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The Doll Cafe - A Good Tale to Tell When Wet Felting with Young Children! by Suzanne Down

The Doll Cafe - A Good Tale to Tell When Wet Felting with Young Children! by Suzanne Down

In this little tale, the innocence of a girl's play is threatened by a force in nature. Raven is hungry, and thinking he spots something good to...
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Sweet Autumn Tale - The Acorn Shop

Sweet Autumn Tale - The Acorn Shop

I lived in the Arizona desert for a time and became friends with the Javalina, Jack Rabbit, Desert Bunny and the Woodpeckers.  It took me a long ti...
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The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

The End of Summer Picnic - A Story

Summers as a child, and for my children as well, were spent outside in nature. There was time to linger with things that captured our interest, ...
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A Summer Tale - Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

A Summer Tale - Frog and Rose by Suzanne Down

When I was young my dad would take me by the hand in the early evening of a summer night. We walked down the path to the rose garden, which was ...
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How the Rooster Got His Red Crown - a tale from China adapted for puppetry

How the Rooster Got His Red Crown - a tale from China adapted for puppetry

 All of us love a good rooster tale, so robust in posture and song.  Here is one that makes a great puppet show, and inspires and delights the chil...
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A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

A Nursery Rhyme Story sparked by Hickety Pickety My Black Hen

 Hello friends, here is a little intro to Nursery Rhymes becoming Stories for Puppetry! The Nursery Rhymes are true verse from literature that have...
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What if Winter Stays too Long - Seasonal Transition Stories

I love the 'in-between' stories, the seasonal tales that weave season to season.  Children love them too, and they help connect children to the l...
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Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

Mother Earth and the Thaw Fairies - A Sweet 'End of Winter' Tale

We have had so much snow this winter, it has been white white for months, and some days it is breathtakingly beautiful, and some days I sigh, deepl...
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Summer 2023 Professional Development Courses Online

Summer 2023 Professional Development Courses Online

So happy to announce our Summer Pro-D Online courses for 2023!  They all have start dates and timeline, but you can work on them at your own best t...
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Gnome's Candlestick - A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas

Gnome's Candlestick - A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas

The Gnome’s Candlestick A Delightful Puppet Tale for Candlemas Day  One dark and misty morning in late winter, Gnome was out early walking along...
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A Peek at Puppetry for Babies and Tots

A Peek at Puppetry for Babies and Tots

A Peek at Puppetry For Babies and TotsWe love to see a mother lovingly holding a baby on her lap playing with a nursery rhyme puppet.  They are d...
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Enlivening Puppets with a Sense of Place - the Wonder of Animals

Enlivening Puppets with a Sense of Place - the Wonder of Animals

  In a recent 'introduction to therapeutic puppetry' course, we dove into some of the fundamentals that make puppetry healing and therapeuti...
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