Caru Canu a Stori

Back in 2019 ‘Caru Canu’ was a series of animated Welsh nursery rhymes which launched on Cyw, S4C and YouTube. It was produced by Twt Productions, working with Picl Animation and the talented animation students at Cardiff Met. You can see the original songs here.

Do you love singing? Toddlers love to sing and sing along with family and friends. Caru Canu songs offer the opportunity to watch and sing traditional and contemporary songs and nursery rhymes while learning about animals, gestures, counting and the weather. And for those little ones who need ‘quiet time’, there are nursery rhymes to help them sleep too!

We were asked if we would allow them to use our textiles to create the wonderful backgrounds, illustrated below. Those of you familiar with our work can see if you recognize the different designs…

The series proved very popular and now the songs have been combined with stories to create a new series – Caru Canu a Stori

Cari has a pink bag that goes with her everywhere. But what’s special about this? It’s a magic bag that lights up and tinkles beautifully when it has a story to share, and every story leads to a song.

So if you enjoy hearing brand new stories and familiar songs, join Cari and her pink bag for a storytelling adventure into the world of Caru Canu a Stori.

The series weaves light, fun stories around some of our most popular nursery songs, giving us the opportunity to identify some of the characters behind the songs, and creating a relationship between the children watching and the songs themselves. The nursery rhymes come to life in the imagination of our young viewers.

 

As part of the design, we’re keen to use Welsh textures and fabrics doted here and there in the landscape to give the series a distinctive look. These would include some traditional Welsh blanket weaves as well as some of Melin Tregwynt’s other fabrics.

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Twt Productions is all about creating quality entertainment and educational content for children and young adults to enjoy, on their TVs, tablets – and in their imaginations.