School Holiday Craft | Puppets & Play | Thursday 8th & 9th Friday 9th October | 9.30am-3.30pm

Puppets & Play | School Holiday Craft Programme 

📅Date and Time: Thursday 8th & Friday 9th October 2026 | 9.30am-3.30pm
Maximum attendees: 14
Ages: 7+ year olds
📍Location: Scallop Room, The Quarry Arts Centre, 21 Selwyn Avenue, Whangārei 0110
Tutor: Ziah from Wing & Wild Circus 
💲Price: $85.00
🕒DROP-OFF FROM 9.15pm
STARTS AT 9.30am
PICKUP AT 3.30pm

***This is a two-day workshop***

Join Ziah from Wing and Wild Circus in a fun day of Puppet making!

Create two of your very own hand puppet characters out of recycled materials. What will you make? A person, a king, mouse, cat, tiger, superhero, alien or a dragon? What ever you can imagine we can create!

Over the two days we will be designing and moulding the base of your puppets, shaping a head from cardboard and tape. Then we will paper machē our puppet heads.

Be sure stick around as the workshop will be followed by the wonderful Wing and Wild puppet show! From 3pm- 3.30pm

Parents, siblings and the wider community are welcome to join for the show!!

The following day we will be painting our puppets and bringing them to life with eyes, noses and mouths.

Finally you can decorate an outfit for your puppet and attach it to the head. Once the paint has dried your puppets will be ready to play and star in their own show in our mini puppet theatre! We will end with a kids improvised show in our mini puppet theatres! 

Circus toys and an assortment of puppets will be available to play with throughout the entire workshop. 

For siblings or friends in the same booking that are younger/older than the recommended age range, please check in with us first before booking via email programmes@quarryarts.org

What children need to bring:

● Suitable clothes that are okay for getting a bit dirty and potentially stained

● Clothing for the weather conditions (although our main room has a heat pump)

● pack some snacks and a drink

● Creative juice. 

Parents/guardians/care-givers need to register kids on arrival and provide a designated pick-up person.  Please advise us ahead of time via email of any important considerations (e.g. medical, allergies, custodial). We are unable to cater for unassisted children with special learning or behavioural support needs - we welcome support carers, but please check with us before booking.

To read our workshops Terms and Conditions, click here Workshop Terms and Conditions – Quarry Arts Centre

If you should have any questions, please email programmes@quarryarts.org