Drama & Art: Create Your Own World

A screen-free imaginative journey in drama, movement, storytelling and creative making

What happens when children are invited not just to join a story, but to invent an entire world of their own?

Drama & Art: Create Your Own World is an immersive creative project where children use art, movement and storytelling to imagine and build a completely new world together. Through guided drama games and hands-on making, they invent landscapes, characters, rules and narratives that shape their created universe.

While sessions have a clear and supportive structure, the direction is informed by the children’s own ideas. This makes the experience feel especially alive and empowering: their imagination is not simply encouraged, it becomes the foundation of the workshop.

Blending mixed-media art with embodied play, this screen-free project helps children grow in confidence, communication and creative independence while experiencing the joy of stepping into a world they have made themselves.

A digital illustration of a calendar icon with blinking neon purple and blue colors, set against a dark background with fragmented lines and light streaks.
Abstract digital silhouette icons of three people, with overlapping blue and pink neon colors, representing a group or team.

5 to 8 years old

A neon illustration of a clock and an hourglass with a futuristic background.

90 min. 1 session

Friday or Sunday

A digital map with a large purple location pin marker over it, indicating a specific destination or point of interest.

Family homes (West London)

Imagination

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Storytelling

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Movement

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Creative Autonomy

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Mixed-Media Play

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A world they can physically step into

One of the most special things about this workshop is that it blends visual art with performance.

Children do not only draw or describe the world they create; they move through it, act within it and embody its characters and stories. This makes the creative experience much more immersive. A landscape becomes a setting for play. A character becomes someone they can physically explore. A story becomes something that happens in the room.

For many children, this kind of embodied creativity feels especially joyful and natural. It allows them to think with their whole body as well as their imagination, supporting expression in ways that go beyond words.

That is what makes the workshop feel so alive: ideas become movement, images become stories and stories become shared experiences.

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Imagination, Storytelling & Mixed - Media Play

This project gives children something deeply exciting: the chance to become the creators of their own imaginative universe.

Through drama, movement, drawing and craft, children begin to ask and answer questions that shape a new world from the ground up. Who lives there? What does it look like? What are its rules? What kinds of creatures or characters belong there? What stories unfold in that place?

Because these ideas come from the children themselves, the workshop feels highly engaging and personal. They are not simply following instructions or filling in a theme, they are actively building something original and meaningful together.

This gives the session a wonderful balance of structure and freedom: enough guidance to help ideas grow, but enough openness for imagination to lead.

5 to 8 years

90 minutes per session

1 (expandable if desired)

Up to 4 children

In-person, fully screen-free

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A colorful, abstract painting of a landscape with trees, a roller coaster, and a landmass, possibly representing a map.

WHAT CHILDREN WILL EXPLORE & LEARN

Saffana uses a child-led, applied theatre approach that blends drama, movement and visual art to spark imagination and self-expression.

Sessions are gently structured but guided by children’s ideas, encouraging them to build worlds, invent characters and explore stories through embodied play. Through supportive facilitation and creative games, she creates a safe, inclusive space where children develop confidence, collaboration and creative autonomy while learning through doing, moving and making.

Her approach balances energy and structure, helping children feel both supported and empowered as they step into their own imaginative worlds.

    • Designing imaginary places and environments.

    • Inventing characters and backstories.

    • Exploring “what if?” scenarios.

    • Participating in playful theatre games.

    • Using voice and body to bring characters to life.

    • Building confidence in performance and expression.

    • Using collage and drawing to visualise their world.

    • Creating props or visual elements.

    • Collaborating on large-scale paper or craft pieces.

    • Making independent decisions.

    • Developing ideas collectively.

    • Leading aspects of the narrative direction.

PROJECT ESSENTIALS

Materials

Provided by the artist and may include:

- Markers, pencils, colouring materials

- Glue, tape, scissors

- Large sheets of paper

- Coloured paper and magazines

- Craft materials

- Soft ball for drama games

Safety & Accessibility

- Child-safe scissors used

- Soft props only

- Movement-based activities adaptable to different energy levels and abilities

- Sessions designed to be inclusive and supportive

Learning Outcomes & Benefits

Participants develop:

- Confidence in performance and self-expression

- Collaborative storytelling skills

- Physical and visual imagination

- Creative problem-solving

- Social interaction and communication skills

- Joy in embodied, screen-free play

Pricing

£150 per child per session.

WHY PARENTS LOVE IT

Builds confidence through performance and creative expression.

Encourages imagination, storytelling and original thinking.

Supports communication and collaboration in a safe, inclusive space.

Empowers children to lead ideas and make creative decisions.

develops social skills through playful drama and creation.

Nurtures emotional awareness through character and story play.

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About the Project Leader

SAFFANA

Applied Theatre Practitioner & Creative Facilitator

Saffana holds an MA in Applied Theatre and is DBS certified. Her practice centres on creativity, storytelling and expression through performance-based and imaginative approaches.

Drawing from theatre, movement and visual arts, she creates immersive, child-led sessions where imagination is the starting point. Children are encouraged to build worlds, invent characters and explore ideas physically and visually, blending drama games with hands-on making.

Saffana brings warmth, sensitivity and strong facilitation skills to her workshops, creating safe, inclusive spaces where children feel confident to explore ideas, emotions and collaboration through structured creative play. While sessions have a clear framework, she allows children’s curiosity and instincts to guide the direction, nurturing creative autonomy alongside confidence and communication skills.

Her approach balances energy and structure, ensuring children feel both supported and empowered as they step into their own imaginative worlds.