Your first animated story
starts with a little wonder.
A friendly, step-by-step studio for creating original characters and stories kids will love. From your first idea to your final little film.
Let’s make a story ↗6 simple steps · Your ideas · A world of possibilityWelcome to the workbench.
Start small. Make them feel something.
Choose one audience, one feeling and one little problem. Your first film can be just 30–60 seconds, with one location and two characters.
Your creative brief Make it yours ↘
These details travel with every prompt. Start with Pip or invent your own hero.
Pip wants to fly a kite, but the wind is too strong. Asking a friend for help turns frustration into teamwork.
Your idea prompt
Act as a children’s story developer. Audience: ages 4–6. Theme: teamwork. Hero: Pip, a small teal bird with a round body, cream face, orange beak, mustard scarf and three head feathers. World: a sunny meadow with a little wooden kite stand. Visual style: soft paper-cut animation with tactile textures and warm pastel colors. Goal: fly a kite with a friend. Propose three original premises for a 30–60 second animated short. For each, include a visual opening hook, one manageable obstacle, a meaningful character choice and a warm payoff. Use age-appropriate vocabulary and gentle stakes. Make the lesson emerge from action. Avoid existing franchise characters. End with one recommended premise and why it works.
Paste into your writing, image or animation tool. Review and refine its output before the next step. This workshop builds prompts; it does not render video.
Director’s note A character wants something, a small obstacle gets in the way, and a kind choice changes the outcome.