If you want your children to be intelligent,
​read them fairy tales-Albert Einstein

Custom Tellings & Workshops

Our art and story workshops are adaptable for all age groups and time requirements. Whether our audience is in preschool or university. one hour or repeat learning modules visits. We can deign a event to meet your needs.

Featured Workshops

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The Tomato Witch, a story about seasons.

Story & Art Workshop

A garden of stories 
A wonderful set of original and retold stories, based around growing and caring for gardens. Children participate in story-time and artwork learning about the growing cycle and seasons. Each child gets to take their own magic seeds home to plant. Time and content adaptable to age group: 1 to 3 hrs.
Picture Grumble the Giant
Grumble the Giant, proving to be a giant problem.

Story & Art Workshop

A giant problem 
​A giant workshop, where Allie will tell her original stories, involving a troublesome giant named Grumble and visit some traditional giant stories from around the world with a theme of emotions and choices. Children also create their own stories and artwork. We will finish by creating a 'Giant' artwork together. Content adaptable to age & time : 1 to 3hrs
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Mermaid character from Moonpearl story.

Storytime with puppets session

A drop in the bucket.
A wonderful set of original and retold stories, based around the ocean and marine conservation. Children participate in story-time and puppet interaction learning about how water flows to the ocean. . Time and content adaptable to age group: 1 to 3 hrs. Older age groups can make own puppet and create a conservation plan.
Full range of storytelling sessions
including story & art workshops
Click on the boxes below for information
about each type of telling.
​PRE-SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN​​ ...
  • Original stories and re-telling of traditional stories for under-5's.
  • Play, music and interaction suited to imaginative minds.
  • Story-time usually divided to 30-minute segments.
  • Additional activities, such as art and creativity craft based on stories (15-30 minutes).
Childrens Creative art Class
We still have work going on to get these ready for term 2. Contact us to register your interest. 
  • Holiday Programs
  • After School Art Classes
  • ​Story Club
PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE ... ​
​Original and re-told traditional stories designed for developing cultural and imaginative story skills of the age group.
  • Additional activities, such as art and character design based on the story (30 minutes to 1 hour).
  • Story development or revisiting to continue story work (1 hour).
HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY ...​

  • Story session, character design, story development workshop. 
  • Re-telling of a traditional adult story, or telling of an original New Zealand-based event.
  • Character design and story workshop.
  • Story development based around student stories.
  • One to two-hour workshops dependent on requirements.
  • Additional activities - workbooks and repeat story workshops.
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS ...
​Event-specific storytelling - past events have included:
  • Highland Games
  • Saint Patrick's Day
  • Early settler events and re-enactments.
  • Birthdays
  • Theme based days.
SEASONAL AND CORPORATE EVENTS ...​
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  • Special events:
    • ​Adults only venues - functions, universities
    • Private corporate functions
    • ​Fairs and street parties.
  • Seasonal holiday stories - for example:
    • Christmas events
    • Seasonal events (Halloween, holidays)
    • Spring/Autumn fairs