Hand Shadow Book

This is a traditional magical little book which will teach your child how to make 32 different hand shadows

Ideal for your child especially if they are dexterous with their hands or are interested in magic. They can learn lots of different hand shadows to impress their friends and an ideal activity to do indoors or in the long winter months when the table lamps are on in the evenings. There are different degrees of difficulty so they can learn the easy ones first and then move on to the more difficult ones as they gain confidence This is an ideal activity to do with you or their grandparents who might have done exactly the same things with their parents when they were children.

To make hand shadows all you need is a pair of hands and a lamp and their hands will throw magical shapes on the wall. This book is based on Shadowgraphs Anyone Can Make which was first published in 1927 and is a skill which your children can pass on to their children, just as your parents may have passed on to you.

Made from paper

32 different shadows to learn

Full instructions

Varying degrees of difficulty

Ideal party bag/stocking filler

Recommended age 5 years +