Simple Kid's Lemonade Stand/Puppet Theatre TUTORIAL, A New Pillow and Growth Chart Winner

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2iWV78gJqTdW5LkUGFAAWcUDptyG0ldxsKZAxM-AhftgJwz23tiRt-YQrzD4TEK1BjLQ__nl2I7-cdzXljmJiJDpcPWjAfDeKexeYi4NifGgVNbgYhlosXJi62h0iemgpzmjQzV6ubc/s1600/jjjjtutorialcollagecenter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2iWV78gJqTdW5LkUGFAAWcUDptyG0ldxsKZAxM-AhftgJwz23tiRt-YQrzD4TEK1BjLQ__nl2I7-cdzXljmJiJDpcPWjAfDeKexeYi4NifGgVNbgYhlosXJi62h0iemgpzmjQzV6ubc/s640/jjjjtutorialcollagecenter.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I know you've already seen the <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/lemonade-stand.html">lemonade stand</a>, <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/puppet-theatre.html">puppet theatre</a>, and<a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/ruffled-ice-cream-cones-and-ice-cream.html"> ice cream shoppe</a>, but I am just now finally finishing up the tutorial. After today I promise I won't show any more pictures of this stand. I have to say, though, if you have young kids this is such a fun idea and although it does take a little bit of time, it is really easy! I have definitely made a few projects for them that they quickly lost interest in. This one, though, they have been playing with non-stop and Lillie has a new plan for what it is just about every day! Even some of the neighborhood kids who are a good bit older than her have had fun playing with it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;">Okay so here goes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><b>Here is what you will need:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 piece of wood approximate 4' by 4'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 pieces of wood approximately 1' by 4'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 small hinges</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wood glue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a few nails or screws</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paint or paint pens to write with </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cardboard for signs </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">some long skinny boards for making signs (and for the little brackets)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fabric for curtains (optional)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 hooks (optional)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1 tension rod (optional)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> *a jigsaw or access to one </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*Don't let this throw you off - I didn't own one when I started this project. You probably have a dad, brother, friend, neighbor, etc. that could help with the few basic cuts needed for this project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Oh and I apologize for the awful photos. Many of them were taken either late at night or with my cell phone with my helpers hanging off me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step One:</b> Get your three boards. I used birch which was all that was available when I was making this but I wouldn't recommend it. I cut six inches off the top of my boards so that they were 42" instead of 48" but in retrospect I wish I had kept them 48" high. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuw9Gour6WTPZjvEbwIXBzbvLXzD6pLwhAT9DGYFjkVFzxqjFNN3wz0XW58yRF1IyB9DVk_apoPcF3m8A-rCRmmo6pO0CNvYd9MGsSYCWN1G7Ai64tptF-XS6X7N8q8TvHSF6okyUYkpo/s400/jDSC_1331.png" width="272" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Two: </b>Next give each board a coat of paint on all sides. I first painted mine with Revere Pewter, because that's what I had on hand but I then recoated it with Ballet White later on. Both of those are by Benjamin Moore.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9B9r0gB563BDTW8qgSNucqNYIe8fbyh_jgO57fzwnwsYZMyTOpJzYSGqAGnBrf30Qe6Arn4Tj81McOyueJuM58QDQb0PjK9QcbSGZeZFq8mp4OlfDGbxPMMebUVX-YPCaEUt7g7mDxpM/s1600/jDSC_1333.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9B9r0gB563BDTW8qgSNucqNYIe8fbyh_jgO57fzwnwsYZMyTOpJzYSGqAGnBrf30Qe6Arn4Tj81McOyueJuM58QDQb0PjK9QcbSGZeZFq8mp4OlfDGbxPMMebUVX-YPCaEUt7g7mDxpM/s400/jDSC_1333.png" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Three:</b> Here is where the jigsaw comes into play. I actually brought my center board with me when I went to visit my Aunt Patty and Lauren a few weekends ago and some of their wonderful friends helped me out. Here is Mr. Hove showing me how the jigsaw works. I had always assumed they were really expensive but after learning you could buy a good one for between $50-$100 I promptly went home and purchased one - thank you Mr. Hove! I love it and can't wait to do more projects with it!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBO9qjhir-JIM_8a7IaknyBs_PRCygfmnmurU-5XMFfoOFmYGaTkKS1CkmJvgEl_tkHtHQALguwGxsEUW7WvCit-2Ebj6G-53AQP_1tKO7e-a1yPQM-IIc5ONToHG-2V8wfCPELXpQPTE/s1600/jDSC_1350.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBO9qjhir-JIM_8a7IaknyBs_PRCygfmnmurU-5XMFfoOFmYGaTkKS1CkmJvgEl_tkHtHQALguwGxsEUW7WvCit-2Ebj6G-53AQP_1tKO7e-a1yPQM-IIc5ONToHG-2V8wfCPELXpQPTE/s400/jDSC_1350.png" width="272" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mr. Hove and Mark cutting out the center rectangle. For this I would just recommend deciding what size looks best and then tracing it out on the wood and then start cutting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgZImD84UNos4O_Y8aC63vLorbx_eb17Zt_O5FFrl3IJGc_y6hqX8Je_kN5klC7KRrt7zUw_alZ8rlUacKwxKYYznf3g2ePQQ_633ASU1Jwl6eghN4zayvKClCLrx_xNzugzZua73A90/s1600/jDSC_1341.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgZImD84UNos4O_Y8aC63vLorbx_eb17Zt_O5FFrl3IJGc_y6hqX8Je_kN5klC7KRrt7zUw_alZ8rlUacKwxKYYznf3g2ePQQ_633ASU1Jwl6eghN4zayvKClCLrx_xNzugzZua73A90/s400/jDSC_1341.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is what it should look like now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFy8qRrej6WOcmHgkHCnWLVx-V_aGrJTzfEHX7wBFw5XbOJ2RrPIG8Q7bnR3jegxSPlvawv58xFCQH-Od6JGORxzMjHiiLTMfSgOajHcoU-xRrEiX8_rP3MlBLZY2mnw0QvWEqTP2R2A/s1600/jDSC_1357.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFy8qRrej6WOcmHgkHCnWLVx-V_aGrJTzfEHX7wBFw5XbOJ2RrPIG8Q7bnR3jegxSPlvawv58xFCQH-Od6JGORxzMjHiiLTMfSgOajHcoU-xRrEiX8_rP3MlBLZY2mnw0QvWEqTP2R2A/s400/jDSC_1357.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Four:</b> Now it's time for the hinges. Here are the ones I used. You want to use ones with small screws so that they don't poke through the wood onto the other side. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z4WSDJVSd12w9eOL7OGLcs8YQIhc89CL8KDiY4umcTrCw6mF3FFX4zdLiwLJ5vKtKzUYjXm4yOgogyeRghTvYTI7UZOJZchDIFh6dbCk5EdzrTjwa1pVNWC-9ooeH-qKCCTFy8eUFrI/s1600/jDSC_1359.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_z4WSDJVSd12w9eOL7OGLcs8YQIhc89CL8KDiY4umcTrCw6mF3FFX4zdLiwLJ5vKtKzUYjXm4yOgogyeRghTvYTI7UZOJZchDIFh6dbCk5EdzrTjwa1pVNWC-9ooeH-qKCCTFy8eUFrI/s400/jDSC_1359.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I put mine on each side about a foot from the top and a foot from the bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_zQjmVz6w5nzSMpwZATSV9wKWJo6kJZIilguOwj9jcJSSV7QN_-AI9Z8hpadbWQ4eU80051hR9Ej9hTXlncZcC8olzNPpNC78MT5JCzDOUBC3GeKGDZxLxiuK-PI2RBCTvB83EakRbQ/s1600/jDSC_1360.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_zQjmVz6w5nzSMpwZATSV9wKWJo6kJZIilguOwj9jcJSSV7QN_-AI9Z8hpadbWQ4eU80051hR9Ej9hTXlncZcC8olzNPpNC78MT5JCzDOUBC3GeKGDZxLxiuK-PI2RBCTvB83EakRbQ/s400/jDSC_1360.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I screwed them all in but needed Jon to tighten them. Needless to say, both the girls wanted to help too!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw8HT_vZGvVgA5fvq1IJYGgNzkGwRWytgPsEBCo2WqZDN10ihx6zoBIoMA8kHripsXWetKbB5TFNniu3LQwuGWG-CaCiVikP8-G9Nz3IOFqsW2ZVyYBVeDpwg3FqAULz59edJ2fuon84/s1600/jDSC_1361.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw8HT_vZGvVgA5fvq1IJYGgNzkGwRWytgPsEBCo2WqZDN10ihx6zoBIoMA8kHripsXWetKbB5TFNniu3LQwuGWG-CaCiVikP8-G9Nz3IOFqsW2ZVyYBVeDpwg3FqAULz59edJ2fuon84/s400/jDSC_1361.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is what it should look like at this point. You could actually stop here and it would be completely functional. I wanted to add a bit more detail though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtOxcJa7UpT7NBT3DlGc756M5vgq7YTKvSxabkxg-8q4QBSfaLRsxJ28yjb01uvncuzfLsF5PRAyFQDo018OdR4h9jxI6_SEIJDkKdiwMQpwlOpVuer6tN2SrmbpGxtyybFh0kS137PA/s1600/jIMG_4532.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtOxcJa7UpT7NBT3DlGc756M5vgq7YTKvSxabkxg-8q4QBSfaLRsxJ28yjb01uvncuzfLsF5PRAyFQDo018OdR4h9jxI6_SEIJDkKdiwMQpwlOpVuer6tN2SrmbpGxtyybFh0kS137PA/s400/jIMG_4532.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Five:</b> Next I wanted to make a little shelf and also wanted to make some "feet" for the base to prevent it from tipping forward when Lola was playing with it. I used some of the scrap wood I had left over from another project. First, I marked off the angle I wanted. Then I cut using my new jigsaw. I cut four of these. If I were to do it again I would make the "feet" ones a little bigger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCsf_3Egx3QkCh4UsaQWvyeEAjcF2fFFH-xUI5HovRATDKx-x2537hV49FxaWbapjwI22jquUMsul1WjVGg95IwJzgBkb0Q5d6VwLv-maEN6lsHatCqreF5gFJZo4UabxX68aXGr7xlc/s1600/jDSC_1387.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCsf_3Egx3QkCh4UsaQWvyeEAjcF2fFFH-xUI5HovRATDKx-x2537hV49FxaWbapjwI22jquUMsul1WjVGg95IwJzgBkb0Q5d6VwLv-maEN6lsHatCqreF5gFJZo4UabxX68aXGr7xlc/s400/jDSC_1387.png" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #38761d;">Step Six:</b> Now it's time for the wood glue. I used some on each triangle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhh-ZKqMdT2UtHJdzWf5tIbGb4h469PeO8RGTSB1yr2KWOMHR_X28R1UeCcORHQLeA0iHXT9E6ypjt20cgBadnzFfjnk3zr0hv_GKkMmmbSBn3gz5oiwAz19qityRG984d27IlblZ5yk/s1600/jDSC_1390.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhh-ZKqMdT2UtHJdzWf5tIbGb4h469PeO8RGTSB1yr2KWOMHR_X28R1UeCcORHQLeA0iHXT9E6ypjt20cgBadnzFfjnk3zr0hv_GKkMmmbSBn3gz5oiwAz19qityRG984d27IlblZ5yk/s400/jDSC_1390.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Seven:</b> I then attached them in line with the bottom part of the cutout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVuLccr-B1HZOKoBUpAqbOFfNNodTqev21EAF08m2hcAApLLitAPRsRToioPn7ss2wXfY5Avf1vM3JjgH9ke1-mlGZ4ENRn03HsAPTaCgQ1HLtlBjg5eBsVTxunUv27tKiaJlsaMaQ48/s1600/jDSC_1391.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVuLccr-B1HZOKoBUpAqbOFfNNodTqev21EAF08m2hcAApLLitAPRsRToioPn7ss2wXfY5Avf1vM3JjgH9ke1-mlGZ4ENRn03HsAPTaCgQ1HLtlBjg5eBsVTxunUv27tKiaJlsaMaQ48/s400/jDSC_1391.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Eight:</b> Then I attached them to the base. After a little accident though I ended up also using nails to secure all four of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMP6cUFnFM8X58Ei2cF6o9G4iW7uuoHLfsn080sIltuaCDaWmE29A4dlVtuHwcAdLhODGRTG0GR5m7DiQXHtme6MmWTOf0k1mSBWSddfglAycgfGz01jqyYoFGNJM1d54DvuiD-fi2sQ/s1600/jDSC_1398.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMP6cUFnFM8X58Ei2cF6o9G4iW7uuoHLfsn080sIltuaCDaWmE29A4dlVtuHwcAdLhODGRTG0GR5m7DiQXHtme6MmWTOf0k1mSBWSddfglAycgfGz01jqyYoFGNJM1d54DvuiD-fi2sQ/s400/jDSC_1398.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #38761d;">Step Nine:</b> Now it's shelf time. I used the rectangle cutout from the center board. It already was the perfect width. I then just cut it down to the depth I wanted it to be. You can kind of see my sketch marks here. Then I added some more wood glue and attached it! I forgot to take pictures of that step - sorry! Then I added a fresh coat of paint to the whole thing and it was essentially done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeMPFBQ6a4VHGjpE9KvwpysUFlSev0HRBGMxF77NakSYJUIXmDbJc6on3nvh0ihZFY8wA-fb6uH03F4muyExo8Dz1JnpAjvzQR9rQwMEH433YdwDEuWR1OUOyXId9fpOPzbnUMI5stRk/s1600/jIMG_4533.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBeMPFBQ6a4VHGjpE9KvwpysUFlSev0HRBGMxF77NakSYJUIXmDbJc6on3nvh0ihZFY8wA-fb6uH03F4muyExo8Dz1JnpAjvzQR9rQwMEH433YdwDEuWR1OUOyXId9fpOPzbnUMI5stRk/s400/jIMG_4533.png" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Ten (Optional):</b> This part is only necessary if you want to add a curtain rod. First here are the hooks I used:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0ZuSveXMlK7H2xy8Pa7zmL7ovt6x80Ff2JbNEhg6DjxjM7lcNdO785cng0PaqnSuIWiUZu0p2tzQGi1Ce8uKPoU-pCTSOnvMRapwr_UWeJUK8eFG08q47yIsJUOTSdhneDylF65TPXE/s1600/jIMG_4537.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0ZuSveXMlK7H2xy8Pa7zmL7ovt6x80Ff2JbNEhg6DjxjM7lcNdO785cng0PaqnSuIWiUZu0p2tzQGi1Ce8uKPoU-pCTSOnvMRapwr_UWeJUK8eFG08q47yIsJUOTSdhneDylF65TPXE/s400/jIMG_4537.png" width="272" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just screwed them in to both sides of the window, a couple of inches away from and a little bit above the cutout.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0mnWtd-rzn22MxOzoCRXSvd47Ar9mTw0Jk55cwZCejThk4e3f1_O0_8LBiMSt1jhN8xgu6dBKj1V0BrokG8bMYkLFagYi1RndANTL0-cCO6vdc3cqbCwlgQTPzmoncHCr1zyJHo4y5c/s1600/jDSC_1377.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0mnWtd-rzn22MxOzoCRXSvd47Ar9mTw0Jk55cwZCejThk4e3f1_O0_8LBiMSt1jhN8xgu6dBKj1V0BrokG8bMYkLFagYi1RndANTL0-cCO6vdc3cqbCwlgQTPzmoncHCr1zyJHo4y5c/s400/jDSC_1377.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then I added the tension rod and now it was ready to add curtains if I wanted to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTjB8BKfY9jR6hPwqgXI1Vr5_pbsbxwYflCLfr4AMZ4x1STBWlxrJni9K5sZ68oJ4bOjXzbLPKPrAyyPqBfYs2ArgmNTrga5jv5lXTVumn3RD8VSSn7AyUnkNfDA5otfikC0d9IosjhQ/s1600/jDSC_1379.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTjB8BKfY9jR6hPwqgXI1Vr5_pbsbxwYflCLfr4AMZ4x1STBWlxrJni9K5sZ68oJ4bOjXzbLPKPrAyyPqBfYs2ArgmNTrga5jv5lXTVumn3RD8VSSn7AyUnkNfDA5otfikC0d9IosjhQ/s400/jDSC_1379.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Step Eleven: </b>Finally, I added a few little nails to the front so I could add signs and it was ready to go!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1DOOyFpSegpWqTQc7y7NYX1NciK2csIGZ9Gc5AF0YQ0TX7mUF2Y05rMt_StRCrN9M4yiJ9x4wOHuNZOlYOfkAeJczDaSVS2y9XwM4Iyt1zKZoh8CZDWIjDkDJKPlWZF2Nhp8ZuoVsAg/s1600/jDSC_1393.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1DOOyFpSegpWqTQc7y7NYX1NciK2csIGZ9Gc5AF0YQ0TX7mUF2Y05rMt_StRCrN9M4yiJ9x4wOHuNZOlYOfkAeJczDaSVS2y9XwM4Iyt1zKZoh8CZDWIjDkDJKPlWZF2Nhp8ZuoVsAg/s400/jDSC_1393.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Now it's time for the signs. For the ones that were going to go on top I painted some skinny pieces of wood I had in the garage and wrote a few different things on them. Then I added a simple sawtooth hanger on the back. Some I hung on straight and a couple I intentionally did crooked (like the wooden lemonade sign) to make it look more childlike. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwJJc0VJUfsjrbtswx3jUvXbGWxU20VtZlgvp-7u82MMAiwOp0yy3Nb72YOUiY3mXQPz9jYDd16K7s2wk6u5nWm5JMvXBlZnacYjSBNSz3GlbbZN09ivaQkNCuCpkthbRgBF4JlkMZjU/s1600/jDSC_1382.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwJJc0VJUfsjrbtswx3jUvXbGWxU20VtZlgvp-7u82MMAiwOp0yy3Nb72YOUiY3mXQPz9jYDd16K7s2wk6u5nWm5JMvXBlZnacYjSBNSz3GlbbZN09ivaQkNCuCpkthbRgBF4JlkMZjU/s400/jDSC_1382.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And for the ones on the bottom I mostly used cardboard. (I had one piece of wood that I used but the rest are all cardboard). These Priority Mail boxes work great!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhSSstRkMcDs3tfTWnEJbCJI5F8hqRMPh3qzFNRZntGqHDMOMylWnIv5h4zHVU2YCYHLkURuFBnIzk8kcdOlCqDrv3FJKX8AS4IFYJAOl68rXnhNtl7kkJ1rYsla0tyPQvy3IRWYb_88/s1600/jDSC_2068.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhSSstRkMcDs3tfTWnEJbCJI5F8hqRMPh3qzFNRZntGqHDMOMylWnIv5h4zHVU2YCYHLkURuFBnIzk8kcdOlCqDrv3FJKX8AS4IFYJAOl68rXnhNtl7kkJ1rYsla0tyPQvy3IRWYb_88/s400/jDSC_2068.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I just painted them black (some I used chalkboard paint and some just regular black paint) and then I used both the chalk ink pens and some white Sharpie Paint Pens. The Sharpie Paint Pens were awesome! They went on so smoothly. The only problem was I couldn't erase them when I messed up. And for the ice cream cone I used a mix of leftover paints from the garage.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsWkPu83KQiWoX2Q-w4Hdqmcv6ldBcadIslz6PGTlKG6TXQv3Q9dLa53Yw9bM6ChA1ntkoVi4iYjF5AtS_wpX3S5LMsmEz7nHGLDxjcrDhBaKFRPnB0x7KsKhrZpcTYMQG_wuajFVp0k/s1600/jDSC_2069.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsWkPu83KQiWoX2Q-w4Hdqmcv6ldBcadIslz6PGTlKG6TXQv3Q9dLa53Yw9bM6ChA1ntkoVi4iYjF5AtS_wpX3S5LMsmEz7nHGLDxjcrDhBaKFRPnB0x7KsKhrZpcTYMQG_wuajFVp0k/s400/jDSC_2069.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then for the backs of these I just hot glued some ribbon on the back of them.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEYU5fWRJcciAmCvV4m88-ygfxWCPDCuF1khv3WHLNs_2EVa5yyJS0TJ2EZpd4MS-ZnVW36-bkNJ9aVU3P6UBn0Fo1neTrwZFdf7c-u6Kx_lEkW2vg3Zg74uIw7nfPnzZ6ag3k32a4ZY/s1600/jDSC_2075.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEYU5fWRJcciAmCvV4m88-ygfxWCPDCuF1khv3WHLNs_2EVa5yyJS0TJ2EZpd4MS-ZnVW36-bkNJ9aVU3P6UBn0Fo1neTrwZFdf7c-u6Kx_lEkW2vg3Zg74uIw7nfPnzZ6ag3k32a4ZY/s400/jDSC_2075.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Along with a lemonade stand, ice cream shoppe, and puppet theatre, it has been used for a multitude of other things as well. Lillie's favorite show is Doc McStuffins. We made her a little sign that says Doc McLillie and then downloaded the exact sign "Doc" uses on the show to say whether "the doc is out" or "the doc is in". I have to say this and the ice cream shoppe are definitely Lillie's favorite two uses for it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEwlyUY7yFDhK51osjiSveC9mI-v2FrBCKX4pJKhiG3Tte72Wu_rGtIZhfk7qAn3cmGrQekKmrGQi5QgvGj-iLG-mgj6Do8C_mjWJt992iNKUF_LB93S-kUUWAl15RWE4rB3DYz4n238/s1600/jdoc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEwlyUY7yFDhK51osjiSveC9mI-v2FrBCKX4pJKhiG3Tte72Wu_rGtIZhfk7qAn3cmGrQekKmrGQi5QgvGj-iLG-mgj6Do8C_mjWJt992iNKUF_LB93S-kUUWAl15RWE4rB3DYz4n238/s400/jdoc.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It is also a regular doctors office, a grocery store and a toy shoppe, just to name a few!  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKAJSaJLoxN3Wjb11YudgTMHln1MdrI7rpVmF66rM6FAxuHDQyBysfI90YV3bvsYqeSclaCB8sG_8kXNU-a57QEScZdv2Nhnbuxe5wgd9tzXuagi6JctmwJufP_YfkMzHW73TaRBrz-A/s1600/jdoctors.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKAJSaJLoxN3Wjb11YudgTMHln1MdrI7rpVmF66rM6FAxuHDQyBysfI90YV3bvsYqeSclaCB8sG_8kXNU-a57QEScZdv2Nhnbuxe5wgd9tzXuagi6JctmwJufP_YfkMzHW73TaRBrz-A/s400/jdoctors.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And there you have it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24kdA0cjqOh8yij-O8QBRxjIk8FMVbcUsJVMhmrRA7geZkViCiCMd6I1XqiA0hK85If41oo5TgOegJYHSovBWkxSeck2xEs24LGlixW7O826JVBj1UOd7Uz5RyVrsxdniC79UNJFClDc/s1600/jjjtext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24kdA0cjqOh8yij-O8QBRxjIk8FMVbcUsJVMhmrRA7geZkViCiCMd6I1XqiA0hK85If41oo5TgOegJYHSovBWkxSeck2xEs24LGlixW7O826JVBj1UOd7Uz5RyVrsxdniC79UNJFClDc/s640/jjjtext.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> If you would like to see the full pictures of the <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/lemonade-stand.html">lemonade stand</a>, <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/ruffled-ice-cream-cones-and-ice-cream.html">ice cream shop</a>, or <a href="http://www.dearlillieblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/puppet-theatre.html">puppet theatre</a> just click on the words and it will bring you to the full post on each of those. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will try to do a tutorial next week on how I write some of the words. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, I wanted to introduce our <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/1776-laurel-18x18-pillow-cover-in-blue-and-white">newest 1776 pillow</a>, a white ink on 100% navy colored linen.  They are <a href="http://www.dearlillie.com/product/1776-laurel-18x18-pillow-cover-in-blue-and-white">for sale now</a> in our shop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Simple Kid's Lemonade Stand/Puppet Theatre TUTORIAL, A New Pillow and Growth Chart Winner

 I know you've already seen the lemonade stand , puppet theatre , and ice cream shoppe , but I am just now finally finishing up the tut...

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