Classes & Workshops

Build a Giant: Community Puppet Making Workshop Join Jyl Dittbenner of JylDrawsEveryday and Liz Pieroni of Mosaic Art Collective for a hands-on workshop that’s open to everyone. Together we’ll build larger-than-life puppets to march in the Manchester Holiday Parade! Inspired by the towering cardboard-and-cloth puppets of Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater, we’ll learn techniques for making big, bold figures that can be carried or worn. You’ll shape heads and bodies from cardboard, drape them in fabric, and build connection points sturdy enough to last a parade route. You don’t need any experience, just imagination and a willingness to get a little glue on your hands. We’ll provide: cardboard, fabric, glue guns, duct tape, and other glues and building materials. Bring if you have them: extra glue guns, X-Acto knives or box cutters, and spare fabric. An old backpack also makes a great harness for wearing your puppet. Please register in advance so we know how many materials to have ready.