Pencil Box Theatre was a half-hour program for children produced in Ottawa, featuring stories written by children. Productions involved a wide range of techniques, including puppets, mime, masks, and animation. Actors performed in black limbo sets and were electronically keyed into cutout sets representing the creation of schoolchildren. Many of the stories, which came mostly from kids age eight to twelve, involved ghosts and monsters and disasters, but others combined elements of the everyday with the fantastical. The puppets Bolo Bat, Stubby Pencil, Miffy Skunk, and Clara Cactus appeared in the show, providing continuity between skits. Interviews with children were also included.

For the first half the final season, Pencil Box aired as part of the weekday program package, For Kids Only.