RoRo's Eclectic Sock Emporium

05/13/2026

FILM MAKING FOR PUPPETRY! May edition!

Learn how to Make Movies with Puppets! All the film-making things! From ideas to storyboard, shot list, sets, lights, camera, monitor work, props, puppets, performing, all the way to editing and completing a film - with Puppets!

Sundays May 24th & 31st from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm
in person at their new Kenzington Market location
at the Toronto School of Puppetry!

https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/puppet-film-making-challenge/

04/02/2026

FILM MAKING FOR PUPPETRY! (link below)

Learn how to Make Movies with Puppets in an affordable, 2-day crash course! From idea to storyboard, shot list, sets, lights, camera, monitor work, props, puppets, performing, all the way to editing and completing a film - with Puppets!

Sundays April 12th & 19th from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm in person at their new Kenzington Market location at the Toronto School of Puppetry!

https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/puppet-film-making-challenge/

Bonus option: Student's films can be part of an online Sock Puppet Slam in May if they wish!

12/24/2025

Wishing to You & Your Family: Warmth, Peace, Comfort, & Joy!

10/21/2025

Interested in Film-making? Interested in Puppetry? Interested in BOTH? Take this class!

Do you sometimes feel that film making is a challenge? Do you WANT a challenge? Take this class!

And: PUPPETS!

Even if you know the basics, even if you already know how to puppeteer, or make films, or do both, here is a good way to up your game, meet some awesome folks, get some new ideas, try some different things, learn some useful things, and even get to be totally silly, too! TAKE THIS CLASS!

Also check out *THE TORONTO SCHOOL OF PUPPETRY* for other classes on offer at this time!!

https://www.torontoschoolofpuppetry.com/puppet-film-making-challenge/

06/19/2025

THIS SATURDAY! Use discount code ROBI2025 to get your tickets at https://torontopropexpo.com/ !

There's going to be tonnes of awesome stuff here! At my tables: come see a really crazy diversity of puppets that I've made over quite a lot of years for quite a lot of reasons! Some you might know, some you're unlikely to have seen before! Some are just wee, some are really big! Some made for fun, for shows, and for ! And some will be for sale; incl. my Paper Puppet Colouring Kits!

But wait, there's MORE! I will be doing a PAPER PUPPET DRAGON MAKING WORKSHOP!

See you there!

06/14/2025

Hey Torontonians and folks near the Toronto area! Here's a chance to win FREE tickets to the Toronto Prop Expo!! This show will have props, builds, makers, 3-D printers, cosplayers, TV show creators, puppets, and more! Enter before or by THIS COMING MONDAY MORNING!!! The draw will be Monday afternoon and that's coming up fast!

CONTEST!!

RoRo Art will be at the Toronto Prop Expo (at George Brown College, June 21) exhibiting some of her stranger, bigger, and less-often-shown-anywhere puppets!

And you can come see ALL the amazing things! This Expo has all the fan-things, maker-things, and clever-creative-things you could possibly want to come gaze upon, learn about, and drool over! Here's the info: https://torontopropexpo.com/

And here's the contest! Comment below: What awesome things would you like to see at Toronto Prop Expo? Props? Puppets? Cosplay? Tips and Tricks of the Maker Trades? Movie Making, Costume Making, Games Making? Other things? More things? ALL THE THINGS!?

Comment on this post OR on my connected Instagram post (https://www.instagram.com/rorosock/)- Comment on BOTH for 2 chances! - to be entered in the draw - a name will be drawn from a literal hat on the 16th (Monday!), and the winner will get 2 tickets for the Expo on June 21! Be sure to follow https://www.facebook.com/torontopropexpo and https://www.instagram.com/torontopropexpo/ and see you there!!

05/22/2025

Hey Durham Region Folk! Drop by this fun show on May 31st! Lot's of good reasons to, not just the fun workshops! aaaaaand I'll be premiering some new Paper Puppet Colouring Kits, too! Come by the Broughton Bazaar!

05/09/2025

Happy Lost Sock Memorial Day! Come to TONIGHT's Puppet Slam!

7:00 pm Eastern time zone

actual link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88594693241

04/18/2025

You're invited to the premiere episode of the
most exciting new Puppet TV show on the Puppet Food Network!*

~~~ PUPPET CHEF LORDS ~~~

The Toronto School of Puppetry
PUPPET FILM MAKING Class of 2025
would like to share their first ever Puppet Film with you
online this coming Saturday April 19th at 5:00 pm!

Link here: https://youtu.be/hviPd11dFnk

Show up at 5pm (ET), join the live chat, byo snacks!
The video, including some fun bonus bits, is just under 15 minutes.
If you miss the premier, you can still follow the link
and watch the show on Youtube any time!

Share the link and invite all your friends to come to the Watch Party!

*The Puppet Food Network, doesn't actually exist,
and Puppet Chef Lords is a single pilot episode,
but come support brand new Puppet Filmmakers
in their very first film, Woot!

Thank you!

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