Juniper Tree Puppets Blog and Story Resources

A Seasonal Story for Autumn Telling - Mother Autumn is Coming.. a sweet Protection Story for young children

October 10, 2020

Mother Autumn is Coming Down by the golden grasses where the cottonwood trees grow tall and strong, the water on the pond is rippling. Brot...

mother autumn story for you children protection story - autumn

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Mother Earth Puppetry

August 16, 2020

Mother Earth Puppetry Mother Earth stands consistently behind the earth’s yearly cycle. I have said if you only have one puppet for the very y...

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Celebrate the Creative - forest fire smoke keeps us inside today

August 14, 2020

What do you do when the forest fires make the air unhealthy to breathe and you have to stay inside on a summer's day? Nana gets out the puppetry l...

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Celebrate the Creative - Adventure Sticks and Tree Forts

August 06, 2020

Celebrate the Creative - Adventure Sticks and Tree Forts Every nature journey has a story, and creating Adventure Sticks deepens the wonder and mem...

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playing with pipe cleaners - story sparks

Celebrate the Creative - Story Sparking - Nana's Puppet Making Bin

July 01, 2020

Celebrate the Creative - Story Sparking - Playing with Pipe Cleaners - It is a fun day when Nana goes into her storage room and brings out a ...

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The Worker Characters in Story

May 30, 2020

Worker Stories - Activities of Life Meaningful purposeful work can be a potent antidote for a child to help balance the overwhelming nature of te...

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Celebrate the Creative - Grass Dolly Puppets.

May 27, 2020

Early one sunny morning we walked to our nearby nature preserve to listen to the peepers. We went on the far side of the pond where the reeds were...

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Celebrate the Creative - Summer Sun Shadow Shows!

May 27, 2020

Yesterday, we had a backyard picnic, as my grandson and I are still 'sheltering at home'. I put my big umbrella on the ground to give us extra sha...

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Celebrate the Creative - A Child and His Pond.

May 15, 2020

Green is the color of harmony, and to immerse oneself in the green of nature is very healing and balancing. So my grandson and I head out to take i...