Getting the Creative Juices flowing

One of the things I love about being here is the opportunity to try out lots of random things that I never thought i'd ever do, or even thought that I could do for that matter. It's amazing what you can actually do when you put your mind to it, have a bit of time, and are able to buy parts cheaply so mistakes aren't too costly. I was actually kinda impressed with our efforts last month in making our purple monster puppet, who has now been given the name Peepo, by watching a few 'how to' videos on youtube. At the time, we had also come up with a rough design for a puppet theatre too, but for a whole host of reasons we never got round to making it. But after Peepo made his debut in church a couple weeks back, we realised just how much more effective Peepo could be if he had a 'proper' puppet theatre so he could actually interact with the kids. So this past week, we finally set aside a few hours to try and make our concept a reality. After an amusing start where we realised that our 1.5m wide puppet theatre could in fact fit about 4 puppets, we made a few adjustments to the design and here's the end result. Peepo's theatre. Hopefully making it's appearance this Sunday.


The demountable frame made of water pipes and connectors


A bit of dodgy sewing, but it does the job


And voia, Peepo's new theatre