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Heather Henson, founder of IBEX Puppetry, and daughter of Jim Henson of Muppets fame, conducted two storytelling and crane puppet making workshops for children at the 2016 festival. The adults in attendance were just as mesmerized as the children. Enjoy the following photos for a glimpse of the experience. Move your cursor over any image to see it’s title and click on it for a larger image.

Heather storytelling
Heather's captivated audience
Attentive listeners
Heather helping with a crane puppet
Heather Storytelling
Practicing crane dancing
Crane Dancing
High jumping crane
Making Tibetan Prayer Flags
Heather's storytelling continues
Cutting out crane puppets
Heather continues the story
Crane puppet
Practicing crane flight
Making crane puppets
Young crane dancer