Puppet Workshops

Barbara The Puppetlady is Fully Insured!

Pickles Da Clown/Barbara Willard is a proud member of World Clown Association and is fully insured through Hampson Mowrer Kreitz Agency.

Are you looking to start a puppet ministry in your church or beefing up the one you already have? Barbara The Puppetlady will bring her thirty years of puppetry skills to your church. She learned to create puppets from former Muppet builder, David Pannabecker and has been creating awesome puppets for fifteen years. Barbara has taught classes at the One Way Street Regional Puppet Festivals in Concord, NC and Arlington, VA to rave reviews. She was told by teens that she was their favorite teacher! Barbara has a relaxed, comical teaching method. She makes you laugh while you learn. Call Susan at One Way Street, Inc., for a reference.

This seminar is a two day event. On Friday night Pickles Da Clown (Barbara The Puppetlady) will minister to your church family with her Comedy Masgic show with a full Salvation message tied in. Pickles will have a meet and greet following her show and will twist AWESOME balloons for everyone! Then on Saturday the clown make-up comes off! Barbara The Puppetlady will spend the entire day teaching your team basic puppet building, basic and advanced puppetry skills, how to be a "team", what music to use, improvisation, being a witness for Christ through puppetry, blacklight basics and more. By the end of the day...your team will have puppets that they have made, ready to use for your ministry.

See sample videos of Barbara's creations in action and photos of some of her past custom puppet creations at the bottom of this page.

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The cost of the seminar is reasonable...includes travel and hotel accommodations. Acommodations could be a host family in your church*. A supplies list will be given to your ministry, prior to the seminar, to be purchase required materials needed for puppet construction. Call our office for more information.

*We travel by car for most locations under 12 hours or 800 miles of Rock Hill, SC, otherwise air travel may be necessary.

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I’m writing this letter to commend to you the high entertainment quality and evangelistic effectiveness of the ministry work of Barbara Willard.

At our church, Goodwill Church (EPC) in Montgomery NY, Barbara ran a full-fledged puppet ministry as well as a clown ministry. I was never a fan of either ministry approach until I saw her work and the undeniable spiritual impact it had on people of all ages. The quality of her “Puppetlady” productions and her “Pickles Da Clown” work surprised and educated me as to how effective and powerful such ministries can be in terms of evangelism.

Barbara quickly gained a foothold in our church and other churches in our area as being a fun, reliable source of fresh shows and appearances which always added to whatever we were doing in any particular season. Since she is easy to work with and is superior with children, we also hired her to work in our nursery.

Though sorry to see her move to South Carolina, all of us here at her old church in New York are delighted that she has decided to take her two ministries to the next level. We know many will be blessed.

Sincerely,

Rev. Dr. John L. Torres, Jr.

Senior Pastor

"I have recently enjoyed having Barbara Willard (alias ‘Pickles Da Clown’) serving with us at Westminster as our Puppet Director and our favorite clown. Although we have had a fledgling puppet team for several years, this year has been outstanding due to Barbara’s unique ability to perform, lead and inspire our youth. Countless adults and children have indicated that they have never enjoyed the puppets as much as they have this year and they have enjoyed her presence at several functions as ‘Pickles’ too.

We recently enjoyed our annual Missions Festival where we always have a children’s entertainer. This year we invited ‘Pickles’ to co host by entertaining and leading the children in singing prior to each children’s session. She brought so much fun to each evening as she had the children up and moving while praising the Lord. There is no question that her gifts are fundamentally the tool through which Christ is presented and glorified. She is effortless to work with and fun to be around.

She also has the unique gift of being able to design and make puppets, props and costumes. She would be a great personality to use for seminars and workshops as well.

You really want to consider Barbara if you want a zany, knowledgeable puppetlady or clown. "

In Christ Alone,

Olivia G. Williams

Former Director of Children's Ministries

Westminster Presbyterian Church

"Lately, I was remembering all the great ministry that you did at Goodwill Church, in NY, and wanted to thank you for it. The passion that you brought towards the creation of the Cornerstone Puppet Team was incredible. So many adults, teens and kids were drawn into making puppets, learning the skills and performing. I saw a transformation in many people who participated and watched, as their creative gifts were unleashed. You trained up a whole team of people to share the Gospel and make children laugh through puppets. It was an amazing ministry that had lasting effects on all who were involved in it! Who knew that puppets could change lives? Apparently you did! Thanks for bringing that to the church.

I also remember how impressed I was by your gifts in clowning. From the “birth” of Pickles Da Clown at Montgomery Day I knew that you had found a unique way to entertain and relate to people. Over the years I have seen you develop Pickles into a professionally hilarious clown and know that you will use her to brighten the lives of many people.

Keep doing what you are doing! May God bless you, your puppets and Pickles as you share love and bring light wherever you go."

Blessings,

Pastor Jordan Wong

Almaden Neighborhood Church

San Jose, CA

(Pastor Wong was Barbara's discipleship pastor when he was on staff at Goodwill EPC in Montgomery, NY)

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