Misty Honeybee’s Arts Club
Misty Honeybee’s Arts Club is where I get to share my passion for wellness, creativity, and connection.
I work with local libraries, nature centers, and other community spaces serving families to provide enrichment programming for children and adults of all ages through:
Nature-based Crafting or Activities
Storytelling (sometimes with an instument or handmade puppet)
Music
Movement (dance, yoga, exercise)
Healthy Food Preparation and Cooking Activities
Fiber Exploration (from animal caretaking, harvesting, preparing, and creating with)
I have created music/movement/storytelling programs for use in the summer programming in over a dozen libraries and other community spaces including :
Exploring Outer Space with Storytelling and Songs
Spin a Tale for Me (with my spinning wheel, felted rumplestiltskin puppet, and and angora rabbit)
Movement Makes Us Powerful (including dancing, yoga, tai chi, and some basic calisthenics)
The Fiber Farm to Fiber Arts Connection (with my Angora rabbit and drop spindle)
Yoga and Meditation for Overburdened Minds and Bodies
Renaissance Faire Player (with spinning wheel and rabbit)
I am happy to incorporate music, movement, and storytelling to set up a craft or activity, if it works in the space and program length. This is a fun way to engage the children with the concept, material, or cultural connection.
If you are interested in booking information, please use the contact form to reach out. It is helpful to include your program needs, location (indoor or outside), potential dates, age range, location, and an estimation of anticipated number of participants.
Some potential activities and crafts:
leaf printing
instrument building
book making
masks
fiber spinning on a wheel and/or drop spindle
parts of a flower diagram
wet felting mushrooms
nature mobiles
mosaics
hand-sewn garlands
spinning tops
natural paints
silhouette art
treasure bags
phenology journals
natural dying
dance wands
greeting cards from natural materials
batik art, waxing and dying
light catcher
leaf crowns
wind catcher
simple sewing projects
friendship bracelets
bird feeder
hand print sewing on burlap
terrarium
I would love to hear your ideas!
A little background on the name…
My dad chose the name Melissa, which means Honeybee in Greek, and was written on my birth certificate.
My mom brought me home and introduced me as Misty.
Misty Honeybee’s Arts Club is a salute to both of them :)