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This puppet theater stitches up in no time - and it hangs in a doorway, giving the
puppeteers plenty of room "backstage" and making it easy to fold up and store when
not in use.
Materials you'll need:
• 1 yard solid-colored fabric for the top curtain (or backdrop)
• 1 1/3 yards patterned fabric for the lower curtain
• 2 spring tension rods, to fit in the doorway to be used
• sewing machine
• thread
• basic sewing tools
Skills you'll need (links take you to video tutorials):
•
sewing a straight line
•
turning a hem
•
using an iron
Ready? Let's sew!
Step 1
Iron your fabric so it's nice and smooth.
You're going to use the full width of the fabric (44 inches for most cottons) so you
won't need to finish the sides.
Trim the top and bottom edges of the fabric so it's straight all the way across the
bottom - most of the time the fabric store will cut it a little crooked.
Step 2
Start with the lower curtain. Turn the bottom edge up 1 inch and press. Turn the folded
edge up another inch and press. Congratulations! You just turned up a 1-inch hem.
Now stitch the hem in place as close to the folded edge as possible.
Step 3
Now you're going to make a tube at the top of the curtain so the rod can go through it.
It's just like turning a hem. Turn the top edge of your curtain up 1/2 inch. Press. Turn
the folded edge up 2 inches. Press. Now stitch the hem in place as close to the folded
edge as possible.
Step 4
Adjust the spring tension rod so it fits in your doorway. Thread the rod through the top
of the curtain and hang it in the doorway so that it just brushes the floor. You're
halfway done already! And now you know exactly what to do - you're an experienced
pro!
Step 5
Repeat steps 1 - 3 for the upper curtain. Hang it in the doorway above the lower
curtain, so that the bottom edge of the upper curtain is a couple of inches below the
top edge of the lower curtain.
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Step 6
Look closely at the picture.
See how the lower curtain is
hanging from the front edge
of the doorway, and the
upper curtain is hanging from
the back edge of the
doorway? That gives the
puppeteers enough room to
hold the puppets between
the two curtains. Adjust your
curtains to match the picture
and you're ready to go!
You'll Need Puppets, Right?
You can find the pattern for pirate
and ninja finger puppets
here
at
Shiny Happy World. If you need a
pirate ship (or two) print out the next
pages. Color them in and paste them
to some cardboard - a cereal box is
the perfect weight. Cut it out around
the ship, glue or tape a popsicle stick
to the bottom, and start the show!
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