We stumbled upon the website of Stuart Baum (www.StuartStories.com) who has an on-going contest for a 10-word story writing challenge. The premise is stories need not be lengthy in order to be creative and interesting. All a good story really needs is a beginning, middle and end. The writing activity/contest was inspired by the shortest [...]
I like playing around with Keynote and iMovie in my free time and I’ve made a whole bunch of presentations to help teach the Spawn about different artists. I’ve converted some of the into short videos and/or PDF files which you can download and use for your own “classes.” This lesson was all about American [...]
With a heavy heart, no regrets, and sights set on moving forward, I must now make this difficult announcement. I am retiring my Crafty Tales workshops in order to focus on my Storytime Yoga Workshops (Yoga Tales). Arts and Crafts will continue to be a major part of this blog, however, and I will continue [...]
November is turning into a great month for Philippine Children’s Book publishing. Just yesterday, The Crucible Workshop (by the Crucible Gallery) launched their first 3 books about notable local artists and their works at the Ayala Museum in Greenbelt (The books will be available at Ayala Museum and Fully Booked). Another local publishing house that [...]
I’m very excited about the launch of these new local children’s books. Very close friends of mine worked very hard on them and I was lucky enough to see some early versions of some of the books and artwork. Learn about some of our local artists through these children’s books from The Crucible Gallery.
Crafty Tales Happy Halloween Workshop series is available for booking! Crafty Tales Happy Halloween! Stories and crafts that may make you change your mind about all things creepy and spooky. Dem Bones – These dancing bags of bones will have you singing along their catchy tune! Projects: Mexican Sugar Skulls, Tissue Paper Flowers, Ojos de [...]
My first free eBook is ready for download from DocStoc.com DocStoc boasts a massive collection of user-uploaded digital documents that range from everything from legal contract templates, to children’s coloring books and whatever you can think of in-between. The ebooks can be previewed for free on most browsers but you’ll need to register for a [...]
I was hoping to have it ready for posting by tonight but as usual, I overestimated the time it would take me to layout this project. And a mac-mini is not the ideal machine to be using Photoshop and Corel Draw at the same time. But anyway, I’d like to share a sneak peek at [...]
During one of my random internet surfing sessions, looking for local storytelling groups and resources, I chanced upon the website for the first ever Manila International Storytelling Festival. This event will be held on August 28 in the AIM Conference Hall in Makati and on the 29th in Alabang. (See website for more complete details.)
Today I told the story of The Peddler’s Dream for the Crafty Tales Workshop at Bellacarta. Instead of hand-making another book like I had previously done for other stories, I decided to tell this story without a book or illustrations or any props to support the narrative. Just me, my memory of the plot, and [...]
