Doorway puppet theater

Recently, one of our little friends turned 3. I made a doorway puppet theater for her gift. After browsing several blogs for ideas, I combined what I liked about all of them and came up with my own version. I will be making another, so a tutorial will be coming. :)

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The bottom opens for marionettes, the top for regular puppets and the white background is for shadow puppets. The white background is removeable and all the curtain ties are attached with velcro.

I made a house, cat and dog shadow puppet out of black craft foam, using an exacto knife. I then hot glued a wooden dowel to the back.

On the back of the shadow puppet screen, there are a series of pockets to slide the dowels into, holding the puppets in place (like the house is above).