VPL Puppetry and Story Time, EartHand, and Crafty Canada

The Art Carnivale was packed with Arts and Crafts for families to enjoy. The Crafty Canada booth, Masquerade Mask making, EartHand fabric rope making, Uncle Hoonki instrument workshop, and VPL Puppetry Story Time were all busy getting crafty!

Thank you to Vancouver Public Library for having three 15 minute Puppetry Storytime shows.

Thank you to the Artists that helped create the Crafty Canada booth and the Board Members who helped to run the craft tables. There was some great trivia for Canada 150+ and engaging craft making. The bunting flags looked nice and colourful on the field too!

hmm where does Quebec go? Some skill testing questions.

Masquerade mask table was in full effect with all the creative kids. They used almost all the masks we cut out!! Great job everyone, thank you for coming to the Art Carnivale at Killarney!

Masks were brightly decorated with jewels and feathers to make Masquerade Masks. On a side note- did you know we used file folders destined for recycling to create the masks? Thank you to all the Volunteers who helped the children to make them.

Thank you to EartHand for their involvement to make the bunting flags and the fabric rope making at the event with reused and up-cycled fabrics. What an awesome idea to do a large macrame as well!

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