Wood dough girdle puppet workshop in Crouy-sur-Ourcq

Activity description :

1. 5 hours
2. Up to 8 people
3. From 8 years old

Welcome to a pretty country house with a garden for this 3-day workshop (10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm), offering you the opportunity to create a woodpaste girdle puppet from A to Z. Valentina will guide you through the creation of your puppet and give you all the advice you need.

Workshop schedule (5 hours over 3 days) :

• Modeling of head and hands
• Cutting the sheath (puppet costume)
• Sewing or gluing
• Painting the head and hands.
• Assembly phase to finalize the puppet.
• Introduction to manipulation: guided manipulation exercises and stage expression.
• Writing of a short collective or individual story to be staged.
• Presentation.

Create an immersive moment in a bucolic setting, where everyone can explore puppet construction and manipulation, invent stories and act them out.