{"id":226251,"date":"2026-05-10T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226251\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T10:17:32","slug":"go-inside-jim-hensons-creature-shop-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/226251\/","title":{"rendered":"Go inside Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades the creative minds at Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop have inspired children and adults alike with their imaginative puppets.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can get a unique behind-the-scenes look at how the magic happens.<\/p>\n<p>The Long Island City-based character design studio on Northern Blvd. is opening its doors for tours every Saturday throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did a test in October, just two days of tours to test it out and see how it would go,\u201d Melissa Creighton, director of the Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop, told the Daily News.\u00a0 \u201cAnd it was a huge success, so now we\u2019ve made it a regular thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A puppeteer herself, she previously worked on Sesame Street, as well as the children\u2019s show \u201cIt\u2019s a Big Big World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Drawings of characters from 2018's &quot;The Happytime Murders&quot; as well as the sign for the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in New York City.\" width=\"4096\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jim-Henson-Creature-Shop-6.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8792716\" \/>Drawings of characters from 2018&#8217;s &#8220;The Happytime Murders&#8221; as well as the sign for the Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop in New York City.  (Michael Sheridan \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do ten tours every Saturday, and we just show people everything we do here,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The 80-minute experience includes opportunities to get up close and personal with an assortment of famed creatures from Jim Henson projects, including the cast of characters from \u201cFraggle Rock,\u201d which originally aired on HBO before getting a revival on Apple TV in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Puppets at the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in New York City.\" width=\"4096\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jim-Henson-Creature-Shop-15.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8792724\" \/>Puppets at the Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop in New York City.  (Michael Sheridan \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can also see puppets from \u201cJulie\u2019s Greenroom,\u201d a short-lived show on Netflix starring Julie Andrews, along with the Otter family from the 2008 stage show of \u201cEmmet Otter\u2019s Jug-Band Christmas.\u201d There are also assorted characters from \u201cThe Happytime Murders,\u201d a surprisingly raunchy comedy directed by Jim Henson\u2019s son, Brian, and starring Melissa McCarthy, that was released in 2018. Fans of 1982\u2019s \u201cThe Dark Crystal\u201d can also sit in one of the chairs from the film that the evil Skeksis used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"An assortment of eyes in a drawer at the Jim Henson's Creature Shop in New York City.\" width=\"4096\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jim-Henson-Creature-Shop-13.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8792722\" \/>An assortment of eyes in a drawer at the Jim Henson&#8217;s Creature Shop in New York City.  (Michael Sheridan \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the classic puppets, the tour also includes a walk through the vast creature shop where the elaborate characters are designed and made. This includes a Q&amp;A with a builder, as well as a puppeteer who teaches you how to work the various creations.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimhensonexperiences.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jimhensonexperiences.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For decades the creative minds at Jim Henson\u2019s Creature Shop have inspired children and adults alike with their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[157,267,9,24,264,10,12,63,122,124,123,2632,904],"class_list":["post-226251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-entertainment","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-snyde","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}