make a cardboard puppet theater
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I recently found this giant box that would be
perfect to make a puppet theater to play with my
grandchildren
how to turn a big old box into a puppet theater
need tape scissor sharp knife
and straight edge
yes first thing
you take shipping tape
so it will be as tall as possible put tape around to hold it open
and tape up the hole
overlap a little bit
fold it down and reinforce with tape
on inside
tape across
and all the way up
the opening to strengthen
lonce you get the corners taped
you decide where you want the cut out
mark it with a straight edge and pen
mark 3 sides
solid
dotted on bottom
cut the three sides
completely now get your box cutter
sharp knife cut three sides
sure 3 lines go all the way through
then take box cutter and cut along the dotted line but not all the way through
along the dotted line
don't cut all the way through
cut half way through
scores the cardboard and allows it
bend
over score it a bit
few inches up to make a little
stage maybe 4- 6 inches and here
you wanna score it again
measure 4 inches either side and then
make another line a dotted line
score halfway through
score or cut half way through
don't cut all the way through
bend that all
make a stage
push this up
don't want anything sharp on the inside so tape it
hold stage
every theater needs a stage door
on the back with 3 cuts
mark where I want the door
cut this this this
just score so it can open and close
I have these three side cut all the way through
score this line to be the hinge
for the door
I have that scored
bend it for a stage door
I have be old man's shirt left over from a project
use the back to make a curtain
find a piece of fabric
cut up and make a curtain
back of shirt and folded over
and just sew a seem across the shoulders
for a casing to hook inside the puppet theater
puppet theater stitch a little casing about it inch deep I just folding in
half
remember it doesn't have to be perfect
its just for play
now take some kind of rope or string
or a stick and just
thread through to the other side
once you have your curtain on a string
figure out where you want to hang it
poke a hole and tie a knot
just make sure its level
adjust your curtain so it is even
now turn your theater
poke a hole
use string to make a door pull
you can make a puppet theater and put on a puppet show too
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