… this time at the Mother Goose Theatre, ready to be cut out and constructed and complete with a character sheet containing Mary Mary, Tom the piper’s son, Bobby Shaftoe, Miss Muffet, Baby Bunting and a rather voluptuous Bo Peep!
The three A4 printed sheets came with separate instructions, though even with those to guide construction it took considerable making-skills to get everything operating smoothly. I only sent the theatre in sheet form to those I thought would have the talents to construct it, and to all the others I sent the model already made up!
When correctly assembled the toy theatre folded flat into and could be posted in an envelope. However, when tabs either side of the stage were pulled, the curtains parted and a little dog appeared from behind them to chase across the footlights as the scene behind popped into three dimensions. Mother Goose was revealed mounted side-saddle on her bird flying through a starry night sky. The other characters could be set up on or around the stage. It was a pretty enough thing, though my telephone never stopped ringing with all recipients running into trouble while trying to construct it and needing further instruction.
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How do I download it? Thank you.
I made it as a gift for friends, and although I’m happy to show it here, it’s not available as a download.
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i agree whole-heartedly– MYRIAD 😀
and all of it outstanding 😉
Good to see you back Zoe! (-;
Myriad over a lifetime is still myriad. All those pieces of time are still you! Just a little inaccessible!
Sendak and de Paola seem the christening fairies over these.
Quite right. Sendak was definitely on my mind!
Yes, very Sendakian, particularly the animal-suit boys. But the girl in the black dress has a de Paola look.
Now I am thinking that you really must do a children’s book… I am not sure what I like best about Clive Hicks-Jenkins, but it may be that you are MYRIAD. Happy 2nd day of Christmas, Clive!
Thank you Marly. Not sure that I’m ‘myriad’. You have to remember that what you’re looking at here was done a long, long ago, when I had a different career and different interests. I think it’s easier to be myriad over a lifetime! (-;