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How do I Build Props For Church Dramas?

With a little imagination and creativity, any church on any budget can create settings for a drama using simple props. Good props don't have to be expensive, they just have to help set the mood or communicate certain character traits. You can start by looking at what the church already has and asking church members if they have any of the items you need for the drama. Goodwill stores often prove to be an invaluable resource for cheap and unusual items as well.

Things You'll Need

  • Fabric
  • Canvas
  • Paper
  • Thin wood sheet
  • Styrofoam
  • Potted plants
  • Rocks
  • Chairs
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Instructions

    • 1

      Incorporate items that are already on the stage into your drama. For example, you can use the pulpit as a store counter.

    • 2

      Drape pieces of fabric on the wall and furniture to turn them into stage settings. For example, you can use rugs as backdrops and cover music instruments with fabric to turn them into tables or sculptures. Drape a white sheet on a row of chairs to turn them into a hospital bed. Use metallic fabric to indicate luxury, for example a gold-colored fabric on a chair as a throne.

    • 3

      Draw the setting on a big piece of canvas or paper pasted on a thin sheet of wood if you have plenty of time and many helping hands. This could take a lot of time, but you can use this for future dramas as well.

    • 4

      Use large Styrofoam pieces as partitions and walls. For example, if you want to show what happens in two places in the same scene or you want to show the characters moving to another place.

    • 5

      Place potted plants and rocks on the stage to indicate outdoor scenes.

    • 6

      Place furniture pieces on the stage if they will help set the mood. For example, a bench for scenes in the park or a rocking chair for scenes in an old house.

    • 7

      Use old items such as oil lamps or clay urns for scenes set in biblical times. Provide hand props for the characters to carry to indicate their personalities. For example, old people can carry walking sticks and high school girls can carry pink handbags.

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