August 9, 2010
Messy Monday #24 – Circus Week
It’s Circus Week in our house, we’re not going to the big top, but we made a cute little circus tent and finger puppets that I’m going to share with you. This was a joint project from start to finish – both kids worked on the same tent with me and then we made little finger puppets together.
Supplies:
scissors and/or X-acto knife
glue (hot glue + Elmer’s Glue All)
tape
construction paper
cardboard
start by cutting a large piece of cardboard for the circus tent – I used a box with sides that I used to make the tent stand up – I disassembled the box and cut off the top
using a scissors and/or an X-acto knife, cut the top of the box like a circus tent
using an X-acto knife or scissors, cut a doorway/finger puppet stage in the middle of the tent
Paint the tent red – we used acrylic and did one coat with pretty good coverage
We painted both sides of the box red and then painted white stripes on the front like a circus tent
Once all the paint was dry, we put the box back together with the glue gun (I added black construction paper to the bottom)
While we waited for the paint to dry, we made some fun little finger puppets from construction paper and markers:
Make simple shape animal and clown heads
Add some details with markers
Glue little paper rings on the back of the heads to make finger puppets
Have fun under the big top!
I am submitting this to the CSI project:
Sassy Sites! Says
cute idea!! I love that you involve your kids! …visiting from Sassy Sites! 🙂
Tracy Says
Wow awesome idea. I am sure your kids loved it to. This seems like it could come from one of those kids shows such as Blues Clues or Sesame street.
Kelli @ RTSM Says
That is adorable! Your cute circus tent would be great at a circus themed birthday party too!
Papgena Made It Says
How cute!
I must try it!
I saw you on the csi project!
Jenn @ Delicious Ambiguity Says
What a cute idea! I bet you guys had heaps of fun playing with it for hours. I’ll be featuring you on Tot Tuesdays tomorrow. I hope you’ll stop by and grab some bling for your blog. Have a great week!