In the introductory part of the paper Shadow Theater, the connection between symbolic play and puppets is explained, and aspects of development whichare affected by children's play with puppets. In short, puppet play is animportant role in the development of a child's emotions, cognitive and social development, so it is important that the child is offered theopportunity to make dolls independently in order to develop imagination and creativity and to enrich the child's vocabulary through the performance ofplays. For shadow theater, the most important is the source of light and a screen that let slight through and instead ofpuppets, we can use our hands or any object we have at hand. Because of itssimplicity, but also itsuniqueness, I chose the shadow theater for activities in the kindergarten. Shadows are not a very familiar concept to children, they seem mysterious, and because of the unknown, children show great interest in research and deeper study. The activities were precededby motivational talks and familiarization with unfamiliar concepts, followed by making puppets and actingin a shadow theater. Through the mentioned activities, children combine dacquired knowledge and experience, developed imagination and creativity, communication and independence, and most importantly, acquired new knowledge that will serve the minfurther work and education.