Chamberlain Xerxes Marsupial
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Presents to you, this visual guide for assembling your Theater.
Please ask a Grownup to review these instructions with you, agreed?
We must begin with the most important instructions of all!
Be careful with all of the tools you use. As my old friend Thermopoleez said to me when we were riding into Rome one rainy day, "Xerxes", he said, " No miniature theatre is worth a cut finger. Don't be a big shot, use a good pair of safety scissors."
Secondly, Have Fun and Take your time! The BEST way to enjoy the building of your theater is by working carefully and slowly. There is no time limit for finishing it and no game clock running.

Please remember that you can make as many mistakes as you would like!
( I certainly did. )
The Pages for all of the theater parts will remain for you to print out again if you need them. And Thirdly, PLEASE remember to Clean Up your building area when you are finished working. Theater building makes a BIG MESS.
( I once left all my tools and scraps behind after I finished, and I was banished from the Kingdom for a week. )

Now then,
Here are the things you will need in order to make your Theater.

1.) The 11 sheets of 8 1/2" by 11" inch full page Peel-and-Stick labels.* ( The Actors can be printed on regular paper.)
2.) A simple classic school ruler
with a metal straight edge.
3.) A GOOD pair of safety scissors. - blunt ends and wide blade guards.
4.) Clear Adhesive tape.
5.) 11 pieces of thin cardboard, large enough to back the theater pieces.		 6.) Some old newspaper pages to spread out and work on.

* Print the Theater Parts onto full sized ( 8.5" x 11" ) peel-and-stick labels. The Avery numbers are 8165 and 8255 for ink jet  -  -  5265 for Laser.   -  These or any equivalent brand should work fine and are available in most office supply chain stores.
Now, I know what you are saying.
You are saying:
"Xerxes, I can get a ruler, safety scissors, full page labels and tape, But where can I get thin card board?"
Well my friend, the answers are:

Poster Board from your local supermarket OR
The fronts and backs of square boxes.

Since Poster Board is sold in many sizes, I shall not be able to say exactly how many you should get, but you will need enough to stick behind 11 sheets of label paper.
Thin poster board is the best material to use, but when I built the Theater for these instructions, I had none. So I used cereal boxes instead.
( They are more difficult to cut, but they are VERY sturdy when finished.)
 

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