The Drama Toolbox now offers an exciting range of unique dramatic play hire packs. You can hire soft furnishings and puppets to enhance role play and oral language skills. Packs can be hired for 3 week or 6 week periods.
We have 5 different types of hire packs:
- Fairy tale packs containing puppets and costumes to play out popular fairy tales.
- Dress-ups for home corner based on our drama workshops. (Approximately 6 costumes in each pack)
- Christmas Concert hire.
- Soft furnishings and puppets. Each soft furnishing pack includes 4 European cushion covers and 6 contrast scatter cushion covers in a related thematic print, 3 or more exquisite puppets that tie in with the children’s interest and 2 material wall hangings. This is fantastic for creating stunning home and book corners. Some packs also have additional curtains for creating an enclosed see-through corner. Please note that cushions are not included, only the covers.
- Puppet only hire packs. Up to 13 puppets are available to explore topics of interest.
How It Works
You book your nominated three week hire starting on a Monday and finishing on a Friday. We send off your hire pack on the first day of the hire (Monday) via Australia Post “Express Post” next day delivery (guaranteed next day delivery prior to 5pm). Your box or bag will contain the hire equipment and a checklist. On the 2nd last day, (Thursday) you hand the same box/bag over the Australia Post counter before 4pm with the pre-paid label we prepare for you. That’s it. We wash and maintain the packs.
Interstate Hires
Interstate hires are all 6 week hire periods. You nominate your desired hire period and we will firm up your booking. All hires are required to be paid for including the refundable bond prior to delivery. Additional postage costs will be incurred. We will liaise with you directly on these using Australia Post costs as a guide. The refundable Security Bond is $100 for all interstate hire bookings and is returned to you within 5 working days after the goods are returned to our office using our pre-paid hire system.
2010 Hire costs
3 week hire periods : $140 plus gst
6 week hire periods: $258 plus gst
Bonus hire scheme: $651 (includes gst and bond)
book 4 three weekly hire packs throughout the calendar year and receive the 5th hire free!Refundable security bond: $35 will be returned in 5 working days if pack is returned in good order.
Interstate refundable security bond: $100
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Fairytale Hire packs
Once Upon A Time
Everything you need for “The 3 Little Pigs”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Goldilocks And The 3 Bears”.
Pack includes:
3 Pig hand puppets
2 Wolf hand puppets
1 Red riding cape with hood
1 Grandma’s bonnet & apron
1 Hunter’s vest
1 Goldilocks’ golden cape
1 Large grizzly bear hand puppet
1 Medium grizzly bear hand puppet
1 Baby bear hand puppet
Farm Animal Tales
Everything you need for “The Gingerbread Man”, “Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “Who Sank The Boat”.
Pack includes:
3 Billy goat capes
1 Troll hand puppet
1 Gingerbread man puppet
1 Fox hand puppet
1 Horse hand puppet
1 Cow hand puppet
1 Pig hand puppet
1 Sheep
1 Field mouse puppet
1 Apron
1 Vest
Australian Animals
(Costumes Only For Kinder & Prep)
Everything you need for “Wombat Stew” and “Wombat Divine”.
Pack inlcudes: (All costumes size 6-8)
1 Emu hand glove costume
1 Koala costume
1 Wombat costume
1 Dingo costume
1 Platypus tail costume
1 Echidna costume
1 Blue-tongued Lizard costume
1 Bilby costume
1 Numbat costume
3 Kangaroo tails
Aesops Fables
Puppets from 6 much loved fables teaching values of friendship, truth, caution, contentment & perseverance. Fables include “The Hare And The Tortoise”, “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and “The Lion And The Mouse”.
Pack Contents:
1 Crow hand puppet
1 Lion hand puppet
3 Mice puppets
1 Hare hand puppet
1 Tortoise hand puppet
1 Boy hand puppet
1 Wolf hand puppet
2 Sheep hand puppets
1 Fox hand puppet
1 Goat hand puppet
Dress-up Hire for Home Corner
Under the Sea Drama Workshop Dress-ups
Pack includes: 1 seaweed, 2 rainbow fish tails, 1 dolphin tail and 2 octopusses
Jungle Animals Drama Workshops Dress-ups
Pack includes: 2 jaguars, 2 monkeys and 2 scarlet macaws
Dinosaur Drama Workshop Dress-ups
Pack includes: 2 stegasaurus tails, 2 pteradactyls, 1 set of t-rex teeth and 1 triceratops
Minibeast Drama Workshop Dress-ups
Pack includes: 2 dragonflies, 2 ladybirds, 1 slater and 1 grasshopper
Fantasy Circus Drama Workshop Dress-ups
Pack includes: 1 prancing pony, 2 clown frill collars, 1 trapeze vest, 1 tiger vest and 1 elephant headpiece
Christmas Concert Hire Options
We can provide your centre (in Melbourne metro only) with a range of costume hire options to relieve the end of year pressure. You provide the script, the children and we provide the costumes, which ensures all the children will want to be centre stage!
Each hire pack has up to 30 costumes and you can choose from the following:
“The Animals Christmas BBQ pack” is based on Hiliary Henshaw’s song of the same name. This pack has 10 different Australian animals that you could use for the song, or for acting out unique Australian bush stories. Costumes include emus, kangaroos, joeys, frilled neck lizards, wombats, kookaburras, koalas, platypusses, cockatoos and echidnas, a dingo, a numbat, a bilby and a blue tongue lizard.
Our “Fantasy Circus”, ”Dinosaurs”, “Minibeasts”, “Journey Into Space” and “Under the Sea” drama workshop costumes are also available for your creative script writing. Even shy children will want to be part of the Christmas play with these costumes. (Please note, music and mats are not included.)
Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Soft furnishings and puppets. Each soft furnishing pack includes 4 European cushion covers and 6 contrast scatter cushion covers in a related thematic print, 3 or more exquisite puppets that tie in with the children’s interest and 2 material wall hangings. This is fantastic for creating stunning home and book corners. Some packs also have additional curtains for creating an enclosed see-through corner. Please note that cushions are not included, only the covers.
Butterfly House Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: caterpillar/butterfly, incy wincy spider and sun, ladybug and bee hand puppets and soft furnishings, including a set of 4 tab curtains for making a butterfly house.
On the Farm Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: lamb, pig, rooster, goat hand puppets and soft furnishings
Under The Sea Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: stingray, dolphin, octopus, sea snail hand puppets and soft furnishings
African Safari Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: rhinoceros, elephant, lion hand puppets and soft furnishings
Jungle Animals Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: boa constrictor, iguana, scarlet macaw, orang-utan hand puppets and soft furnishings
Dinosaur Cave Soft Furnishings & Puppet Hire
Pack includes: dinosaur egg, t-rex, pteranadon, velociraptor hand puppets and soft furnishings, including 4 jungle sheer curtains for making a dinosaur cave.
Puppet Only
Me and My Family Puppet Hire
Pack includes: baby, jack russell terrier, guinea pig, lop eared rabbit, yorkshire terrier, brown tabby cat, black and white kitten and mouse in a shoe.
Endangered Species Puppet Hire
Pack includes: Orang-utan, Rhinoceros, Brown Bat, Tiger Cub, Whale, Panda & Bald Eagle.
“We hired the Butterfly House soft furnishings pack. We used the curtains to make an enclosed fairy garden and cubby house. The cushions added a soft and cosy feel. The children embraced their fairy garden whole heartedly.”