1. A large, strong cardboard box (try your local supermarket).
2. Three wooden dowels and one larger wooden rod. Dowel is a special kind of round wood, like a pencil, which you can buy from a hardware store.
3. A selection of coloured card, paper and other materials as decorations.
5. One large piece of red felt.
6. Some coloured tissue paper.
7. A few small torches, if you can borrow them.
8. Some acrylic paints and paintbrushes.
9. Some sticky tape, a pair of scissors and some glue.