Build-a-Puppet Afternoon in Astoria
- 2 hours
- Up to 10 across families
- English and Greek
Learn
Hosted by Theo Marangos
Every puppet starts as a pile of offcuts that a costume shop down the street would have thrown away. Kids pick their materials, sketch a character, and learn a few simple stitches and gluing tricks that actually hold. By the end each family has a puppet and a short scene to perform on our cardboard stage.
We build from donated fabric remnants, and leftover materials go back to a local school's art room each month.What's included
- All rescued fabric, felt, and trims
- Aprons and shared tools
- A take-home puppet per child
- A short puppet show at the end
Plan
Just yourselves. Wear something that can take a little glue. We have aprons for the messier builders.
Grownups stay and build alongside their kids, this is not a drop-off. We keep glue guns at the adult end of the table.
Fabric is rescued from a neighborhood costume shop, and clean leftovers are donated to PS 17's art program.
Go
Where?
31-12 37th Avenue, Studio B
Astoria, Queens, NY 11101
How to get there
- N or W to 36 AvWalk 4 minutes northeast
- Dock at 37 Av & 31 StOne block from the studio door
- Buzzer for Studio BRing twice, the stairs are on your left
- Q18 bus on 37th AveStops two blocks from the studio
What guests say
4.7 out of 5 from 71 reviews
July 2026
Theo is patient and funny, and my kids were proud of what they made. Worth the afternoon.
June 2026
Fun and well run. It got a bit crowded at the glue station when all the kids needed it at once.