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In-Doorway, Off-Broadway Puppet Theatres!
Author: Amber and Laura Miller



 

Just for Kids - NEW!  

Designed by Amber

 

Bring books to life with this in-doorway puppet theater.  As an art teacher, I see the tremendous benefit of being able to communicate a message effectively, whether it is visually like I do on canvas, or by acting it out physically.  Children can create art by making their own puppets and backdrops.  They can learn about set design and practice effectively communicating beginning, middle, and end of stories, whether it's a book you just read to them (or they've read!) or a imaginative story they've made up!

Measures 60 inches long by 32 inches wide.  Fits standard doorways and openings.  All you need is a 28 to 48 inch adjustable cafe/curtain rod to mount in your doorway or other opening.

 

  Fits all sizes of doorways and imaginations!

 

Books come to life and children engage in learning to communicate their ideas artistically!

 

 Can be stored under a stairwell (below) or taken down and rolled neatly for easy storage if you don't want to leave it up, but you probably will enjoy its decorative, functional and entertainment values far too much to ever take down!

ONLY $60!

FILL OUT THE Contact the Artist form from the main menu, email laura@laurabirdart, or call (407)416-2594 to order your theater now!     

Can you even purchase a curtain with valance for your home for that price?  I don't think so!  This puppet theater is not only hours of entertainment, it can be used as a "drive-up" restaurant window, any storefront of your child's imagination, a divider, a window curtain, a soft-doorway for fearful kids at night or naptime which blocks partially but not fully, and a bookshelf curtain if you want to cover some of your not-so-neat kids bookshelves!

 

In the photo above:  The Defeo famiy of Lil Light of Mine, empowering moms and changing little lives through innovation in the home.  Click on the link to see Courtney Defeo's inredible site filled with goodies for moms!

 

In the photo below is my daughter Amber trying to get Mr. Kitty off of her sewing project.  He loves getting into her handiwork, burrowing in the fabric and batting it off the table.  Amber is the sewer in the family.  She is the one who started this puppet theater sewing project after watching me teach art to the students so they could dig deeper into the illustrations and books.   I am so proud of her.  Amber also gives 10% of her proceeds to  Make a Wish Foundation.  I love her heart and her efforts. 

FILL OUT THE Contact the Artist form from the main menu, email laura@laurabirdart, or call (407)416-2594 to order your theater now!   We look forward to hearing from you and hearing the stories you share about the creative fun your child is having with THEIR  theater...

 


Summer Baseball Memories



Here's something you can do to make art with your kids at home, especially your retiscent boys!  This will get them engaged and your girls will have fun if they play, or even simply remembering a time you all went to a baseball game or watched brother play ball!   It's a cute little baseball mitt for your little one to color and add his/her hand print to and make into a unique memory box or frame and hang. Cut out two at a time, staple the perimeter and stuff with tissue to create a 3-D effect.  Trace a SOLO cup, trace half the cup to add the red half circles for stitching, cut out two at a time and have a BALL!  Add your child's name and you have their signature and handprint memorialized forever.  The one on the right below is my son with his toothless grin and his tougher-than-nails stance that still melts my heart!  The one on the left is my sweet little neighbor Naomi's masterpiece.  Naomi doesn't like baseball, but she loves doing art! 

 

Email me laura@laurabirdart.com or use the contact form to request your FREE mitt template I whipped up specifically for this fun project for kids and I will email a PDF for you.  Even though it's free, please link your friends back to my site www.laurabirdart.com to request to receive their own, just to do the neighborly thing...thanks!  I look forward to hearing from YOU and HAVE FUN with your children, preserving memories!

 

    

For more info on this student project and others, visit:  http://fireflies-soc.blogspot.com/2012/06/june-masterpiece-response-baseball.html

 


"C is for Christmas"



"C is for Christmas" is a play script, songs, puppets (created by yours truly) that celebrates the Christmas story and the birth of Christ.  Please visit:  http://www.firefliespresents.blogspot.com/  and click on "C is for Christmas' in the sidebar to download your FREE scripts, puppets, etc. for a wonderful night of celebrating with your young children and family!

 

laura@laurabirdart.com (407)416-2594
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