My nephews have SO MANY TOYS. While it is awesome for them that they live in Toys R Us, it makes it difficult for us as the aunt and uncle to buy them gifts. That only leaves me one option... to make them gifts.
Although I did not find this from a specific pin, it is because of Pintrest that I had the idea for this gift. While driving through my in-laws neighborhood on garbage day I saw a white children's bookcase (without the shelves) at the end of the street. Knowing that I could upcycle this piece of furniture I did what any other pinner would do... I shoved it in my back seat. Yes folks, I am officially a garbage picker.
With a lot of help from my handy-dandy husband, we turned a boring plain bookshelf into a personalized puppet theater for my nephews.
Luckily I had an unopened, cheap frame from IKEA that I used chalkboard spray paint on to create a place for the kids to write the name of their puppet show on. We bought and painted wooden letters that were on clearance at Michael's for $2.99.
To prevent the kids from stepping inside of the shelves we bought two plastic baskets from the dollar store. This is also where they can store the puppets. Here is a photo from the back side.
My husband installed a pole across the top and I sewed the curtains using clearance fabric from JoAnn Fabrics. We also screwed another layer of curtains along the back side.
And now I present to you, the finished project!
But wait! What's a puppet theater without any puppets? Of course I created my own thanks to cheap socks from the dollar store, some felt, cardboard, fuzzy balls and a glue stick. I'm not going to lie... it was difficult to part with our new little buddies but we were happy to pass them along to the kiddies we love the most. It's showtime!
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