Props, Scenery, Costumes and Makeup: Out door set

Out door set

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Topic: Out door set

Posted By: GoldCanyonLady
Subject: Out door set
Date Posted: 10/11/08 at 10:56am

We are doing our first play in which the setting is out of doors (Faith County). I have a back drop and a tree but it is a fake tree in a pot. I would like to find some bushes or some sort of greenery to put around the pot to hide it. Does anyone have any idea where to get them?

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Barb Hofmeister,
MountainBrook Village Players, Gold Canyon, Arizona.

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Posted By: drose
Date Posted: 10/11/08 at 1:22pm

Any major arts and crafts store will carry silk plants. Some fabric and craft stores carry them too. You can probably also order them online from the same stores. Here in the west, JoAnn Fabrics and Michael's (craft store) are probably the easiest choices. Both of these stores have great coupons every week or so (40 to 50% off a single item or cut of fabric)

Posted By: belle
Date Posted: 10/12/08 at 5:28am

Here are a couple of ideas that have worked for us.

One traditional approach is the ground row. It's a cardboard cutout only a foot or so high and 18"-24" wide. Paint it in shades of green to look like a bush. Make an uneven top (like the top of a bush) on the cutout. Hold it up with a short wooden L brace (made with 1 x 4s and with the cardboard stapled to it) and a small sand bag. You can make 2 or 3 of different heights and widths and set them around the base of the fake tree and in front of the flat in other places. They give dimension to the set and don't take up much room. (Remember to paint both sides of the cardboard so it won't bow.)

Alternatively, any greenery (stems of silk or plastic leaves or strings of fake ivy) you have or can buy at garage sales can be grouped or twined around the pot to cover it. This works well if you don't have to change the set.

You can also hide the pot using fake stones made of chicken wire and paper mache.