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Hand made puppet shows & workshops

Workshops

  • Suitable for: Families, groups, teams, events, team-bonding days, and more.

  • Tailored to You: We customize every experience to match the age of participants and the group size.

📞 Contact us for details and bookings!

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Marionette Workshop - Puppets on Strings

Creating Magic: From an Immersive Show to Your Own Puppet

Join us for a time of creativity and connection through the world of puppetry!

We will begin our time together with a wordless wooden marionette show that bypasses language and speaks directly to the heart. Right after the performance, we will start the workshop: each participant will build their very own unique marionette and learn step-by-step how to move it and bring it to life.

A Personal Keepsake: At the end of the workshop, every participant takes home their own unique puppet.

  • Suitable for: Adults, teens, and children ages 8 and up (younger children with adult supervision).

  • Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours.

סדנאות מריונטות
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Caterpillar Marionette Workshop

Creating Magic: From a Captivating Show to Your Own Puppet

Join us for a time of creation and connection through the world of puppetry!

We will open our gathering with a mesmerizing, wordless wooden marionette show—a performance that bypasses language and speaks directly to the heart. Immediately after, we will enter the workshop: each participant will build their own one-of-a-kind marionette and learn step-by-step how to bring it to life.

  • A Personal Keepsake: By the end of the workshop, every participant takes home their own unique puppet.

  • Suitable for: Adults, teens, and children ages 8 and up (younger children must be accompanied by an adult).

  • Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours

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Glove puppet workshop

Creating a puppet is more than just art—it is a gateway to connecting deeply with our inner world, offering a unique way to give it a warm, touching, and visual expression.

What Awaits You in the Workshop?

  • Personal Design & Creation: Each participant will craft their own unique puppet using an inspiring collection of materials, textures, and colors to ignite your imagination.

  • Techniques for Every Level: We will explore diverse crafting techniques suitable for everyone—from absolute beginners who have never touched raw materials to art enthusiasts looking for a creative challenge.

  • Breathing Life into Puppets: Learn how to operate and bring your puppets to life through subtle gestures, movement, and expression.

  • The Stage Experience: An exciting opportunity to perform in pairs inside a puppet theater, with backstage setup and lighting!

A Personal Keepsake: At the end of the workshop, every participant takes home their own unique puppet.

Duration: 2.5 to 3 hours of creativity, connection, and joy.

Suitable For: Adult groups, team-bonding days, birthdays, corporate teams, as well as families (children under 8 with adult assistance).

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Finger puppet workshop

Creating a puppet is a gentle and profound way to connect with what is inside us and give it shape, color, and character.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will create a personal finger puppet combining a wooden body and a fabric head. Using a wide variety of inspiring materials and crafting techniques, the workshop is tailored for all skill levels—from first steps in the world of craft to an enriching artistic challenge.

  • A Personal Keepsake: At the end of the workshop, every participant takes home their own unique puppet.

  • Who Is It For? Adult groups, team-bonding days, corporate teams, birthdays, and family events (children under age 8 with adult assistance).

  • Duration: Approximately 2 hours.

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Pipe cleaner puppet workshop

Creating a puppet is a gentle and profound way to connect with what is inside us and give it shape, color, and character.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will sculpt and design a unique, original puppet using pipe cleaners and a rich selection of complementary crafting materials.

Using accessible crafting techniques, the workshop is suitable for all levels—no prior experience required.

  • A Personal Keepsake: At the end of the workshop, every participant takes home their own unique puppet.

  • Who Is It For? Adult groups, team-bonding days, corporate teams, birthdays, and family events (children under age 8 with adult assistance).

  • Duration: Approximately 1.5 hours.

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Flying bird workshop

We will draw, cut, color, and attach a bird that flaps its wings when a string is pulled.

Workshop for ages 5 and up (under 5 - accompanied by an adult)

Duration: approximately 45 minutes

סדנאות ציפור
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Finger puppet and clothespin workshop

We will color and cut out puppets (characters from the play Elcha's Journey to the Land of Humans).
We will make puppets with toed legs, puppets with an opening mouth, or stick puppets from them.

Age: From age 3
Duration: approximately 45 minutes

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Following the puppeteer's craft
With an emphasis on woodwork

:Following the puppeteer's craft
With an emphasis on woodwork

:Three-part workshop:
1. Watching a wordless wooden puppet show.
2. A conversation with many demonstrations and surprises about the craft of puppetry (with an emphasis on woodworking)
3. Marionette creation workshop
For grade 3 and up.
Duration - approximately 3.5 hours

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Shadow workshop

We will begin with a short puppet show to demonstrate the use of shadow theater, then get down to work: we will make our own shadow puppets and perform with them.
Adapted to the age of the participants.

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Most of the Photographs were taken by Jonathan Kandelman
With great thanks to my dear teacher Master Puppeteer Bernd Ogrodnik
רוב התמונות צולמו על ידי 
שתחת הדרכתו נבנו הבובות והרבה יותר
 בהוקרת תודה למורי היקר רב-בובנאי  
Bernd Ogrodnik
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