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...

While we are still teaching remotely and there are many things we miss by not attending in person, but sometimes it's just the people. ...

Having fun with a green screen while working on a class project for my 6th graders. They have been reading about El Museo de Oro. I told...

Teaching remotely and was asked to do a mini sock puppet workshop for 4th graders! #Dalton #SockPuppet #Remoteteaching #workshop

Thought it would be a good time to make a sock puppet tutorial. I use sock puppets in class and love when my students use them to have...