Services
Dabbling Brook services are ideal for community events, after school or homeschool enrichment programs, senior living facilities, and special needs groups.
Puppet StoryTime
Ideal for:
Libraries ⭐ Preschool ⭐ Day Care ⭐ Elementary
We offer puppet storytimes that include reading stories with puppet friends.
Performances
Ideal for:
Libraries ⭐ Preschool ⭐ Day Care ⭐ Events
Our puppet performances are comprised of a story with puppet characters and set elements that tell the imaginative tales. Contact us for more information or to schedule your show!
Current Performances available
Now AVAILABLE!
HAVE YOU WANDERED INTO A FOREST RECENTLY?
What do you do when you prepare for a walk in the forest with your beloved dog, and he is nowhere to be found? Join us in a playful search for our dog, Banjo, who wandered off.
Join us on a playful adventure, filled with visuals, sounds, objects, and smells of the forest.
Little Red
This tabletop puppet story is told with the use of a suitcase, and rod puppet marionettes. Little Red is delivering cake for her Granny’s birthday. She learns about the consequences of sharing personal information. This quaint tale uses rod marrionettes, and pop-up book scenery.
Mouse & The Shoemaker
This puppet show is a new spin on the elves and the shoemaker. This silly tale challenges the characters to look past their assumptions. A solution to their problems may already be right under their noses.
AVAILABLE 2024
ADD-ON ACTIVITIES
Meet & Greet: Add puppet interaction before or after the performance.
Sensory Experience: Add tactile activities before or after the performance.
Craft Activity: Add a craft correlated to the story.
creative movement workshops
Ideal for:
Libraries ⭐ Recreation Centers ⭐ Preschool ⭐ Day Care
Creative movement is perfect for three to five year olds.
These are pre-dance immersive story adventures.
Travel through stories and songs in a new way with an exploration of body language via interactive storytelling. Each workshop will include music and movement and utilize props to encourage fun movement while using our imaginations.
*Six week class series available, with a variety of themes for each workshop.
Current Single Day Themes Available:
Superhero City – In Superhero City, we warm up our superhero skills at superhero training camp and practice real-life fire safety as we become junior safety superheroes. Includes stories, movement, and more.
Fairytale Kingdom – We follow our map that guides us through Fairytale Kingdom for our make-believe movement adventure, with stories, movement, and more.
crafting workshops
Ideal for:
Libraries ⭐ Recreation Centers ⭐ After-School & Enrichment Programs
Have fun exploring your own creative abilities without self‑judgment. Dabbling is a clever way to develop new interests, gain new skills, and cultivate an appreciation of anything new.
Current Craft Workshop Offerings:
Sock Puppet Workshops
Shadow Puppetry Workshops
Fantasy Crafts Workshops
Puppetry Workshops
Craft a Monster Plant Workshops
Schedule a single workshop or series for any age range or group size!
We can customize topics to fit your theme or need, just ask.
*Additionally we are available for adult crafting experiences as well.
Puppet Theater Camp
Ideal for:
Libraries ⭐ Recreation Centers ⭐ After-School & Enrichment Programs
This 5-day puppet camp is perfect for your crafty and imaginative kids.
Each day will include hands-on crafting and interactive puppet play.
Explore various forms of puppetry
Construct easy-to-build puppets
Have fun making puppets “come to life”
Adventure into puppetry, as we explore light, sound, structure, and movement.
We will utilize basic theater knowledge and various art mediums. Students will manipulate puppets, and practice puppet mouth control, puppet turn-taking, and synchronized movement. They will get crafty constructing their own take-home puppets, and create simple set design elements.
There will also be time for some puppet karaoke, puppet playtime, and a bundle of puppet fun.
*Current Available for Booking a camp at your facility.
Sample Flyer
This is our current upcoming 2024 summer camp. We are available to run a similar camp at your facility.
