This cardboard red barn DIY puppet theatre will provide hours of fun for the kids to put on puppet shows for their family and friends.
Disclosure: As a project leader for Elmer’s “Can You Top This” Challenge for Collective Bias, I am being compensated.
DIY red barn puppet theatre
The kids absolutely LOVE their new puppet theatre and have put on countless shows for us already.
Supplies
- Tri-fold cardboard display board
- Acrylic paint – red, brown, black, and white
- Box cutter
- Straw or raffia
- Wood animals – pre-painted preferred
- Popsicle sticks
- Glue
How to make a puppet theater
Using the box cutter, cut a section out of the tri-fold board to create the window for the puppets.
Glue pieces of raffia (or straw) onto the sides of the window to create curtains.
The puppets were pre-cut and painted wood animals purchased at Michael’s craft store so I just glued popsicle sticks to the back of them
Paint the tri-fold board to resemble a red barn. Once the paint has dried, add a few of the painted wood critters to the outside of the barn.
Now you are ready to put on an epic barnyard puppet show.
Tri-fold board ideas
Are you looking for crafts and ideas using Elmer’s tri-fold boards? Check out these that we have made, and we have another list of ideas below that too:
- Make a bee photo booth for parties
- Halloween photo booth frame
- LEGO Lord Vampyre costume
- Give a giant gift card
- These movie night costumes were made using a cardboard box, but you can use a tri-fold board too.
Even more tri-fold board ideas
- A science fair project
- A book report for school
- A backdrop for a nativity scene for a Holiday
- A chore chart for your children
- A holiday calendar
- A bean bag toss game
- A display board for your kid’s artwork
You can purchase Elmer’s tri-fold display boards at Walmart. Break them down, glue things to them, cut them, or paint them to create anything you like. There are two versions available, a cardboard tri-fold board, or a foam one.
Have you made a DIY puppet theatre? Did it have a particular theme like ours did?
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What a amazing and colorful and handmade Puppet,Its really great and so nice,You have done great work,I love this,If you have more ideas kindly update us.