This past July, Mrs. Junkbox visited Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. She held a puppet-making workshop at Beaconsfield’s Carriage House. What fun we had! The kids made lots of great junkbox rod puppets and put on plays with them. Laserman saved the day in each play. Thanks, Laserman!

I just had to talk about these lovely ladies going to tea all dressed for a grand occasion! Lovely job, Ursula, Louisa and Rebecca! These junkbox ladies are truly exceptional! They were created at the final showcase for our Winter Junkbox Puppetry class held at the historic Parkerville Schoolhouse in Westford.

This week, my alter-ego, Mrs. Junkbox, made her proper debut at the Rita Miller Elementary School here in Westford, Massachusetts. As seen in the picture above, Mrs. JB loves to ride her vintage bicycle as a way to “Go Green.” She even rides it into the classroom singing her introduction song! Her outfit is a combination of used tablecloth, plastic bags, newspaper, potato chip bags, vintage glasses, coffee cups, bottle caps and more. She wears rubber boots in case she finds any of those awful and pesky plastic shopping bags in rivers, ponds and streams. She brings along two of her Junkbox puppet pals, Princess Tuna and Pupsicola who both live in little yellow trash cans.

Mrs. Junkbox is basically a combination of all of my passions – sustainability, vintage living, animals, art, puppets, music and educating children. Throughout my twenties, I was often told that I should find one thing I like to do and stick to it. So many times, when I was trying out something new every few months, I wish I had taken this advice. That is, until this week. Mrs. Junkbox may have made her debut on Tuesday, but she has been in the making since I was born.