Cracker Box Puppet Theatre

If you have a child who likes crafts and puppets, here's a cheap and cheerful weekend activity. Go to Craft Projects and print off the puppet theatre and puppet templates. Cut out an appropriate-size hole in a cracker box. Colour and cut out templates. Glue puppet theatre template to cracker box and attach puppets to straws or wooden sticks. We had to tape two straws together so that the puppets would reach down low enough. Voila!

Duncan insisted we add a "real" curtain, so he found a piece of felt and we jerry-rigged a pulley system with a straw crank at the top. How such a non-perfectionist could have such a perfectionist for a child is beyond me. I blame my husband.
Okay - he was right. It really did need a curtain. What do I know?

Behind the scenes at the theatre.

"Leaf" me Alone

Today, we stopped by the house of one of Duncan's friends. His friend had covered the front door with beautiful fall leaves. What a great idea. We decided to gather some colourful leaves outside the local library and do the same thing.

Getting the leaves just right.

Wow Canada! Colours don't get better than this.

I spied Duncan taking a picture of a complete stranger walking down our street. Ha!
Duncan made this crafty turkey at school. He thought it looked like a taco, so we call it Taco Turkey.

Here he is taking a picture of his fine work.

Here are some pretty seed pods we brought home. We may broadcast them in the backyard or at my school garden. Maybe we should call it a podcast.