One day, Cam came to me and asked if we could paint our fingers to look like people. She’d seen the idea on Playschool. I thought I’d give you a sneak peek into one way we put our painted-finger puppets into action: by creating a mini puppet theatre and putting on a painted-finger puppet show. Cam used her painted-finger people to create and tell a story.
What you will need:
- A box lid
- Glue
- White paper
- Paint and paint brush
- Felt or fabric
- Ribbon
How to create your mini puppet theatre:
- Cut out the centre from the top of a box lid to create a frame ( We were lucky to have a box lid that already featured a cut-out)
- Rip or cut small pieces of white paper and glue it to your frame (similar to papier mache). Make sure you cover all sections of the frame.
- Once the paper and glue have dried, you will have created a base for yourself to paint.
- This will allow you to paint your theatre in any colour you choose (of course ours was pink!)
- Using the fabric, cut two curtains and a curtain pelmet, and glue into place. Pull the curtains to the side and hold in place by tying ribbon around the curtains.
- Now your mini puppet theatre is ready, and you can begin performing your painted-finger puppet shows.
