It’s a busy week for nature stories and nature places!
This Friday I’m going to be telling stories at Forvie National Nature Reserve ‘s yearly summer Fun Day!
Stories! Crafts! Fine pieces! And hopefully the opening of the moth boxes (our favourite!)
Come join us from 12 noon 
Nae lang noo!
Wild About Aden returns on Thursday with hunners o free activities for abdy! Storytelling in the Aberdeenshire Farming Museum being one of them!
Come hear tales from North East farms and wild places! 11am to 1pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
If you’re driving to Aden Country Park, there will be plenty of parking – bring £5 cash which will allow you to park for the whole day!
I’m not bragging or anything… but I’ve had the most wonderful day!
It’s truly spring in the NE and today i had two wonderful storytelling sessions which were full of fun and joy!
First I was at the Broomhill Primary School Spring Fair where Fizzy and I told some of our favourite folk tales from around the world… to an amazing audience of bairns and their grown ups!
Then it was off to a private party at the GORGEOUS Ballogie House
Oh wow I was seriously in awe at the Fantasy, Mythical and absolutely Legendary costumes! 🥰
Fairies! Faun! Atlas, Medusa, Icarus , a rogue Anubis, Green Men, Green Women, Green Bairns, Mushroom Fowk and all round wonderful people!
(I seriously need to up my headdressing 😂🥰)
Thanks so much to both events for having me (and Fizzy the Fairy) along to tell our tales! 🤩😘😍🥰
A wee photo fae last wik’s Bring A Puppet To Life workshop at Whitehills Playing Field !
The bairns (and their grown ups!) worked with the puppets learning to make them talk, move and most importantly… come to life!
We then had some stories and songs before a Scots Variety Concert in the village hall in the evening.
Thanks to the organisers for having us along!
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!)
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!
@we_care_aberdeenshire #PromiseGroups #KeepThePromise
I had my first of two Big Scottish Story Ripple visits to Aye Aye Club on Monday night! We created a story – and when I say I LOVE creating stories with the Aye Aye folks – you have to know it’s because there’s going to some amazing ideas AND cabbages AND uranium !!
Because I’m a bit rubbish and get carried away and forget to take photos, here’s me asking AI to draw me our main character. (Charlie).
Next visit we’ll be making shadow puppets of the characters and the scenery! #sisfstoryripple2025
Who fancies some spooky story telling at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve on Thursday?
This FREE session has been funded by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival’s Big Scottish Story Ripple #sisfstoryripple2025
The event runs 4.30 to 5.30 – stories suitable for all ages. We can’t wait to see all your costumes and neepie lanterns!
What a fantastic visit to Buckie on Saturday!
First we had our Story Friends story creation workshop followed by a bit of learning to use puppets and recall parts of our story for performance, then the bairns told the story to residents at Hanover Court who were a fantastic audience!
After some fine pieces, I had the chance to tell some stories (and sing a wee song with Fizzy) to the kids, parents, Story Friends, Friendship club folks and the residents as part of the #sisfstoryripple2025!
Fit fun! 
A quick shout out to the Tarland Food & Music Festival which took place at the weekend – thanks folks for having me along to tell stories again this year – I had a wonderful time!
Wee Imp took these pics (check oot ma autumn dungers) during the storytelling inside at the Pavillion. It was a bit nippy outside!
A massive thanks to the committee for having me along and to the folks at the Tarland Community Garden and the folks at the Tarland Pavillion for hosting – lovely to see so many familiar faces from previous years! 🙂
Pauline Cordiner - Scottish Storyteller 