Puppet Workshop RSVP Website: Kit Counts, a Table Cap, and a Glue Line

A puppet workshop breaks when the studio cut fourteen kits and twenty children are at the tables, or when a sibling who said maybe arrives after the felt is cut and expects a puppet that was never in the pile. Kits, the number of seats at the tables, and the glue line you agreed to are set before the first piece is handed out. The studio does not cut another animal because a friend decided to come after the kit count closed. A maybe does not hold a kit.

You can create a puppet workshop RSVP that fills the kits the studio will cut, records which child is building, and stops when those seats are full.

Ask what the studio will actually cut

Call the studio before you send the link. Write down the session you are buying, how many builders that session holds, what the puppet is, whether felt is pre-cut, how long the class runs, and whether a grown-up may sit and build or only stand. Those numbers are your cap. Do not guess from the number of chairs stacked in the corner.

A kit is one builder, not one car and not one family. Ask whether a younger sibling still needs a kit, the age minimum for scissors and glue, and whether a second session uses a different time and a different cap. Pick one session and write it on the page. If you are doing both an early session and a later session, those are two lists with two caps. Do not mix them and sort children out in the hallway.

Ask the price, whether the kit goes home that day, and the last time you can cut the count without paying for felt they already cut to your list. If they charge for a no-show after that time, print that rule on the page. A puppet shape that was cut for your session cannot be turned into a different animal that morning.

Set a capacity limit on children who will build, not on everyone who was invited. When the last kit in your session is taken, the form should say the workshop is full. A child who might come still needs a kit and a seat the teacher staffed. If the studio has already counted your group, they are not in this session.

The glue line is a yes or a no, not a vibe

Ask the studio what the builders touch: liquid glue, a hot-glue gun, pins, and scissors. Put that list on the page in plain words. Each builder confirms they can sit through that, or they do not take a kit.

If the studio will not run a no-heat table, say that. Children who cannot be near a glue gun should not take a kit in a session that uses one. You do not need a diagnosis. You need a yes or a no before the felt is cut. A request the studio cannot meet should not be on the form.

One named child, and an adult who is not a second kit

Most studios seat builders at low tables and ask adults to stand or to use a chair at the wall. Ask whether a step-free door exists, and say so if the only room is up a flight. If every table is child height and there is no adult seat at the work surface, say that.

Use a household RSVP only to name each child who gets a kit. One parent answering for three builders is three kits, not one. If the studio requires an adult with any child under a stated age, that adult is a supervisor, not a second puppet, unless they paid for a seat and a kit of their own. Track a plus one who is building as a separate yes with a separate kit. Ask the table cap. If they seat six builders per table, do not let one family claim ten kits. The arrival window might be 10:10 to 10:20 at the studio door. Write the clock time and what happens if someone is later than that: they miss the cutting demo and do not start a kit the teacher already handed out.

The moment the kit list is locked

The meeting point is the studio door they assigned you, with the room name if there is more than one. Put the host's phone on the page for the person holding the reservation. A screenshot of the invite is not a kit. The person at the door matches children's names to the count you sent.

If you allow a guest child, that child needs their own kit line, their own glue-line answer, and their own seat. Track them as a separate yes. One form that hides an extra builder will blow the studio's cap and the felt count for that session. Say that on the page. Write the age rule next to the question.

Tie your RSVP deadline to the studio's final count, the day they cut your felt. After that, a late yes is a call about a cancellation, not a promise of another kit. If you want names ready when someone drops, keep them as standbys and tell them they do not have a kit until you write back. A maybe does not hold a kit.

Export the list the morning you lock: attending or not, child name, glue line, party size, arrival window, and phone. A puppet workshop RSVP is finished when every kit has a named builder, the glue line matches tools the studio will set out, and a late car knows whether they are building or going home.