I was fortunate enough to be a part of the MASS MoCA (the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) Residency Program. Under the tutelage...

This is a Suitcase Crankie theater. I created a story about Mari, a monarch butterfly from the North Fork of Long Island and Lucia, a...

I recently had the opportunity to share my love of puppetry in the language classroom with a group of dedicated teachers on a Saturday...

A few years back, our FLES program and our Music department decided to work collaboratively in a project as a way of welcoming the new...

A one-day puppet bilingual workshop for children 7-12 yrs. old. The workshop was the idea of Jennifer Murray @turtlebackfarm. She wanted...

Again, I have been inspired by Jennifer Murray, whose Instagram account , Turtleback Env Ed Center, I began to follow quite some time ago....

So while I'm not working on any specific workshop, I have to keep learning by making! So I am a fan of Adam Kreutinger's puppet patterns...

I have lived on Long Island, NY all my life and have often seen the carapace of horseshoe crabs littered on the beach. I mostly thought...

As I prepare for more activities for the kids and puppets, I get more and more excited about learning about the animals I am making. I...

This summer, I was fortunate to connect to a camp that focuses on learning about animals and trees around them in a real hands-on way! My...

Joey Velasquez is a puppet I have made as a mini marionette. He is a very popular employee at our school. He is beloved by the students...

So a friend at work asked if I could do a hedgehog puppet for her. What a fun make it was! Who knew you can order hedgehog fur on Etsy? ...

So while doing volunteer work at El Refugio Animal in Costa Rica, I had Miguelito interview a few volunteers, employees and the owner and...

After taking a workshop with Galia Levy-Grad, I learned about crumpled paper art! I am always looking for more to do with kids and...

My 6th graders have been studying animals of Africa, so I decided to make a small Crankie theater with a few choice animals. A few...

While prepping for a celebration of Women's History Month, I decided to research a little more about Malala Yousafzai. I was surprised...

Not a lot of puppetry here but this is a tunnel book I created using Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez. I also wrote an original poem to go...

I took the book by Juana Martinez-Neal and narrated it with small marionettes.

This is a follow-up post. After my students received their puppet I sent them, I created a project for them to put them in action! We...

Thought I would make a little Dr. Fauci puppet in time with the arrival of the COVID vaccine! I plan on interjecting him into my classes...

Cardboard Miniature theater! Using an Amazon box, cardboard & Fridas re-created a scene from Frida Kahlo's diary of her imaginary friend...

Giving a tour of La Casa Azul with the help of a carved mini Frida puppet by famed puppeteer, Hobey Ford. After reading the book, 'Frida...

Working remotely has left me missing some of my puppet fun! This one class I started at the beginning of the pandemic and continued with...