About Juniper Tree Puppets

Juniper Tree Puppets has been a long time center for puppetry and storytelling arts.
We are interested in the art and archetype, the magic and meaning, the wisdom and healing of story and ensouled puppetry.
We began in Vancouver B.C. 25 years ago, and are now based in Vancouver Island, B.C.

We invite you to explore the amazing possibilities of the world of puppet theater with us.
This site lists information on upcoming events, courses, regional conferences, our certificate puppet trainings, and offers resource kits, books, and materials to further spark your love of magical times with children.

We offer a variety of programs. Our aim is to bring depth of understanding and confidence in the practical and artistic skills of puppet theater, so that your puppetry is beautiful, meaningful, delightful, and of a healing value for your audiences. We also offer puppetry articles that may be of interest and use to you.

Check out our useful Teacher/Parent Pages for seasonal activities, puppet ideas, and stories. (on to Suzanne down section lower left box) Suzanne Down has been longtime director/founder of Juniper Tree School of Story and Puppetry Arts, now based in the North West. The focus of the school is the 3 year part-time summer certificate puppetry training highlighting the weavings of pedagogical, artistic, and therapeutic aspects of puppetry.

In addition we are now offering an 8 week full time professional training/apprenticeship in Puppet Theater and Storytelling April 14- June 9. Location - Beautiful Vancouver Island Regional conferences, workshops, and puppetry/storytelling professional development intensives are offered internationally.

Contact us about an event in your school and community. We can offer a wide range of workshop content catered to your wishes. Under the umbrella of Juniper Tree is 'Puppets for World Change'. This has initiated several projects in the social sphere. September 29 - the International Puppets for Peace Day (click to peace page) where many puppet shows around the world work together to affect non-violent change.

The Hope Puppet Project
Researches puppetry for underserved children in hospitals, hospice, homeless shelters, and in abuse situations.
Youth Voices Project - encourages and empowers our youth to get involved with the creative force of story and puppetry to effect social change.

Puppets Against Hunger Project
Puppetry that raises awareness of hunger in the world and shows us in story imagination how we can cure world hunger. If you are interested in using puppetry in these ways contact us!

In addition, Juniper Tree offers top quality resources in story and puppetry to help your puppetry work develop next steps. We have puppet making kits, books, and the best needle felting wool available in beautiful natural dyed rainbow colors (plus browns). Check our catalog page. We are dedicated to puppetry that is delightful and meaningful to children.