Ground Nest Fest 2025: Community Puppet Workshop
Family friendly
When
Sat, 10 May 2025. Workshops at 11am and 2pm
Description
Join puppet maker Sue Walpole and craft your very own handmade puppet, bringing to life one of our unique upland species!
Book onto our afternoon workshop as part of our Ground Nest Fest community day. Aimed at children aged 8+, the workshop will allow the children to make their own puppet focused on ground nesting birds or other important species supported by our upland habitats. For example, lapwing, short-eared owl and the common frog.
Sue Walpole is a Visual Artist and international professional lantern puppet maker working with natural or recycled materials with over 20 years freelancing in the creative arts sector as a community, health and wellbeing facilitator. Locally she is currently exhibiting for Manasamitra Waterfall of Kites, Creative Producer for FUSION Barnsley and established artist for Handmade Productions in Hebden Bridge amongst others .
Nature is a big inspiration to Sue’s work and our ground nesting birds featured in her 2024 Culturdale installation Curlew Sickle Moon at IOU Creation Centre Halifax.
Children must be accompanied by a parent, who enter for free. Suitable for children over the age of 8. For parents or carers with more than one child, once a standard ticket has been purchased you are eligible for discounted ‘sibling’ tickets (you can purchase a discounted ticket for each additional child).
On the day
Meet at the Drill Hall, Settle.
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Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WzQgvFPyPtdyMnxf9
What to expect
Two hours of creativity, where your children will be immersed in the world of puppet making. They will create a special memento from ground-nest fest to take away with them.
Facilities
Toilets avaliable.
Fully accessible.
Parking
The nearest car parks are the Marketplace and Greenfoot Car Park.
Further info
Cost: £15-20
This event is part of Ground Nest Fest 2025