I pinned a doorway puppet theater on Pinterest a while back and I had been itching to whip it up for a few weeks now. It turned out to be a rather easy project. I used my cheap-o Target sewing machine but you could easily use some iron on hem tape if you’re not a sewer.
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| Start with a piece of fabric that fits your doorway. I used an old shower curtain that we didn’t need anymore. I like the fact that it is a little heavier weight than a standard cotton. You’ll also need a tension rod that fits the doorway. I got mine at Target and it was less than $10. |
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| Cut a big square in your fabric. Honestly, I eyeballed this part. Since my material is striped it was easy to get a straight line up the sides. After you cut your square you will need to fold back the sides of each square about 1/2 an inch and sew all around the square. |
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| Cut some triangles from felt and find some light weight fabric you can use for curtains. |
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| Sew around the edges of your curtains and then sew along the top to attach them to your main fabric. Sew the triangles on top of the curtains. I honestly just guestimated on most of my measurements. Since it’s for the kids to play with and I have no intentions of selling these in an etsy shop or anything like that I didn’t try to make it perfect. |
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| Hot glue (or sew) some strips of felt with velcro attached to use as curtain tie backs. |
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| Add puppets and enjoy! |
The puppet theater has been a HUGE hit around here and my favorite part about it is that when we’re done playing I can fold it up all nice and neat and put it on a shelf in the closet.
Love this idea. I have been trying to think of a way to make a simple stage as my daughter is just at the puppets stage. Will definitely be giving this a go – thanks for the tutorial