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Hi I am Beckie, author of Infarrantly Creative, where I transforms roadside finds into treasures for my home. I dubbed my quest Roadkill Rescues. I would love to share one with you today. I turned an old hutch into a puppet theater/snack shop for my kids…
It seems there is a never-ending supply of the hutch part of dressers at Goodwill, thrift stores and on the side of the road. After driving by this baby for days I finally hauled it into my mini van totally unsure of what I would transform it into.
After I cleaned it I took off the backer board. It wasn’t stable enough to handle my crazy kids so I knew I had to stabilize it somehow. I got out some scraps of plywood and measured the width of the hutchy thing and that is how wide the top of my parallelogram is. Then I widened the bottom to give it the stability it needed.
Using a circular saw, I cut out two of them and screwed them into the sides of the hutch and I achieved the stability it needed.
Then using a 5/8″ drill bit I drilled holes in the sides and inserted a 5/8″ dowel rod (cut to size) for the curtains to hang from.
Then I decided to to use the backer board as a chalkboard on the front. I cut it down using a utility knife since it was just a thin wood composite. After primering it and painting it with chalkboard paint I nailed it in place with thin brad nails.
and a snack shop…
You don’t need a hutch type thing for this project. Any small book shelf would work. This one I used an old laminate shelf and just propped it up higher.
Bookcases are perfect for this project because you have the shelves in the back to store stuff…
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April says
So adorable! I love that it is multi-functional too!
Daisy says
This is such a great idea! I love that it can be both a puppet theater and a snack shop. Great DIY idea!
connie says
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME! Have been wanting one forever and NEVER imagined using a hutch. Perfect! Will be doing.
Kaycee says
This may be the coolest ‘homemade’ play thing ever!!! *Wishing I were little again…* Going to be making this for my God-daughter when she is big enough!!!