Christmas 2018 School Play
Christmas 2018 School Play
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This Christmas, my wife (who is a head-teacher at a local primary school) decided to put on the story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, for the Christmas play. I was tasked with creating some props, including a scythe, Scrooge's armchair, the front door and Tiny Tim's crutch. Here's how I did it...
The chair was based around one of the small, children's chairs from the school. As always, the budget was practically zero. I formed the arms from corrugated cardboard, held in place with gaffer tape. Gum tape was put over this to make the structure stronger and also able to allow the poster paint I was given to adhere.
The rest of the chair was formed from cardboard, screwed to the plastic chair in the middle of the back and seat to make it more stable.
Once the chair was formed, I cut out the inserts for the arms and wings and glued them in place. Then I used split peas, glued on with PVA, to give the impression of brass furniture tacks.
The chair was painted with water-based poster paints, shaded to black in the corners. The tacks were painted with gold. The whole chair was then coated with floor varnish to make it more durable for the performances.
For Marley's appearance as a door knocker, I made Scrooge's front door, with a hole in for a child's head to poke through. The door was made from hardboard and the details were corrugated cardboard. I used a real gate handle in the middle.
Tiny Tim's crutch was made simply from 2 x 1 inch timber with an old tea-towel tied to the handle.
The scythe for the Ghost of Christmas future was made from a broom handle. The blade was more corrugated cardboard and split peas. The paint effect was done by covering the blade with a thick texture, spraying black and then spraying silver, just from the top, to create shadows.
My smouldering, good looks...
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