How to make a DIY Holiday theatre from a Tissue Box And Corks

 

Cork people in a tissue box theatre. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

I made this little DIY theatre from a tissue box. I removed the tissues. I cut a view of mountains from a holiday brochure of trekking in Peru which I had picked up from the trade travel show, the World Travel Market, last November.

How To Make Cork Puppets

The little people are four corks of different sizes. It seemed an awful shame to spoil the corks, but other people, such as my husband, who is a wine educator and wine writer, had thrown them in the bin.

I was going to use the corks as bodies, and add something on top for the heads. Then, I was in a hurry and I could not find anything suitable for making heads. So I drew little faces on the cork using a black biro.

The corks kept falling over, so I stood them in small, empty, washed, glass honey or jam pots from breakfasts. 

The pots lids also were useful. A cap from a milk or juice carton made a crib (cot) for the cork baby.

With a little creativity, you can have lots of fun making amusing toys for entertaining children and adults. 

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