figured out myself. Next time Buzzy, next time. Look Buzzy, a Downy Woodpecker and a morning dove and a Black-Capped Chikadee. What am I talking about? Birds Buzzy, those are kind of birds. But they all seem to be flying away. I just supposed that is. Get me Suza paloozup. She’ll solve this problem. Carmen de la Paz: Pleased with bird watching your Mayorship. John Lithgow: Oh excuse me Suza just having a bite of my peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I’m afraid that all are fine for other friends have flown straight through Paloozaville. They didn’t even stop at my paloozaramic backyard bird bath. Carmen de la Paz: I wonder why. John Lithgow: So do I. It’s a lovely little pedestal in gold bird bath at from certain angles looks just like the letter P. Carmen de la Paz: Sir your sandwich has given me an idea. And I don’t think it’s a bird brain one. John Lithgow: Excellent, fly with it Suza. Let me know where they all land. Carmen de la Paz: So maybe if we do some cooking the Mayor can do some looking. So let’s cook up something extra special for our bird friends. You know many birds migrate, that means they move from place to place during the winter from colder climates to warmer places until spring. It’s so kind of the Mayor to put a bird bath in his backyard for them. But I’m thinking that maybe the birds get so hungry on their travels that they’re too busy looking for food to think about any thing else. Are you ready? Children: What’s the palooza? Carmen de la Paz: We’re going to make feeders so that our friends, the birds will stick around palooza ville a bit longer and stick is an important part of this palooza. Children: What do we need? Carmen de la Paz: Well we’re going to need some pine cones or if you can't find any around your neighborhood, you can get a bag of them at the craft store and we’ll need some peanut butter, bird seed, string and a pipe pan or a bowl and a craft stick. And there’s something else we’re going to need. We need, ornithologist, those are people who study birds. So bird lovers let’s get started. Let’s make some really cool feeders for our bird friends with some really sticky peanut butter. What we’re going to need now is the pine cone. We’re going to start out with the pine cone. We’re going to take a piece of string and tie it around the pine cone and if you have a little bit of a trouble this is a great place to ask your mother or your brother or your sister to help you tie a knot just like that. And then we’re going to take our stick and put peanut butter all over it and put it right into all of the pine petals and take your time to just moisture in to all the petals so you got peanut butter all around the pine cone. Once we’ve got peanut butter all around the pine cone just like this, now we got to take the pine cone and roll it in the bird seeds so we got the bird seeds all the way around a nice moist in to the pine cone and the peanut butter. Now, don’t toward seeds. That’s for the birds and here we have a pine cone bird feeder. Now it’s ready to hang from a tree outside. Don’t forget to have your parents help you. John Lithgow: Buzzy, a northern card and a ribbon. I stopped at the tree above my bird bath, they are picking of something that looks like a pine cone on a maple tree. Don’t pine cones belong on a pine tree? Well then can that be with Suza. Carmen de la Paz: Sir, our bird friends love Paloozaville once again. They can have food and a wonderful bath. We’ve made pine cone bird feeders and place on all the tress near your office. You should have a bird feeder out every window. John Lithgow: That is so cool Suza. I’m so grateful to you and the department of paloozas. Carmen de la Paz: It’s all in a days work sir. John Lithgow: Thank you Suza. Buzzy, someone has taken on all the peanut butter out of my peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The pine cone bird feeders used all the peanut butter in palooza vile regular and chunky. Well, the sacrifice is one must make for science. Well Buzzy today, I’m speaking to the luncheon for the paternal order of paloozas, they call themselves by their initials POP. Well, yes they are quite POP you are. I was thinking of starting with little joke. What do you call five bottles of grape soda? A pop group. Get it? Pop music, so the pop. No I’m not giving up my day job. I like being the Mayor of plaoozaville and the pop of two great dogs Fanny and Blue. Dog gone it Buzzy all right I forgot. I promised the dogs that we spend the day together, turn on me and get me Suza palooza. Carmen de la Paz: Pleasant pontificating your Mayorship! John Lithgow: Oh Suza I’m really in the dog house. I’m supposed to give a speech but I promised Fanny and Blue that I would spend the day with them what should I do? Carmen de la Paz: Why don’t you tell Fanny and Blue that you’ll do something together tomorrow and we’ll come up with something great to make them feel very special. John Lithgow: Oh, thank you Suza. Carmen de la Paz: Every dog has his day sir. We’ll be ready by the time you tell the pops your last joke. John Lithgow: What do you mean maybe should you say after the first joke? Carmen de la Paz: Are you ready? Children: What’s the palooza? Carmen de la Paz: We’re going to make some special doggie treats. Children: What do we need? Carmen de la Paz: Well we need one cup of flour, one cup of whole wheat flour, one half cup of course cornmeal, one half cup of nonfat instant milk, one half teaspoon of garlic, sugar and a pinch of salt, one half cup of cheese, one quarter cup of parmesan cheese, one egg and a half a cup of broth, vegetable, beef or chicken broth. Now let’s mix all our dry ingredients into the bowl. Starting out with the flour, the whole wheat flour, the course cornmeal, the nonfat instant dry milk, garlic sugar and salt, one half cup of cheese, one quarter cup of parmesan cheese and then we’re going to mix it all up so that we stir it all together nice and evenly. Once we have all the dry ingredients mixed up together, now we’re going to add the egg, and the one half cup of broth. Now you mix that up, once the ingredients are mixed and ready, take them out of the bowl so that we can kneed it just a little bit and once it’s ready to go Now we’re going to roll it out with a rolling pen. Roll it out just a little bit and you can go from side to side, you can go back and forth. Now that the dough is rolled out, we’re ready to cut with a cookie cutter in a shape of a bone. Just going to start in the very corner here and just press down, press down, hold back just a little bit on the dough then with a spatula just lift it up just like that. And its ready to go on to the cookie tip. And now goes into the oven for an hour and a half at 250 degrees and then an hour and a half you turn around the whole tray right in the oven for another half an hour. Don’t forget to ask your parents for health when using the oven. And then your doggie biscuit are ready to go. John Lithgow: I’m back. Carmen de la Paz: Hello there your Mayorship! How was your speech? John Lithgow: It was paloozanificient if I say to myself. Are we putting on the dog in? Carmen de la Paz: Well we’ve created this wonderful doggy treat and we were thinking that you could hide them all over your house and play doggy detected by having Fanny and Blue find them. John Lithgow: Perfect! Thank you Suza. Send them right over. My last joke, what wears at cold and winter and pants all summer? A dog. Get it? Furr coat, pants for water. I don’t care what you say. Fanny and Blue and are going to love that joke. Buzzy, there’s been a monumental mixed up, my uncle the prestigious potentate in palooza is coming to dinner tonight. How can we pull together a formal state dinner in just a few hours? Suza palooza is my only hope. Carmen de la Paz: What a pleasure it is to see you your Mayorship! John Lithgow: And you Suza I have a huge favor to ask. Carmen de la Paz: You want me to help you with the formal dinner for your uncle the prestigious potentate of palooza. John Lithgow: Suza, it’s like you’re a mind reader how did you know that already? Carmen de la Paz: We’re here at the department of palooza’z tried ourselves and always being one step ahead sir. Besides, Buzzy emailed. John Lithgow: They don’t call him the prince of prim and proper for nothing. He’s the province’s primary promoter of a perfect table. Carmen de la Paz: Then we had better get started, pronto! John Lithgow: Okay, you concentrate on table protocol while I come up with the menu for the Maja Raja manners, that’s another of his nicknames. Maja Raja means great king in Sanskrit. Sanskrit is an ancient language of India. India is a large country in southern Asia. Asia is the world’s largest continent and yes it would be a great relief if he was visiting Asia instead of Paloozaville but right now I have to come up with the menu. Carmen de la Paz: Are you ready? Children: What’s the palooza? Carmen de la Paz: We’re going to learn the proper table setting placement. Children: What do we need? Carmen de la Paz: We need construction paper, markers, knives, forks, spoons, glassware plates and stickers. Here’s how you set the table. I’m starting out with the piece of construction paper to serve as my place mat and right on the center of that, I’m going to put in my dinner plate. And then I bring in my napkin to the left with the fold of the napkin facing out and then we’re going to put our dinner fork to the left of the plate. And right nest to that is a smaller fork which is for desert pr for salad. Now on the right hand side of the plate, you want to place a knife and the blade of the knife, you want facing into the plate, so you don’t cut yourself or you guest doesn’t cut themselves and then we’re going to put spoon right nest to that. And to finish it all off, we’re going to place a glass to line up with the knife and the spoon. Now if you happen to have some friends or family coming over and you want to put a name card, you can put the name card right in the center just like I did for the Mayor. Now you’re saying how can I remember all that? Let me show you a quick way to remember how to set a dinner. I’m going to take a pen leave the plate right in the center. I’m going to outline all of the different elements that we just went through. So, the next time we have to set the table, you can use this place mat to help remind you where everything goes. You can even make a place mat for every member your family. And it’s going to look something like this. So we have our napkin, out the forks, our place, our knife, spoon and the glass. I’m going to add just a couple aligned here so our forks come to life. And then if you want you can decorate it any way that you want with magic markers crayons. I’m using little paper cut up flowers with a little double stick tape on the back. Decorate your place mat to show personality. And there you have the proper way to set a table, dinner is served. John Lithgow: Not now Buzzy I have to find Suza. Connect me through a Mayor version. Suza are you probably prepared. Carmen de la Paz: Yes your Mayorship, the table is and the properly primed for the potentate. . John Lithgow: Yes Buzzy may not share with me what’s so important what you’ve been trying to tell me for the past hour. What? The prestigious potentate has called to postpone? Why didn’t tell me sooner. Suza it looks like the maestro of manners has called to reschedule for next week. Carmen de la Paz: Well at least to show good manners and called ahead to cancel. John Lithgow: Yes he did. No Buzzy, that is not me and then you get to eat all of my steak we prepared become pineapple, pomegranate.