Finch puppet math

Here she is!!!!

"Do the math"  You hear it all the time.

The reason people have to say it, is that it's usually scary if you actually do the math.

"Numbers don't lie"  You hear that all the time, too.  And it's true. 

Here are the finch numbers:

12 shows and 3 tech rehearsals, making 4 finches each night (one is an extra, in case one pops)

and 4 sets of 3 finches for rehearsals yields 100 finches!  Yep, during the course of 2 months, we'll make an entire flock of finches!

What does it take to make 100 finches, you ask?

700 ft of 3/4" tape 

17 ft of 1/2" double stick tape

2 tape dispensers (it's a 2 person job, and we have to make them fast)

1 package construction paper

100 ft black upholstry thread

1 pair scissors for cutting the thread and...

350 yards of string

1/4 yard of white material for the beaks, cut with

1 pr pinking sheers

16   3/16" dowels painted black with

1 quart cheap flat black paint and foam brushes

oh yeah, 

and 150 body balloons (extras, because some WILL pop while being made)

150 head balloons (ditto extras)

500 wing balloons (ditto extras, long clown balloons, 4 for each finch)