Play props

This Spring, my first and second grade students presented the musical Stone Soup! They did a really fantastic job. My son even had his first singing solo! Kid can sing! And don’t you love th…

Paper scrolls date back to ancient Egypt. They were used for long documents written in ink. Over the years, scrolls have become outdated for ways of communication. However, they make for a fun and educational craft.

Cardboard Props: Victorian Candle Lantern: Relatively easy one tonight... a Cardboard prop Lantern useful for Nativity plays, low budget LARP, creepy costumes and more... This prop is extremely handy if you need something that will pass at a distance as a lantern, without the risk of burning…

Building sets for theater productions can be pricey, especially if you want detailed and elaborate sets. If you are building props and set pieces for a school play, then you are most likely operating on a tight budget. While you could put...

I received the following email this week, and I just had to share it with you, including all the photos of a roast Christmas turkey, made with paper mache

After browsing Pinterest and Google for a while looking for a good DIY royal throne prop tutorial, I realized there are none! Here's a fairly easy, cheap way to make a royal throne. A friend of mine required a royal throne for the king in a movie she was filming. I was assigned the task of making a low-budget throne. The total cost was probably about $14, but I did use a bunch of stuff I found we already have laying around the house that you may not have. Still, even with buying all the…

Bone Prop tutorial: How to make a bone prop cheaply and quickly. I used this method for a prop making lesson the week of Halloween to make several "bones" for our Haunted Theater fundraiser.

Stone Fireplace for Theatre Prop: I'm working on the set for "Into the Woods" and started with Cinderella's fireplace.