Afternoon with an Artist: Kids Edition

Turn ordinary materials into extraordinary characters! Explore creativity through hands on art and storytelling. This puppet-making workshop for children ages 8 – 12 is an opportunity for young creators to engineer puppets using cardboard, paper, boxes, wooden spoons adding a variety of mixed media. While engaging in their puppet-making, I will be encouraging the participants to bring their puppets to life into cast members of their own imagination to tell their stories. Mickey Waring is an art educator, artist, and poet. She teaches children and adults, works in several media, and has published her poems and an online blog. This event is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America’s nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America. This drop off program is for children ages 8- 12, and is limited to 10 participants. Registration closes November 9.