Hand Cloth Puppets Making: Crafting Characters, Telling Heritage

About this activity

Hand Cloth Puppets Making is a 1.5 hours hands-on workshop that introduces participants to the cultural roots of hand cloth puppetry. Traditionally used in folk storytelling, temple festivities, and community gatherings, these puppets played an important role in early Singapore as tools for entertainment, education, and passing down values and legends

Participants will learn about the history and symbolism of hand cloth puppets before crafting their own characters using cloth and simple materials. Through guided making and storytelling, the workshop highlights how puppetry connects visual art with oral heritage across generations

Brought to you by Trendsen Cultural Enterprise. Use your $100 SG Culture Pass credits for this workshop