Largesse – 1st donation

I finally got around to making some largesse!  These were inspired by this product by Kate’s Paperie:

I wanted to make these because they are perfect for events so the kids can do evening tent wall shadow puppet shows!  However, I also wanted them to be usable during the day, so I wanted a landscape that would work to hide their hands if it was placed on a table top.  To finalize this wish list, I also wanted to make it all easily packable so it could travel without taking up too much room or risking the safety of the pieces too much, but also wouldn’t cost more as I am tight on funds at the moment.

First, here is the landscape, which is made from one 12×12 piece of cardstock with two castle silhouette’s cut out.  Slits allow the two pieces to lock together, forming a corner.  This also nicely forms a tower behind the foreground, which I think adds nicely to the image.

Here are the puppets themselves, cut using the Silhouette Cameo Mom and I received for Christmas.  They work well up next to a tent wall with a light behind them.  If they need longer handles, they can be put into a straw, but I wanted them to be short so they could pack better.  The handle is just a craft wood stick glued to the back with Elmers.

Here, you can see that the two walls of the castle are brought together like a book and the puppets are carefully sandwiched in between.  I then wrapped a ribbon around the bundle enough times to make sure nothing slipped, added a little explanation, and tied a bow.

And here you can see the layers.

I also included who made them and where I am from so the royalty knows they came from here so they should be passed out in a foreign land, or at least not back to me.  Not that I would expect to get a children’s piece of largesse! 

I did six sets, half with grey castles and half with lavender.  All but one set of puppets is black, with just the one set that is beige pictured above.

I used some templates from the Silhouette Online Store, made a template for the princess using a free clipart found here,  and a the castle template from here.

I am quite happy with the results of these!  I was originally planning on only doing ‘period’ pieces of largesse, but there are a lot of SCA specific needs as well that are inspiring, so I don’t think I am going to let that stop me.  This was actually a lot of fun to see come together!

*This was initially published on a different blog and moved here 10/2/25