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Puppet Making Workshop

(3 customer reviews)

$120.00

You’re never too old! Create your own fuzzy Monster!
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Instructor Rene Rubalcava
Ages 12+ years or children 6-11 years if accompanied by an adult welcome!
Create a professional arm-rod-and-mouth puppet of your very own from Rene Rubalcava, owner and puppeteer of LV Puppet Studio of Las Vegas who learned the art of puppet making from a Jim Henson Muppeteer. There’s no better time to create your own one-of-a-kind fuzzy monster!
In this workshop, we guide you from start to finish as you select, cut, hot glue and assemble the pieces and personality of your own customized puppet. No sewing is required in this workshop. Students bring their puppets to life with their own unique interests and imaginations, and by choice and placement of different face details. Each one is unique!
Find your puppet’s voice and learn some puppetry basics.
All materials included. No experience necessary!

In collaboration with Mockingbird Improv, located upstairs in the same building as our studio, students are welcomed to sign-up for a fun, hands-on, participatory “Improv with Puppets” workshop the following Saturday, April 20 from 4-6pm. San Diego Craft Collective students receive 50% off with code: CRAFT. Save your space today!

Does a child in your life love theater arts, building characters, acting and craft?! This Summer, Rene Rubalcava will be back in town for one week to teach two awesome, fun Kids Puppetry Summer Camps! Learn more here! Kids will build a puppet, learn to bring it to life with puppetry skills and join in creating a puppet show!

• Military and sibling discounts: Email us for more information.
• Scholarships available: Click here for an application.
• Homeschoolers: Click here for enrollment details.
• If this class is full, click here to be added to the Interest List.
• If you would like to be notified of future offerings, join the Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available. 

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Description

Puppet Making Workshop
Select a date from the drop-down menu.

San Diego Craft Collective, 2590 Truxtun Rd., Studio 106, SD 92106 • 619.273.3235 • make@sandiegocraft.org

This workshop may be held outdoors or indoors depending on weather, so we suggest:
• Dress in layers, bring a jacket, hat, apply sunscreen (if needed) so you can adjust to the weather or studio temperature.
• Bring water/beverage and a snack if you need to be comfortable.

DIRECTIONS: Located in Liberty Station’s Arts District, you can find our studio at the end of the hallway on the 1st floor of the Dorothea Laub Music & Arts Center (Bldg 176) at the corner of Roosevelt & Truxtun, next to The Lot movie theater.
There is plenty of free parking. Parking Lot Q is behind our studio — enter via the driveway off Dewey. Across the street in the Vons parking lot, it is also free. If you can’t find us, call or text 619.273.3235.

CLASS SIZE: 4 min. If the minimum is not met, you will receive a full refund or credit toward another class. 

REFUNDS: No refunds for tardiness or no-shows. For a refund (minus a 5% processing fee), you must cancel 7 days before the start of the class. After 7 days, we cannot offer refunds, as materials and supplies have already been purchased.

TRANSFERS: You may transfer your enrollment space to someone else, but transfers must happen before the course begins. Please email us to let us know who’s coming.

INTEREST LIST: If a class is full or you would like to be notified of future offerings, join our Interest List to be notified when new dates or spaces are available.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Rene Rubalcava is the owner of the LV Puppet Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. LV Puppet Studio’s mission is to inspire imagination, education and community through art of puppetry. We create entertaining and educational puppet shows and introduce the art of puppet making and performance to the public. I learned much about the art of puppetry and puppet making from Michael Earl Davis, a Jim Henson Muppeteer. I graduated the University of Southern California and have been an elementary school teacher for more than 25 years.

3 reviews for Puppet Making Workshop

  1. Denise Brecher (verified owner) –

    My daughter and I took this class and it was so much fun!!! We came home with professional looking puppets! Rene, the instructor is an incredible puppet creator and teacher!

  2. Jocelyn (verified owner) –

    This was such an awesome class. The instructor does a very good job on making the class fun, and easy to follow. The materials he provides allow you to create a high quality puppet.

  3. Chelsea Jensen (verified owner) –

    This class was so fun! The puppets we all made are legit! Rene is so funny, knowledgeable and helpful. I’m so glad I took this workshop! Thank you, Rene!

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