Storytime Craft Activities

Total Time: 1-2 hours + drying time

Supplies:

• shoe box lid
• paint
• paintbrush
• kabob stick
• hot glue
• craft sticks
• ribbon
• tape
• bottle cap
• wiggly eyes
• X-acto Knife
• scissors

Steps:

1. Using a shoe box lid, figure out how small/large you want your theater screen to be. Draw your screen out and then cut out with an X-acto knife.

 

 

 

 

 
2. Paint your box with your desired color. I used black acrylic paint and allowed it to dry.

 

 
3. In the meantime, you can ask your child what objects or animals they want. Mine wanted some fishes so I freehand drew some on the left over cardboard. Then painted in the colors they wanted (green, orange, blue, and pink).

 

 

 

 
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4. Once the lid is dried, I taped together 2 kabob sticks.

 

 
5. I poked a hole with the sticks in the lid so I can hang the ribbon (as the back drop/curtains).

 
6. I used leftover complimentary Bath & Body Works ribbon I had on hand as the curtains. I placed tape on the end of the ribbon, over the stick and taped on the ribbon so the curtains can slide.

 

 

 

 

 
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7. Optional: If you have more ribbon - you can make them longer and tie if needed.

 
8. Once fish are dried, hot glue on wiggly eyes and then glue the fish to craft sticks.

 

 
9. Lastly as a safety precaution, cut down kabob sticks and cover with hot glue or I used bottle cap so it is not sharp.

 

 
10. Ready to play.

 
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