A good crowd of young and old filled Mississippi Avenue for joy and revelry.
The Big Puppets had their debut at the Portland Mardi Gras 2025 ‘Enchanted Forest’ Parade this last Tuesday, March 4th.
Construction of the puppets was made possible from a Portland Clean Energy Benefits Fund small grant and hosted by 350PDX. Reknown puppeteer, Donovan Zimmerman of Paper Hand Puppet Project directed participants in the making of the puppets.
Along with the puppets, there were signs, a walking forest of trees, beavers and the very pushy Fatcat Capitalists.
The River Puppet and the Capitalist were among the characters participating in the parade.
The big puppets require a team to move and spot their way through the crowd. The Great Heron requires six puppeteers and two spotters.
Most of the work and management of the puppets is provided by 350PDX with their offices and workspace on Mississippi Avenue (next to the Rebuilding Center). If you would like to join in on puppet making or other activities there will be an Art Build on Sunday, March 16, at 350PDX, 3639 N Mississippi, 1:00-4:00pm.
Be a part of the puppet team preparting for Earthday 2025. Reach out to Donna (350PDX Art Team Lead) Murph1949@aol.com if you are interested in being part of the puppet team preparing for Earthday 2025!
Earthday 2025 is Coming! 350PDX and Making Earth Cool will be working on Earthday 2025. Be sure to put that on your calendar.
