Handmade Parade Open Studios
Giant Joy Collective
2725 N. 62nd St. (behind the building)
Every Saturday | August 1 - September 26
11 AM-3 PM
Bring your imagination. Bring your friends. Bring your weird stuff.
Let's fill the streets and alleyways of Benson with giant joy.

Have an idea? Bring it.
Don't have an idea? We'll help you find one.

Join us every Saturday throughout August & September to create giant puppets, masks, costumes, shopping cart floats, and all kinds of wonderfully weird creations for the Second Annual Handmade Parade.

Whether you're an experienced maker or trying something like this for the first time, everyone is welcome. Drop in to learn new techniques, collaborate with others, build your own creation, or simply get inspired. There's room for everyone.

Clean out your garage while helping build Giant Joy!
We're collecting donations of new and gently used materials to help bring this year's Handmade Parade to life.
We're especially looking for:

• Cardboard

• PVC pipe, bamboo poles & pool noodles

• Wooden dowels, broomsticks & wire

• Fabric, felt, foam sheets, old sheets & clothing Duct tape, masking tape, zip ties & hot glue sticks

• Paint, brushes, yarn & ribbon

• Scissors, pliers, staple guns & sewing supplies

• Battery-powered LED lights, flags, banners, feathers, bells, and other wonderfully odd treasures

• Have something unusual that could become part of a giant puppet or parade creation? Bring it! We love giving unexpected materials a second life.

• See the full Handmade Parade materials wish list at giantjoy.org
  Together, we'll transform everyday objects into giant

Together, we'll transform everyday objects into giant puppets, spectacular costumes, shopping cart floats, and joyful works of art that will fill the streets and alleyways of Benson on Friday, October 2.