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The first thing we're going to do is take our corrugated paper and cut it into strips
and these are going to be attached together to make our picture frame border that's going
to be placed on the base of the stage. So we go ahead and cut along the lines of the
corrugated paper and it's also important to cut along the lines so that we can put the
skewer sticks inside, they'll go right inside the holes. So we want to cut it so that the
corrugated paper, the lines are running the length of the strips. And we try to make them
the same size so once you have one strip made, you can go ahead and lay it on top of the
paper and go ahead and cut it along the same, make it the same width. Each strip should
be about eighteen inches long.
And once we have four strips made, we'll be able to fasten them at the corners and this
will make our border for the stage. Now the corrugated paper, the color that I'm using
is white, so that enables me to decorate it. You can cover it with a piece of cloth, felt,
or any type of material, or you can actually use markers and paint and decorate it that
way, depending what you want to do with your theater. If you want to keep it one theme
for one type of show, then you can put specific decorations for the same theme of the show.
But if you just want to keep it as a stage for multiple types of puppet shows, then you
might just want to color it with solid colors and just to make it look nice. So that's an
option that you have after you've cut the strips, you have the option to decorate it
as well. So once we have our four strips, we'll be ready to attach them together to
make the border that's going to sit on the base of the stage.