Make a Moon Monster

Above Bounds Theatre are running a craft workshop for kids at Chaplins Superstore on Monday 26 October, titled Make a Moon Monster. The idea is simple: children design and build their own moon monster puppet using recycled materials. It's a hands-on session rather than a performance, so the kids are the ones doing the making.

Helen from Above Bounds will be leading the workshop. Above Bounds is a children's theatre company based in Devon that works from the principle that children are the creators and directors, and that the stories and ideas of the children who take part are turned into theatre and artwork. That's the same approach they bring to this session: the puppets come from the kids' own designs.

They've got a touring show called Silly Squirrel that's been on the road across the South West since 2021, and it picked up the Best of Children & Families Award 2022 at FUSE International. The company also works with Family Arts Standards, run by the Family and Childcare Trust.

The workshop is at Chaplins Superstore in Plymouth, PL7 4JW, on Monday 26 October. It costs £5 per child.