a whole mess of fun awaits you and your kids
Want some inspiring, creative play ideas for you and your kids? Watch Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop webisodes. Author, teacher, mom and creative guru, Courtney Watkins shows you inventive ways to discover, discuss, decorate and devise, all in the name of good clean fun.
The Possibility Shop
Take a tour of The Possibility Shop with proprietor, Courtney Watkins.
- Be Inspired
Say goodbye to dull, dingy afternoons with The Possibility Shop.
- Dream Machine
Courtney and her friends teach you how to design the perfect Dream Mobile. Dream on!
How to Make a Dream Mobile
by Courtney Watkins
- Materials
- 2 sticks, approximately 10" long. They could be dowel sticks, chop sticks or sticks found outside.
- 5 pieces of string or yarn or ribbon cut approximately 15" long
- 1 chenille wire to lash the sticks together
- 5 objects of similar weight to represent your desired dream. Add more if you wish!
- Instructions
- 1. First design your dream… Will it be a dream of underwater exploration or vacationing on a tropical island or performing on Broadway or Olympic victory? Or something else entirely?
- 2. Find or create five symbols to represent your chosen dream. For example, a cotton ball could represent snow or a cloud or a rabbit’s tail; a feather could represent flight or laughter; a paper cut-out of a lightning bolt could represent speed or an idea!
- 3. Lash the two sticks together with chenille wire so that they form an "X."
- 4. Tie strings at mid point and at the ends of each stick.
- 5. Hang the objects from the string keeping the idea of balance in mind.
- 6. Hang in your bedroom.
Behind the Scenes at the Possibility Shop
See Courtney Watkins and friends’ in Jim Henson’s The Possibility shop.
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Courtney Watkins, the proprietor of Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop with her apprentice Mix.
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Courtney Watkins, the proprietor of Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop, a new online destination at FamilyFun.com inspiring creativity and fun for parents and kids.
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Courtney and Mix help Mom make the ultimate Rock and Roll Birthday Party in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop.
Ivy the Kid Scout makes a valentine with Courtney and Mix in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop.
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Courtney and Mix show a mom how to have a pet that doesn’t require care using papier méché in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop
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Courtney Watkins teaches Ivy and her apprentice Mix how to show what they’ve seen on their bird watching expedition by creating their own birds in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop
Courtney, Spy Boy and Mix in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop, a new online destination at FamilyFun.com inspiring creativity and fun for parents and kids.
Courtney Watkins tries to solve moms most common creative conundrums in Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop, a new online destination at FamilyFun.com inspiring creativity and fun for parents and kids
For more creative adventures, visit The Possibility Shop website. And watch for new webisodes every two weeks through May.