To make an easy, foldable puppet theatre, tape two manila file folders together at the edges, cover this new wide flat surface with a piece of paper, and cut a large opening to be the "stage." I used a blank piece of paper for the front of the stage so that it could be decorated to go along with the story.
I didn't cut the normal rectangular hole for my stage because it was a go-along for the book Down, Down the Mountain (part of our Five in a Row Co-op). I wanted the kids to be able to reenact the journey down the mountain to town. I scanned the characters from the book, printed them, and taped them to popsicle sticks. I taped a little pocket on the inside of one of the sides to store the puppets.
This would be a fun way to encourage kids to retell any story they had just read.
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this is perfect because my husband just brought me home a HUGe box of old file folders!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute, easy-to-store puppet theater!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a clever idea. Love it!
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