Stilt Walking & Juggling
_Stilt Making (13-18 year old students)
After completion of this course, students would walk away with stilts that they built with my assistance. Students learned basic carpentry skills and the proper handling of hand tools and power tools. As the teacher, I cut all necessary components of the stilts, but left the construction, sanding, and finishing to the students. Using pine, ¾” ply wood, bicycle tire, L-irons, and screws the students combined the parts and were responsible for obtaining the end result of a new pair of stilts.
*Stilt schematics are below*
Stilt Walking & Juggling (Beginner class: 9-12 year old students & Advanced class: 13-18 year old students)
The goal of this class was for every student to learn to juggle and walk on stilts at the same time. Students began with juggling scarves, and then progressed to juggling 3 balls and then some began to learn clubs. With an emphasis on team building, the students were also asked to partner juggle and to team juggle. The main goal of a stilt walker is to be able to do everything on stilts that can be done on the ground. Most students master the basics of walking very quickly so during the class we would take walking trips around the city so the students could become more accustomed to everyday walking conditions. The most advanced students were challenged to pick a juggling scarf up off of the ground in 18” stilts and to climb a large staircase on 24” stilts without handrails.
After completion of this course, students would walk away with stilts that they built with my assistance. Students learned basic carpentry skills and the proper handling of hand tools and power tools. As the teacher, I cut all necessary components of the stilts, but left the construction, sanding, and finishing to the students. Using pine, ¾” ply wood, bicycle tire, L-irons, and screws the students combined the parts and were responsible for obtaining the end result of a new pair of stilts.
*Stilt schematics are below*
Stilt Walking & Juggling (Beginner class: 9-12 year old students & Advanced class: 13-18 year old students)
The goal of this class was for every student to learn to juggle and walk on stilts at the same time. Students began with juggling scarves, and then progressed to juggling 3 balls and then some began to learn clubs. With an emphasis on team building, the students were also asked to partner juggle and to team juggle. The main goal of a stilt walker is to be able to do everything on stilts that can be done on the ground. Most students master the basics of walking very quickly so during the class we would take walking trips around the city so the students could become more accustomed to everyday walking conditions. The most advanced students were challenged to pick a juggling scarf up off of the ground in 18” stilts and to climb a large staircase on 24” stilts without handrails.