Blackfriars Primary (Glasgow)

“I was very impressed with the workshop. There was so much variety, colour, interaction and fun. Jo is a great presenter and really knows how to engage the children in the ideas.”

Lennox Primary (Alexandria)

“They loved interacting with Jo and taking part in the activities with her. She has a wonderful way with the children, children who wouldn’t always engage in group activities, engaged from the get go.“

JoJo Gnome Story Workshops happen at your school. The workshops are available in the Central Belt of Scotland for Spring 2026.

Please email jojognome@gmail.com for full availability and prices.

‘JoJo Gnome Eco Superhero’ Story Workshop

This workshop is based around the story ‘JoJo Gnome Eco Superhero?’

• Listen to the story ‘JoJo Gnome Eco Superhero?’ about recycling and upcycling.
• Meet JoJo Gnome the puppet
• Meet Sha (and her cat Foxy)a new character who wants to save the planet.
• Enjoy dancing and moving inspired by some of the recycled hats in the story
• As a group we help JoJo Gnome sort out his recycling cape
• Help Jo finish a story about finding a new use for objects
• Jo will make a short video from pupils pictures and audio to share with parents/ carers
• See how Jo digitally draws JoJo Gnome for her books and podcast.
• Receive a personalised JoJo Gnome drawing for the class
• Jo will share the drawings/ video from the workshop online

For up to 25 children in a session (multiple sessions can be booked in a day)

Duration: 45 mins + drawing time

Sow & Grow with JoJo Gnome’s Story Workshop

The book this story workshop is based around is JoJo Gnome And The Scarecrow.

• Looking at seeds and how they grow
• Under or over the soil …guess where the vegetables grow (quiz)
• Listen to the story ‘JoJo Gnome & The Scarecrow’. ( A story based round growing and the seasons)
• Find our hidden mice.
• Plant our imaginary seeds and let’s get growing …perhaps a beanstalk!  (drama/ movement/ music).
• Meet JoJo Gnome ‘the puppet’.
• See how Jo digitally draws JoJo Gnome for her books and podcast.
• Receive a personalised JoJo Gnome drawing for the class.
• Finish growing story with Jo (Jo will then make this into a video with drawings & audio from the pupils)
• We will leave you with some of JoJo Gnome’s seeds to grow.

For up to 25 children in a session (multiple sessions can be booked in a day)

Duration: 45 mins + drawing time

Coming later in the year, look out for ‘JoJo Gnome & The Common Elf Games’ Story Workshop

There are other JoJo Gnome workshops available, visit our main workshop page to find out more information on all workshops, workshop durations and class sizes etc.

How To Create A Character – Interactive Story Workshop (P3-5)

If you are looking for a workshop to inspire literacy and writing, then this workshop is ideal for your class. Writer and storyteller Jo Hall (creator of JoJo Gnome) will guide your whole class in building their own characters. By the end of the session, you will have a classroom filled with unique characters bursting to be put into the children’s own stories and brought to life in different ways. This interactive story workshop is engaging and opens your pupils to all kinds of imaginative possibilities. 

• Jo introduces her main character JoJo Gnome & other characters
• See examples of how some other school children have helped Jo create characters
• Listen to a story to see how Jo worked with the character
• Time to get creating and building our unique characters (Individually or in groups)
• Hot seat our characters to find out more about them (drama)
• How does our character respond to music? (music/ movement)
• Draw our characters
• Jo will make a short film for the class with their voices & pictures to showcase their characters. 
• Jo will demonstrate how she uses her characters in different kinds of stories (story quilts/ puppet/ animation/ books) …. To show how the pupils might go on and use these characters in different ways. 
• Jo will also demonstrate how she draws JoJo Gnome digitally and will leave the class with a signed drawing.

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For up to 33 children in a session (multiple sessions can be booked in a day)

Duration: 60 mins + drawing time

Available Dates

February

Fri 20^th

Tues 24^th/ Wed 25^th/ Thurs 26^th (PM only) / Fri 27^th

March

Mon 2^nd/ Wed 4^th/ Fri 6^th

Mon 9^th/ Wed 11^th/ Fri 13^th

Mon 16^th/ Tues 17^th (PM only)/Wed 18^th/ Thurs 19^th (PM only)/ Fri 20^th

Wed 25^th / Fri 27^th

Mon 30^th/ 

April

Wed 1^st/

Mon 20^th/Tues 21^st/Wed 22^nd/ Fri 24^th

Mon 27^th/Tues 28^th/Wed 29^th/Thurs 20^th

May

Tues 5^th/ Wed 6^th/ Thurs 7^th/ Fri 8th