Dance of the tigers – Drama and theatre
Red curtains pulled to the side
tiger masks
Welcome to the theatre
where dreams
are possible…..
” Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forest of the night
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? “
William Blake
This display is a slightly different version from the ‘Dance, Divas and Drama Queens‘ display I’ve made a couple of months ago. Just add some new materials and within 1/2 an hour you give the display a refreshed look
What you need:
- Red velvet fabric for curtains
- Pink shiny fabric for the edge of curtains
- Striped fabric for the background – matching the colours of the curtains (I bought it at an emporium for a couple of dollars)
- Wrapping paper – reddish-purple for background and curtains
- Black card for the second half of the title at the middle of the stage
- Tiger masks (emporium)
- A4 sheets with wood pattern for floorboards – Google images / Creative Commons
- Title – I used the title from the previous display
What to do:
- Make the title. Use letters from previous displays or use Word and print new ones. I had to do a bit of ‘crafting’ to create all the letters I needed. A couple of letters were not available but with a bit of imagination, double-sided tape and a pair of scissors I got it sorted…
- Staple the purple/pink wrapping paper to the board. Top and left and right part only
- Cut the red velvet fabric into 10 cm wide strips – 4 on each side
- Cut the pink shiny fabric into 10 cm wide strips – 1 for bordering each curtain
- Fill the spaces between the velvet strips with crunched wrapping paper – staple to the board
- Fill the middle part of the ‘theatre’ with the striped fabric. I stapled it right over the background of the previous display (see photo below)
- If you use letters from previous display titles as I did, get all the titles (or letters) out of the boxes and sort them. I had to craft the A and the plus sign because they were not available. With a little imagination and the help of double-sided tape and scissors I quickly fixed that problem….
- Add the title to the bottom part
- Staple the floorboards to the bottom of the stage
- Cut the curtains to just under the top part of the floorboards
- Staple the striped fabric to the board between the pink curtains
- Staple the masks to the board – I used a series of the same masks but contemplated a variety as well (am still a bit dubious about my choice)
- Staple the fabric in a knot under the tiger’s chin to give it motion
- Put the bookshelves in place and arrange the books on them
This is a great display to show books on art – dance – music – celebrities – theatre – filmstars etc.
Get your creative juices flowing and go ‘on-stage’
Filed under: Animals, Celebrities, Cultural - art, Dance