Scenery... it sure will be nice to move these to the theater and get our garage back :)

Counting House flat #1

Counting House flat #2

Counting House door with calendar

Scrooge's bedroom flats

And... another sign for A Christmas Carol. So much more fun than working on starting homeschool again in 2 weeks. The best part? My 9-year-old painted the background by himself.

Old Josephine's sign for her sales cart

A Christmas Carol - Cast Iron Coal Stove Prop

Cast Iron Coal Stove prop!  Maybe weighs 1 lb.  A whole lot lighter than the real thing.  Total cost $6.

No glue in the glue gun - just melt foam with tip.

Scrooge and Marley Counting House Sign Prop

Sign for interior of Scrooge's Counting House

Pink foam insulation.

Paint board light gray with misc. other colored streaks.

Print lettering on multiple sheets of paper.
Tape sheets together.

Add sheets to board, tacking into place with pin.
Poke pin around all lettering & designs.

This is what it looks like when you're finished poking...

Paint within pin marks.

Almost finished!

Make a frame with extra foam pieces.  Paint dark color.
Glue onto sign with Gorilla Glue.

Voila!

Charles Dickens's Violin Prop

Helpful hint: when creating a foam cutting tool from pvc pipe, an old guitar string, and an old power cord, you may want to consider using a surge protector instead of plugging directly into a wall outlet.  It's a bummer to have to replace all of your kitchen outlets from fry-out.  Not that I know.  <gulp>

The graveyard begins...

Thick pink insulation foam, hot glue gun (without any glue in it) to carve the engraved designs, paint, lint from the dryer colored with green & black paint. Easy peasy.  Except that dinner isn't done and laundry needs to be folded.