Story Explorers: Fantastic Creatures

The week includes bug handing with Animal Encounters, a drama session with the amazing Amari Harris and plenty more!

Monday 11 August: Anansi Stories
Join our Story Leaders to explore stories of Anansi, the trickster spider, from Ghanaian and Jamaican traditions. You’ll make a den for the animals, with maybe a booby trap or two inside, then create your own trickster tale. There’ll be games, craft, riddles and jokes along the way.

Tuesday 12 August: Insect Stories
We’ll explore the story of Aesop’s Ant and the Grasshopper, and Lewis Carroll’s inventions for insects in Alice Through the Looking Glass – rockinghorse fly, anyone? Invent your own minibeast with their own mini superpowers. You’ll even have a chance to meet some live bugs!

Wednesday 13 August: Slime Creatures
Today we’ll explore a story from the South Pacific Islands in which a snail becomes the Moon. We’ll have a slug-track treasure trail and see how fascinating these underrated creatures are. We’ll also also be making slime – but not just any slime, this is Story Slime! Today we’ll be getting crafty so please bring clothes you don’t mind getting messy!

Thursday 14 August: Cunning Creatures
Today we’ll look at tiny characters who use wit and cunning to survive, such as the Borrowers or the Loki, or huge characters who have a sweet side, such as the Dragon from Shrek. We’ll design and make a mini world, with lots of games, riddles and role play along the way.

Friday 15 August: Monster Mayhem
Today we want to meet the mad and wonderful monsters that exist in stories! We will learn all about these crazy monsters in a fun drama workshop with Amari Harris, before having the opportunity to create our own monster with craft and dressing up.

• Story Explorer workshops run from 10:00-16:00.
• These are unaccompanied workshops for ages 8-12
• Days can be booked individually

At The Story Museum we believe that finances should not impact a young person’s ability to access the arts. Therefore, we offer bursaries for the course price and related travel expenses for low-income families. To apply for a bursary place, please email us.