A few weeks ago, I told you all that I went garage saling and came home with a TRUNK full of goodies that I planned on fixing up. This little theater needed some help, but they gave it to me for FREE. I knew I could fix it up!
Iris and I havent really played “puppet show” or “theater” yet; though I do plan on learning to make some fun puppets in the near future. But she loves to pretend she is at a bookstore or a restaurant or a bakery or a hair salon… So I wanted to make something that would be appropriate for any place she wanted to pretend to be.
The challenge was that this project needed to be done for free with things only found around the house. And I was out of a lot of supplies I planned on using so I improvised. Here is the final product!
Let’s just start at the top. I used my all time favorite product- Mod Podge to glue different shapes of scrapbook paper on the top. I didnt want it to say “theater” anymore, since we would be using it for different things. Then I hot glued clothes pins along the yellow wood strip so that the kids could put different props there. On the left, I hung a star from a string. And I put a gemstone in the middle of the star, just for a little extra bling-bling. The “Welcome” sign was a piece of wood from Hobby Lobby that I had laying around. I spray painted it blue and wrote “Welcome” across it. Its just clipped on there, so it can be removed. I had scrap fabric, and I think it worked well as the new curtain pieces!
On either side, I hot glued more clothes pins, and hung little plastic buckets I got ages ago at the Dollar store. there are little plastic hooks along the back, so I put elastic hair bands in there and glued them in place. Then just hung them up! I put chalk and magnets in each bucket.
Its a little hard to tell in this pic, but I glued little magnetic strips along the yellow strip and put fun magents on there. The background that used to show that creepy clown was painted green, and I hung a chalkboard over it. I REEEEALLY wanted the entire bottom portion to be painted with chalkboard paint but I was out of it. I had already made this chalkboard awhile ago, and it wasnt being used, so I decided to use it here! Then I cut a square out of a rag, glued a piece of velcro on the back and put another piece of velcro on the green backing. Voila! A rag to wipe the chalkboard! Brilliant, I know. Now we can write whatever we want!
Iris wanted to sell a book to her brother. Oh! When I asked her how much her book was, she said, “20 months.” I just happened to have 20 months in my pocket. Silly girl….
Legend loves it too! He gets to eat chalk! YUMM!! (Disclaimer: I took the chalk away. Calm down.)
I think it turned out fabulous! They just love it!!!!
