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 :)