Summer 2018 Preparations

This week, I had two young visitors who helped me test projects for the summer mysteries.

First, we made inventors, a special kind of Secret Keeper. They're constructed from pipe cleaners, wooden beads and Holland wool felts. Once we had the figures, we designed tiny flying contraptions for them.

Each design was different. The one pictured to the left is the Thunderbird special, complete with storm and lightning effects. We used rice paper and wooden sticks to fabricate these.

These inventors will be part of the story for Session II: DaVinci's Dragons.

Here is a second design. This one is a more modern take on wing design. This is the strongest of the three flying machines we made, with double constructions that look much like a suspension bridge for the teeny tiniest travelers to cross.

Visit the Dragon's Eye Facebook page to see one more of these little flyers -- and come back later this summer, to see how the whole group tackles this cool project.

Dragon's Eye Summer 2018 Update

With the Summer 2018 season just around the corner, I am busy writing stories, crafting odd little characters and planning cool projects. Here are a few examples of some of the projects and characters we'll be meeting.



The first image is the Baku. We'll be meeting him in Session I: The Dreameater.  This adventure for ages 9 to 12 still has four spaces open. More information about the story may be found here.


The second image is another character from The Dreameater. I can't reveal who she is or what that magical vessel next to her does. You'll have to find out from one of the young detectives who solve the mystery.

The third image shows the tiny fey dragons from Session II: DaVinci's Dragons. They are one of the art projects for that week. That adventure has one space open. More information about that story may be found here.


The Current Programs page has information about the programs. The registration form may be found here. The Summer 2018 newsletter may be found here.

Introducing Our Summer 2018 Program Assistant

I am delighted to introduce our Summer 2018 Program Assistant: Oliver Van Soest.

Oliver is a rising junior at Casco Bay High School in Portland. He has spent two summers working at Waynflete's summer programs. He is a member of the Model UN at his high school, and studies fencing at the Portland Fencing Center. Last summer, he spent four week in Tokyo, studying the language and culture of Japan.

In 2015, Oliver organized a middle school climate change awareness march to City Hall in Portland. As a member of his high school's Environmental Awareness Team, he helped organize a symposium in conjunction with USM, to educate the public on the dangers of ocean acidification.

In his spare time, Oliver takes art courses at MECA and exercises his considerable talents in the arts. He is a young artist to watch--and clearly a civic leader in the making. I have watched Oliver grow into an amazing young man over the last six years, and he and I are both delighted to see him step into the role of Program Assistant.

Oliver is a veteran Dragon's Eye detective, one of the Maine Founders who joined in 2012 when Dragon's Eye first opened in the state. He is well-known among our team members as the one who summons Cernunnos, the Celtic god of the Wild Hunt. Cernunnos walks a path of extreme chaos, so the results of asking for help are always surprising.

Here's a link to some of Cernunnos' actions during "The Well of Destiny" and "The Golden Cage." This summer, Oliver will lead the detectives in the investigation into what happened when Cernunnos took the baby Koschei the Deathless into the Celtic underworld.