Top 10 best theater for kids for 2024
Finding the best theater for kids suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
Best theater for kids
1. On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids
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Chicago Review PressDescription
Lights, camera, play! With this second edition of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, budding thespians will have fun under the footlights as they choose from more than 125 theater games that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration. Theyll learn all about how to make a stage performance great with improvisational games such as Freeze, Party Quirks,the Yes Game, and Gibberish; theyll make puppets, discover makeup secrets, and design and build a set. This revised and expanded editionfeatures 35 new improvisational games and ready-to-use monologues, scenes, and short plays. Whether playing alone or in a group, everyone can have theater fun with On Stage!2. Melissa & Doug Deluxe Puppet Theater - Sturdy Wooden Construction
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Wooden puppet theater where kids can tap into their imaginations to put on a showFeatures a sturdy, non-tip base, plush curtains, clock, and chalkboard
Encourages motor skills and creative expression
Contains small parts, adult assembly required and age range 3 to 7 years
66 x 132 x 46 cm assembled, 37 x 122 x 9 cm packaged, Graphics may vary
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It's show time! This wooden puppet theater has been designed with a sturdy, non-tip base and plenty of room inside for a puppeteer or two! The stylized theatrical graphics and plush, velvety curtains will inspire creativity and expression in any child. Including a clock with movable hands and a chalkboard panel for playbill information, it's a stage just awaiting imagination!3. Kids' Musical Theatre Collection: Volumes 1 and 2 Complete
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(Vocal Collection). 59 songs, combined in a convenient package (combines book only of Vol. 1 00230029 and Vol. 2 00230031), offering a wealth of theatre music for children. Contents: Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) * Baby Mine (Dumbo) * Be Kind to Your Parents (Fanny) * Bein' Green (Sesame Street) * Born to Entertain (Ruthless) * The Candy Man (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Castle on a Cloud (Les Miserables) * Consider Yourself (Oliver!) * Cruella de Vil (101 Dalmatians) * Dream for Your Inspiration (The Muppets Take Manhattan) * Ev'rybody Wants to be a Cat (The Aristocats) * Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins) * Friend (Snoopy!!) * Gary, Indiana (The Music Man) * Getting to Know You (The King and I) * God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) * Happiness (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) * I Always Knew (Annie Warbucks) * I Don't Need Anything but You (Annie) * I Don't Wantto Live on the Moon (Sesame Street) * I Got the Sun in the Morning (Annie Get Your Gun) * I Know Things Now (Into the Woods) * I Whistle a Happy Tune (The King and I) * I Won't Grow Up (Peter Pan) * I'd Do Anything (Oliver!) * I'm Late (Alice in Wonderland) * I've Got No Strings (Pinocchio) * In My Own Little Corner (Cinderella) * It's the Hard-Knock Life (Annie) * Join the Circus (Barnum) * Les Poissons (The Little Mermaid) * Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy) * Let's Go Fly a Kite (Mary Poppins) * Little Lamb (Gypsy) * Little People (Les Miserables) * Maybe (Annie) * My Best Girl (My Best Beau) (Mame) * My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music) * On the Good Ship Lollipop (Bright Eyes) * Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid) * Put on a Happy Face (Bye Bye Birdie) * Real Live Girl (Little Me) * Reflection (Mulan) * Sing (Sesame Street) * So This Is Love (The Cinderella Waltz) (Cinderella) * Someone's Waiting for You (The Rescuers) * Tomorrow (Annie) * The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen) * We're All in This Together (High School Musical) * When I See an Elephant Fly (Dumbo) * When You Wish upon a Star (Pinocchio) * Where Is Love? (Oliver!) * Who Will Buy? (Oliver!) * With a Smile and a Song (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) * The Work Song (Cinderella) * Wouldn't It Be Loverly (MyFair Lady) * You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile (Annie) * You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) * Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South)4. Guidecraft Wooden Tabletop Puppet Theater - Dramatic Play
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Dramatic play wooden tabletop puppet theater folds for convenient storage for ages 3+Includes a clock with movable hands and two interchangeable marquis signs: Puppet Theatre or a blank chalkboard for original themes
Material: Durable wooden frame, engineered wood signs, and cotton fabric curtains
Educational Focus: Enhances dramatic and cooperative play and encourages creativity
Assembled dimensions: 28"W x 9.5"D x 25.5"H
Includes: Interior puppet storage pocket
Crafted Of: Baltic Birch Solid, MDF, and Fabric
Dimensions: 28"W x 9.5"D x 25.5"H
Folds flat for easy storage
Wooden frame ensure years of safe use
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The Wooden Tabletop Theater has two marquis options; a Puppet Theater and chalkboard for a unique theme! A clock with moveable hands and cotton canvas side curtains and front curtains with Velcro tie-backs enhance the theatrical experience. Features interior storage pocket. Folds flat for easy storage. Wooden frame ensure years of safe use. Adult assembly required. Puppets not included. Ages 3+. 28"W x 9.5"D x 25.5"H5. Broadway Presents! Kids' Musical Theatre Anthology: A Treasury of Songs from Stage & Film, Specially Designed for Young Singers!
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(Vocal Collection). A delightful collection of musical theatre songs that kids love to perform, from a variety of shows. Using original scores, the songs have been selected and adapted with the ranges and skills of young singers in mind. Included in this collection are short summaries for each of the musicals, a dramatic and character set-up for each song, audition tips, and 16-bar cut suggestions. Songs include: All I Do is Dream of You (from Singin' in the Rain ) * Alone in the Universe (Seussical: The Musical) * Be Kind to Your Parents (Fanny) * Big Blue World (Finding Nemo: The Musical) * Consider Yourself (Oliver) * Different (Honk!) * Doll on a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) * The Girl I Mean to Be (The Secret Garden) * Good Morning (Singin' in the Rain) * Green Eggs and Ham (Seussical: The Musical) * Heart (Damn Yankees) * I Gotta Crow (Peter Pan) * I Just Can't Wait to Be King (The Lion King) * I Want It Now (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * It's Possible (Seussical: The Musical) * Johnny One Note (Babes in Arms) * Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid) * Pure Imagination ( Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) * Shy (Once Upon a Mattress) * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mary Poppins: The New Musical) * When I Get My Name in Lights (The Boy From Oz) * Wouldn't It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady) . CD includes accompaniment tracks.6. Creativity for Kids Shadow Puppets Theater
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SHADOW PUPPETS THEATER - Classic play with a fun new twist! Use clip on lights and customize felt puppets to put on your very own puppet show!COMPLETE PUPPET THEATER - This tabletop puppet theater comes with everything you need for your puppet show. Includes: sturdy cardboard theater, 2 LED clip-on lights (batteries included), 12 customizable felt puppets, puppet sticks, stickers, rhinestones, chalkboard marquee and yellow chalk.
TEACHES BENEFICIAL SKILLS - Inspire creativity, boost sensory skills and improve communication skills with imaginative play and storytelling. The Shadow Puppets Theater is a great group activity for ages 6 to 96.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR PUPPETS - Personalize your puppet theater with stickers and design your own puppets with the interchangable and moveable legs, arms and accessories. This open ended activity is completely designed by you and your imagination!
CREATIVITY FOR KIDS - Since 1976, our open-ended products offer fun-filled opportunities for children to create, learn, pretend and explore. This kit contains kid-friendly and non-toxic craft materials.
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Classic play with a fun new twist! The Shadow Puppets Theater comes with everything you need to put on your very own show! Comes with everything you need for your puppet show. Includes: sturdy cardboard theater, 2 LED clip-on lights (batteries included), 12 customizable felt puppets, puppet sticks, stickers, rhinestones, chalkboard marquee and yellow chalk. This open-ended activity is perfect to let your child's imagination shine through. Customize your puppets with interchangable arms, legs and accessories and decorate your theater with stickers and chalk. This puppet theater set is the perfect small group activity that encourages imaginative play and storytelling while building communication and fine motor skills. Tabletop shadow puppet theater measures 11"W x 10" H x 7.5" D. Recommended for ages 6 to 96.7. After-School Drama for Kids: Start your own after-school drama club, group or school with 10 easy steps! First 10 lessons included!
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Kids LOVE role-playing whether it's in front of an audience or just for the fun of it. The advantages to helping children to develop role-playing skills are endless, but to name a few - it helps them to build confidence, self-esteem, creative thinking skills, oratory skills and my personal favorite - empathy. You do not have to have ANY experience with Drama or teaching in order to start your own after-school Drama group, but you DO need to love kids and have a passion for unleashing the imagination! In this book you will find: 1. 10 easy steps to get you fast-tracked into starting your own after-school Drama club or business. 2. Funny (and a few not-so-funny) stories from my own experience running a successful after-school drama business. 3. The first 10 lessons for your first 10 1-hour sessions for a mixed-age group. 4. Bonus chapter on putting on the BIG SHOW. PLUS! An index of dozens of Drama games, ice breakers and more so your classes can always be fresh and fun for everyone!8. Wooden Wonders Mother Goose's Tabletop Puppet Theater by Imagination Generation
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Turn down the lights, draw the curtains and put on a show. Let your imagination take center stage!Artfully designed with nursey rhyme characters and replicates classic theaters of old.
Made with red velvet sliding curtains to emulate a real theater experience.
Includes space under the stage to store props and characters during a performance.
Stands 18 inches tall and is great for aspiring puppeteers ages 3 and up.
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Let Your Imagination Take Center Stage
Your audience is eagerly waiting for the show to begin. Turn down the lights, open the curtains, set the scene, and put on a show! When it's over, be sure to draw the curtains and take a bow! Artfully designed to replicate classic theaters of old, our tabletop theater is adorned with adorable nursey rhyme characters to inspire little ones to bring life to classic stories - or create their own. With a little imagination, the possibilities are endless!
Why You'll Love It:
This theater is a great way to get your little one's creativity flowing and create productions that will make them want to take a bow. Use puppets, dolls or even their own hands to put on one-man shows, or performances with others. It even has space under the stage to store props and characters during performances. Designed with classic nursey rhyme characters and genuine velvet sliding curtains, this tabletop theater offers a grand experience without taking up a grand amount of space. Measuring 18" tall and 16" wide, it's easy to turn nearly any surface into a stage. Since no tools are required, this theater is easy enough to assemble you won't need to hire a set-building crew!
9. 101 Improv Games for Children and Adults
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Used Book in Good ConditionDescription
What is the big deal about improv?
It's fun. It strengthens our imagination, promotes self-confidence, increases spontaneity, promotes teamwork, and it's magic: it creates something out of nothing.
101 IMPROV GAMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS contains the basics: what improv is all about and how to do it, special instructions for how to teach improv to children, plus more advanced training on how to use your voice and body in ways you haven't thought of before. It has helpful hints for creating scenes and environments out of thin air. All this plus 101 games with simple instructions, from easy warm-up games to over-the-top crowd pleasers such as Fairy Tales, Bizarre Games, On Your Toes and Narrative Games.
This is the tenth in the Hunter House SmartFun activity books series, and the first one for adults as well as children. The book is a great resource for educators as well as for the professional actor or the layperson working with improv for fun. The book contains lively illustrations and is easy to use.
Improv is about creating something out of nothing, but a really good improviser can create something great out of nothing. This book shows you how.
It's fun. It strengthens our imagination, promotes self-confidence, increases spontaneity, promotes teamwork, and it's magic: it creates something out of nothing.
101 IMPROV GAMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS contains the basics: what improv is all about and how to do it, special instructions for how to teach improv to children, plus more advanced training on how to use your voice and body in ways you haven't thought of before. It has helpful hints for creating scenes and environments out of thin air. All this plus 101 games with simple instructions, from easy warm-up games to over-the-top crowd pleasers such as Fairy Tales, Bizarre Games, On Your Toes and Narrative Games.
This is the tenth in the Hunter House SmartFun activity books series, and the first one for adults as well as children. The book is a great resource for educators as well as for the professional actor or the layperson working with improv for fun. The book contains lively illustrations and is easy to use.
Improv is about creating something out of nothing, but a really good improviser can create something great out of nothing. This book shows you how.
10. Rubie's Costume Co Colonial Boy Costume, Large
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Great for book reports, history projects, school parades, Thanksgiving pageants, and HalloweenNOTE: Costumes are sized differently than apparel, important to review the Rubie's Child Size Chart to make the best choice for your child
Comes with Hat, Jabot, Pants, vest with attached shirt sleeves
Stockings and shoes not included
Look to Rubie's for history costumes and accessories
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