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Family Ramble and Spring Puppet Play
A few days after the Spring Equinox, I led my maiden WalkCT Family Ramble at Brooksvale Park. WalkCT is a program of the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, the oldest conservation organization in...
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Mama Hen and Little Chick
I made this Mama Hen and Little Chick for a sweet puppet story I told at the Spring Wonder of the Woods Walk, a WalkCT Family Ramble. The story, adapted from a puppet play performed by Suzanne Down at...
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Needle-Felted Lady Spring
My Lady Spring is dressed in green, She wears a primrose crown, And little baby buds and twigs Are clinging to her gown; The sun shines if she laughs at all, But if she weeps the raindrops fall....
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Needle-Felted Owl Puppet and Very Busy Spider Puppet Play
Last fall, I told the story of The Very Busy Spider as a puppet play at our forest kindergarten co-op. It’s a sweet, simple, repetitive story that translates well into puppetry. I felted a black spider...
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Felted Summer Fairy and Summer Solstice Wishes!
Happy Summer Solstice! To celebrate Midsummer, I made a wet-felted toadstool house and little needle-felted Summer Fairy. We are celebrating the Solstice with a potluck picnic tomorrow with a puppet...
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Felted Toadstool House
This wet-felted toadstool house was a long time in the making! I wanted to share how I made it, and there are tons of photos because I find them so helpful on others’ project blogs. Last fall, I tried...
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Mother Rod Puppet Workshop With Suzanne Down
I have kept tabs on the workshops of Suzanne Down and Juniper Tree Puppets for years, hoping she would travel close enough to Connecticut for me to attend one, and this year it finally happened! Hosted...
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Mother Earth and Her Autumn Blanket: Puppet Play and Felted Story Mat
I love this time of year, when Mother Earth calls back all of her children: the leaves, the bugs, the root babies… This little story, wonderfully simple as a puppet show, is my favorite to share with...
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A Gnome-Themed Birthday Party
For M’s fifth birthday party, we invited several friends over to celebrate. In years past, we kept birthdays a family affair, but 5 seemed like a good age to start sharing the celebration with...
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Spring Is Coming: A Sweet Story and Song for Spring and Easter
At long last, Mrs. Thaw is busily working outside our window. It’s early March, in like a lion, the fascinating time of year when it snows in the morning and you’re out playing without a coat in the...
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