Puppetry Workshops

A painted autumn cornfield where a barefoot boy in a golden crown carries a wooden sword and round shield at the head of a procession of children bearing a long green cloth dragon on poles, a small chapel on the hill behind.

Michaelmas

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted autumn lane at dusk, copper trees overhead and drifts of fallen leaves underfoot, two children walking away up the track with an armful of leaves lifted.

October

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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November

Martinmas and Thanksgiving — carrying the light and the cloak of kindness. Storytelling scripts, lantern crafts, gratitude verses and a shared harvest meal.

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A painted cottage kitchen where a little black pot on the hearth overflows with golden porridge that pours across the floor and out into the village street, a girl stepping back with her hands lifted and her mother beside her.

Sweet Porridge

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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A painted river in high summer where Lucia Zenteno sits combing the water back out of her long black hair with a mesquite comb, her iguana beside her, fish and otters streaming back into the riverbed while villagers watch with lowered heads.

The Woman Who Outshone the Sun

A Zapotec legend of the river and radical hospitality — table-theater scripts, silk dye crafting, water table verses and parent reflections.

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A painted stable at night, the newborn child in a rough manger with the light rising out of him, Mary bending near and Joseph beyond, the ox and ass in shadow, shepherds arriving at the stable mouth and a great star low over the roof.

The First Christmas Light

One spark in the lengthening dark — table-theater scripts, beeswax candle making, Advent spiral guides, window star templates and winter songs.

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Turlutin

The hidden life of meadow and stream — table-theater scripts, silk and wool sprite crafting, nature table guides and outdoor sensory activities.

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A painted stone tower room by lamplight, heaped straw turned to gold, a young woman risen from her spinning wheel with the spun thread looping around her and a cradle safe beside her, a small figure in a pointed cap stamping in the shadowed corner.

Rumpelstiltskin

The power of naming what we fear — table-theater scripts, hand-spinning and drop-spindle tutorials, golden straw crafts and parent reflections.

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A painted winter field under a vast night sky where a barefoot girl in a thin shift stands with her arms open and her head tipped back as stars fall around her as bright coins, gathering in the shift she holds out.

The Star Money

Generosity and the release of scarcity — table-theater scripts, silk-and-wool standing puppets, starlight lantern crafts and parent reflections.

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A painted spring forest edge at early morning where the youngest brother reaches up to take a small axe that hangs chopping a hollow pine by itself, a spade in his belt and a walnut in his fist, his two elder brothers climbing away up the path behind him.

Boots and His Brothers

Curiosity and reverence unlock the true treasures — table-theater scripts, needle-felted templates, woodworking and nature guides, parent reflections.

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A painted birch forest in late summer, a great woven basket of pirozhki close in the foreground with a girl in a red kerchief folded inside it, and a good natured brown bear shouldering that basket along the path.

Mashenka and the Bear

Resourcefulness and calm problem-solving — table-theater scripts, needle-felted character templates, hearth-baking recipes and parent reflections.

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A painted blacksmith's forge in deep winter with the doors open to a white morning, a little grey pony standing patient with one hoof lifted, a small boy holding its halter and the smith bending at the anvil with a glowing shoe in his tongs.

The Little Grey Pony

Perseverance and honouring every humble craft — table-theater scripts, needle-felted pony guides, blacksmith circle verses and parent reflections.

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A painted cottage larder in late winter, a small mouse in an apron sweeping the hearth in the foreground while behind her a round grey cat stretches up to the crock of winter fat on a high shelf with one paw hooked over the rim.

Cat and Mouse

Discernment and keeping promises — table-theater scripts, silk and wool character crafting, circle game verses and parent reflections.

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A painted wooden bridge over a stream in spring spate, the great third billy goat close in the foreground with his horns lowered, the middle goat mid plank, the smallest already kicking up its heels on the far bank and a shaggy troll blinking out from the shadow beneath.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Courage, timing and discernment at the crossing — table-theater scripts, movement verses, bridge crafting and watercolour exercises.

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A painted cottage garden where an old man, an old woman and a small girl bend together over an enormous pale gold turnip half out of dark earth, a dog, a cat and a mouse beside them.

The Enormous Turnip

Even the smallest effort matters — puppet play scripts, rhythmic movement games, wool-felted turnip crafts and harvest recipes.

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A painted June garden in strong afternoon light, a girl at a low threshold holding a full blown rose out in both hands and half turned away, other children behind her forming a linked ring on the grass, roses heavy on the wall.

Outdoor Meet up: Closing Rose Ceremony: Festival Schedule

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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A painted interior where an older child kneels to place a deep pink rose into the cupped hands of a smaller child, other children gathered softly behind in warm window light.

Opening Rose Ceremony

A cherished Waldorf milestone — a living ritual marking the transition into the new school year.

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A painted road at dawn where many people walk together into rising light, hands linked, a man in the foreground carrying a small child who looks back over his shoulder.

Civil Rights

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted green hillside in March, a boy coming down the slope with shamrock at his shoulder and green ribbons lifting, other children in the new grass with shamrock crowns and streamers, families on rugs and cloud shadows moving across the slope.

Outdoor Meet up: Spring Equinox and St. Patrick’s Day: Festival Schedule

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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A painted orchard on the morning of the equinox, bare branches just budding in pale green and rose, a child kneeling to press a seed into dark turned earth while others move between the trees trailing ribbons.

Spring Equinox

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted meadow at sunrise with dew on every blade, a girl turning with her arms opening and her face lifted into the light, a hare bounding through the middle distance and blossoming fruit trees behind.

Easter

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted hilltop at the longest evening, a birch fire burning against a sky still light at its edges, children circling it hand in hand with one stepping over the low flames, the land falling away in soft violet folds.

Summer Solstice

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted shallow shore at midday, wet sand mirroring the sky in pearl, blue and rose, children moving through the tideline with their reflections doubling them.

Down by the Sea

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted village green in full May light, children circling a maypole with long ribbons of rose, cream, gold and sky blue winding into a spiral above them, hawthorn in heavy white blossom around the edges.

May Faire

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted field of ripening wheat under a heavy midsummer sky, the grain moving in one long slow wave with poppies scattered through, children walking a narrow track through the middle of it.

July

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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August

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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A painted hay meadow at its fullest seen from within, grasses, sorrel, ox eye daisies and clover filling the lower picture, children wading chest deep through it in the middle distance under a warm blue sky.

June

Storytelling with video tutorials, recordings and audios

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A painted bare autumn wood at dusk, two children on the leaf-strewn path, the taller holding a lit lantern out at arm's length so its warm glow spreads down the avenue of trunks.

Lantern Walk & Martinmas

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted hillside where a young knight in a white surcoat with a red cross stands with his lance lowered over a great green and red dragon lying subdued in the grass, the king's daughter loosening her girdle beside a rock and a crowd watching from the town gate.

St. George and the Dragon

The victory of human light over fear and inner drag — storytelling scripts, felted dragon patterns, sword crafting and Michaelmas bread.

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A painted stone cottage hearth where Brigid in a green mantle and a crown of greenery kneels binding rushes beside a small fire, her white cow at her shoulder and children around her, one holding a lit beeswax candle.

St. Brigid and the Return of the Light

The keeper of the hearth fire — storytelling scripts, reed cross weaving, beeswax candle dipping and late winter verses.

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A painted village square in autumn where a traveller in a ragged cloak holds up a grey stone beside a great steaming iron pot, villagers pressing in with a cabbage and carrots and a ring of children gathered close around the fire.

Stone Soup

Small gifts become a shared harvest — storytelling scripts, verse cards, crafts and a framework for a community potluck.

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A painted November night on the road outside a palace, a young prince kneeling to hold his lantern out to a ragged figure against the wall while loosening his cloak, the palace windows blazing coldly behind him and small lanterns appearing further along the dark road.

The Lantern Prince

Cultivating the quiet inner light — storytelling scripts, silk-and-wool puppet making, lantern templates and traditional Martinmas songs.

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A painted garden in full late spring flower, a long table under a fruit tree with a white cloth catching dappled light, children turning in a circle on the grass beside it with a streamer floating behind, adults watching from the shade.

Garden Party

Storytelling and craft workshop, with video recordings and audios

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A painted farmyard interior where a russet hen stands with a grain of wheat in her beak, a sheaf and a millstone behind her and a brown loaf cooling on a cloth, while a dog, a cat and a mouse lie idle in the straw and her chicks gather at her feet.

The Little Red Hen

The alchemical law of Coctio — nourishment and baking — through puppet storytelling, verse and hands-on bread baking with young children.

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A painted thaw under a wide silver sky, wet fields with meltwater lying in bright sheets that mirror the clouds, snowdrops in the foreground and children stepping through the standing water in the middle distance.

February

The awakening seed — light returning beneath the snow. Storytelling scripts, candle dipping, seed blessing and late winter verses.

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A painted frozen landscape at midday under a high pale sky, a black stream running open through white fields with bare willows in ochre and rust, children gliding on the ice in the middle distance.

January

Leading the light — the journey of the Three Kings. Storytelling scripts, crown and star crafting, chalk blessing and Epiphany songs.

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A painted snow covered village at blue hour, cottage windows glowing warm ochre against cold lavender snow, children coming down a slope on a sledge in the middle distance.

December

The Advent Spiral — finding the inner light and the star. Storytelling scripts, spiral walk guidance, beeswax candles and winter verses.

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The Shop

The Journal

The Alchemical Path