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Transform your bedroom wall into a movie screen filled with colorful characters with a 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 kids will love!

has never been more fun or easy. Get crafty with your little ones at home using easy-to-find household items and watch little imaginations take flight in this creative . Ready?

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗:
✅See-through plastic sandwich bags
✅Colorful markers
✅Masking tape
✅Paper cups
✅Scissors
✅Elastic bands
✅Pictures, cartoons, or stickers of their favorite characters (pro-tip: make sure the paper cup will fit around the outside of each image)
✅Flashlight: you can use the one on your phone!

𝗟𝗘𝗧’𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘:
🦕Secure the cartoon picture or sticker to a flat surface using masking tape. Ask your kiddo to choose their favorite characters, dinosaurs, or hero and tell you why they love them.
✂️Slit the plastic bag down each side with scissors and flatten it out (a job for a grown-up) .
🖼️Lay the plastic sheet over the picture and secure it with more masking tape.
🖍️Let your kid loose with colorful markers, tracing over the character for some good hand-eye coordination, practice. They can be as creative as they like with the colors they choose.
🥤Cut around the bottom of the paper cup so it’s open at both ends. Place the top of the cup around your character, flip it over and smooth the surrounding plastic down the cup. Hold it in place with an elastic band.
🔁Repeat with as many characters as you like!

𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘:
🔦Turn the lights out! Shine your flashlight through the bottom of the cup to project onto the ceiling or the wall.
🎥Give everyone a flashlight and a cup and create a crazy adventure for the heroes, dinos, animals, and their friends to get into.



Let us know if you try it!

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