Tag: Shadow Puppets

Festival of the Sea 2026!

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Woohoo! I’m delighted to announce that there will be three storytelling events on Saturday 18th July 2026 at St Mary’s Chapel, St Nicholas Kirk as part of Aberdeen’s #FestivalOfTheSea2026 @AberdeenCC

The first event from 1 to 2.30pm, is a shadow puppet workshop, “Silhouettes of the Sea” aimed at children aged 8 upwards and their grown ups(s). Workshop attendees will learn the basics of creating shadow puppets with a nautical theme connecting to Aberdeen’s maritime past and stories – fish, whales, fishermen and fishwives, even our 17th century privateer! Tickets are £5 per child (plus booking fee) – accompanying adult is free.

Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2178847

Then from 3 to 4pm, join us for “Salty Stories and Tales from the Tides” – A 1 hour family storytelling session with Aberdeen Storyteller Pauline Cordiner. Suitable for age 4 to 104!

Tickets are £3 for children and £5 for adults (plus booking fee)

Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2178939

And finally, from 7 to 8.30pm, Sheena Blackhall and Pauline Cordiner will be telling Local ghost stories and singing traditional north east ballads from Aberdeen and the North East’s haunted and horrible past, age 18+

Tickets are £15 (plus booking fee).

Tickets here – https://www.tickettailor.com/…/paulinecordinera…/2179003

Check out this years Festival of the Sea – https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/…/festival-of-the-sea…/

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! 😀

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

Last visit to my first Promise Group!

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Tomorrow the pupils at my Promise Group get to see all their hard work spliced together into a film!

I’ve been hard at it editing sound, clips of shadow puppets and an introduction where the pupils used hand puppets. The whole school will get to see it too!

I was wondering what to do with their shadow puppets and asked if the school could find a space for them to go on display somewhere. I hope they like it! 🙂

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Shadow Puppets with my Promise Group

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My Wednesday Promise Group have really blown me away with their designs for our shadow puppets!

Each pupil shone in a different way – creativity, attention to detail, skillful drawing, enthusiasm, great description of their ideas and confidence to go ahead and make some amazing characters !!

And the dragon… well have you ever seen such a great creation? (Assembled by me this weekend, but following precise instructions)

Can’t wait to work with them (the puppets and the pupils 😂) on Wednesday!!

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