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make & do activity kit

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1. Make and do activity steps 1 - 122. Information page3. 8 template pagesVisit http://play.powerhousemuseum.com to download any missing elements.

Mini Children’s Theatre

500 Harris St UltimoPO Box K346 Haymarket NSW 1238 Australiatel: 02 6217 0111web: http://play.powerhousemuseum.com

1 Print out thet e m p l a t e sof actors

& props. Cut out eachpiece roughly and stickto light card. Cut outproperly when dry.

2 Cut out and join the 2 sidesof the front of

the theatre together.Using stick glue to

stick the tabs one half behind the other. Glueto card and cut out.

3 Place thefront of your theatre over the

shoe box as shown, tomeasure how much of the shoe box you needto create the stage.Mark with a pen.

4 Stand the boxup as shown.With a craft

knife (an adult’s job) cutoff the whole right sideat the marked points.

Things you need:scissorsstanley knife ( for adults only please )stick gluelight cardboardtemplate printoutsruler 24 wooden skewers ( points cut off )1 shoe box ( without the lid )

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5 Top: As shown,cut two long

slots 20cm x.5 cm at the front of thebox. These are for thetwo curtains to hang.

6 Left side: Cutout a hole asshown leaving

4cm on top and 4cm atthe bottom. This holewill allow for actors tocome and go.





8 Sticky tape thefront of the the-atre to the shoe

box. The orchestra atthe bottom should hangdown 4cm to hang over a table when in use.

9 Attach oneskewer to theback of each

actor with sticky tape.They should be stucksideward as shown.

10 Attach eachcurtain to askewer at the

top with sticky tape.

11 Slot the greenand creamcurtain into

the back slot and thered one into the front.Raise them when youstart your play.

12 Place someprops in theslots. You

can prop the bottom of the theatre up on eachside so the tabs hangdown or just bend themand tape tabs under-neath the foor.

7 Bottom: Cut1cm slots inthe foor to hold

different props. Therecan be as many as youlike. We put in 5.

Children enjoying the replica Children’sTheatre at the Tinytoreum Exhibition at thePowerhouse Museum, July 2010 .

The original Children’s Theatre is aprecious object in the Powerhouse Museum’sCollection . It was made in Germany between1880 and 1890.































