CHARLIE THE ELF – A SHADOW PUPPET ADVENTURE!

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Oh I’m soooo behind with my socials!

But I just HAVE to share this super image of the shadow puppets the absolute STARS at Aye Aye Club made on Monday night.

These were all from the story of Charlie the Elf who left Ireland behind and travelled across the ocean on the Good Ship Big Leaf – safely cooried up in a cabbage! (and didn’t make it to the gold rush… but got to South America by mistake and became rich mining Uranium!)

Fantastic shadow puppets and we had fun making them move using my wee shadow theatre set-up! (a light, a frame, some clips and a photographic screen that actually went back into its back afterwards)

All part of my two visits from the #sisfstoryripple25

And be sure to visit Aye Aye Club’s page and vote for your favourite joke! This was their good deed for the ripple and they smashed it once again! 😀

Gingerbread Men with my Promise Group!

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Would you look at these amazing gingerbread men decorated by one of my amaaaazing Promise Groups!
What do you think? Proper artists!
They’ve listened to stories, played story games, created their own brand new tale, worked on narrating the script, leaned to use hand puppets and… it’s all gone in to a film which the school will see next Wednesday at assembly.
Such a great group!!

Next up I’ll be working on the other amazing school’s exhibition 😊

Veggie Fun at HANDSS

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Woohoo!! Look at these amazing veggie faces made by members of HANDSS last Tuesday night!

We had a story with loads of vegetables (and fruit!) – where I was ably assisted by Fizzy the Fairy. Loads of great suggestions from the audience. It was a very exotic vegetable garden in the North East of Scotland – with lychees and pineapples!

Then we set to making faces – with veggies!

This visit was funded by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival‘s Big Scottish Story Ripple! #sisfstoryripple2025 – Thanks folks! 🙂

WeToo Elf School!

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The WeToo Elf School 2025 is now open!!
Had some lovely apprentice Elves this morning for stories before popping over to Ninja Central for more.
My session was part of the #sisfstoryripple25 and I’ll be back for another session in two weeks – Saturday 13th December from 10.30 to 11.30 am !

Shadow Puppets at the GREC Language Cafe!

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I had great fun yesterday at Language Cafe!I had great fun yesterday at the GREC (Grampian Regional Equality Council) Language Cafe!
Two weeks ago we made up a new story and this week we made shadow puppets to go with itTwo weeks ago we made up a new story and this week we made shadow puppets to go with it

A Book Week Scotland session in Huntly

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As promised, a pic from Wednesday evening’s storytelling in Huntly with Orb’s Bookshop.
Sheena and I had a fantastic time – as you can see from me in this photo having a good laugh at something! The imps sitting on the table did too!
Well worth the scary drive back home in the blizzards and thanks again to all at the bookshop, community cinema space and everyone who came out to see us 🙂

Storytelling before a wedding at Drumtochty Castle

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As the snow falls on the North East of Scotland, here’s some photos from last night’s storytelling at Drumtochty Castle near Auchenblae.

The occasion was the night before a grand wedding – and I’d like to wish the happy couple the most wonderful day today! The snow is lying on the ground and many of the wedding guests are from considerably warmer climes!

I hope you all enjoyed last night’s stories and thanks for having me along to share some local folklore and tales! 🙂

(Pic 1 with a bonny boar – telling Tad Losgann got bumped when white stags were mentioned and I spotted a foliate head in the decor, Pic 2 outside the castle, Pic 3 – I had a good look at the decor and paintings to see how much tied in with the stories I’d prepared! Pic 4 – it was like arriving at Hogwarts! Pic 5 – I so seldom get to wear this outfit!)

Week 3 with my Promise Groups

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Here’s Strawberry Moose enjoying a day trip on Wednesday – My two Promise Groups were enthusiastic, creative and joyous puppeteers!

Both groups started off with a story (the classic Stone Soup) and then had a lesson on how to effectively bring hand puppets to life. It really is SO tricky, when first picking up a puppet, to make it open its mouth for each syllable. We had a lot of fun with that.

Then both groups started creating their stories with me. They’re going to be very different from eachother and displayed in a different way – one will be a film and the other will be a storyboard (maybe with animated drawings!) watch this space!

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