Circle of Hands Experienced
An In-Depth Handwork Experience with Mindy Upton of Blue Sky Craft Studio
Once-monthly, September 2024 through May 2025
This handwork circle will build upon established handwork skills. Mindy is providing a unique and wonderful opportunity for participants, bringing together handwork, music and story for a complete experience that can be used in your early childhood program immediately after completion!
Participants of the workshop need to have solid, existing handwork skills in sewing, embroidery and wool felting.
How Will This Course Work
Each Circle meets over Zoom once monthly on Sunday afternoons, 1-3 pm Central. In order to create a lively “in-person” feel to the course, these sessions are not recorded.
We will meet: September 22, October 20, December 15, January 19, February 16, March 16, April 27, May 18
A note about supplies: Mindy strives to create beautiful crafts that suit multiple skill levels or levels of desire, with upcycled and simple materials that you may have around the house. Materials or supplies may still need to be purchased, if you are new to handwork, and each participant is responsible for procuring their own supplies. You will receive a link to download the list of materials needed for the whole year on the confirmation “Thank You” page that follows registration and payment.
Details of the Course Content
This year’s Circle will continue the journey with handwork, expanding our skills and deepening your knowledge of how to create dolls, puppets, and felted creations for your programs, play time, and story time. Mindy has created a curriculum that will give you a myriad of tools that will help you share your love and magic with your children, your families and your school.
September: Birthday Babe & Moon Boat
October: Peek-a-Boo Rod Puppets
December: Moveable Standing Puppets (with Mindy’s newest technique!)
January: Tomten and the Fox
February: Little Mousie’s Valentine
March: Little Bunny Looks for a Home
April: Wire Tree for Puppet Stages
May: The May Pole Dream
You will receive a link for the detailed description of the year’s curriculum on the confirmation “Thank You” page that follows registration and payment.
**These courses are offered as an enriching experience for parents, care providers and educators, but are not available for CE hours.
About the Instructor
Mindy has been teaching Kindergarten for the past 40 years. She feels very fortunate to have been able to share her love of handwork, puppetry and fiber arts in the classroom with the children and families. She worked previously at her school, Blue Sky Kindergarten; and has recently opened Blue Sky Craft Studio in Niwot Colorado where she offers parent/child classes and art classes for children and adults. She has recently formed the “Three Wishes Puppet Troupe” that creates and performs Puppet shows for the Colorado community. This past summer, she was host to the Waldorf Association of Storytelling and Puppetry Arts Summer Conference. She is delighted to meet participants in our course and to enjoy the art of handwork together.
Learn more about Mindy and her craft studio at blueskycraftstudio.com.
Register for This Course
$50 per session or $320 for the whole year
**After purchasing, you will be sent to a “Thank You” page that will give you a link to register in Zoom and/or Ruzuku. This step must be completed in order to participate in the course or workshop.
Refund Policy: Fees will be refunded in full up to 7 days prior to the start of the course, and at 50% if student cancels enrollment less than a week in advance. Fees are nonrefundable after the start of the course. LifeWays is not responsible for ensuring you register for the course in Ruzuku or Zoom in order to participate and cannot issue refunds if you fail to do so in time. Nor is LifeWays able to refund you if you are not able to secure supplies for a class.
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