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I am building this in public: every new video made with this exact workflow, what it earned, and what I would do differently. Come along for the next one.
Follow on InstagramThe full workflow, end to end. Follow the steps in order — every step comes with a copy-paste prompt.
Step 4 is where the video actually gets made. You will need an account:
Start making videos here Create your OpenArt account read the guide first ↓
I am building this in public: every new video made with this exact workflow, what it earned, and what I would do differently. Come along for the next one.
Follow on InstagramBefore you generate anything, you need to understand what already works in the niche. This step is what separates a channel that grows from a channel that just posts.
Open Claude and paste the prompt below, filling in the fields in brackets:
You are a scriptwriter for kids content on YouTube Shorts. MY CHANNEL - Theme: [e.g. farm animals / dinosaurs / learning colors] - Audience age: [2 to 5 years old] - Language: English - Visual style: [cute 3D / colorful 2D cartoon] REFERENCES I ANALYZED [paste the video titles you wrote down in Step 1, with their view counts and what you noticed about each one] TASK Give me 20 ideas for Shorts of up to 60 seconds. For each idea, include: 1. Title (50 characters max) 2. The hook for the first 3 seconds 3. What the child learns or feels at the end 4. Why this idea is different from the references I pasted RULES - No trademarked characters (Disney, Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, etc.) - Nothing scary, violent or bizarre - Every video needs a beginning, a middle and an end - If the idea promises to teach something (colors, numbers, letters), the information must be correct - I want real variety across the 20 ideas, not 20 variations of the same thing
In the same Claude conversation, paste:
Take this idea: [paste the idea you chose] Write the full script for a 60-second Short, vertical 9:16 format. DELIVER IT IN 3 PARTS: PART 1 — CHARACTER SHEET A fixed description of the main character, one paragraph, covering: type/species, apparent age, colors, clothing, face shape, eyes and render style. I will reuse this exact text in every scene so the character does not change appearance. PART 2 — SCENE-BY-SCENE TABLE Columns: Scene | Time (e.g. 0:00-0:05) | What happens (visual description) | Line or narration | Sound/music Rules: 10 to 14 scenes, each 4 to 6 seconds long. The line must fit the length of the scene (max ~13 words per 5 seconds). Simple vocabulary, short sentences. PART 3 — VIDEO PROMPTS For each scene, write a ready-to-use AI video prompt containing: the character sheet + setting + action + camera movement + lighting + ending with "vertical 9:16, 3D animation for children, bright colors, soft lighting". Number them to match the table.
This is the step where the script becomes an actual video. Create your account:
Start making videos here OpenArt · Quick Start → ExplainerGo to OpenArt through the button above and log in (or create your account).
On the home page, scroll until you reach the Quick Start section. That is where the ready-made video models live.
Quick Start has several models, each built for a different kind of video. For a kids channel, pick Explainer: it is made for short, clear videos that teach one thing — exactly the format from your script.
Paste the video prompt from Part 3 of your script. Then upload the reference images: the image of your character (made from the Character Sheet in Part 1) and any setting you want to keep. The references are what keep the character looking the same from one video to the next.
Hit generate, watch the result and only move on once it is right. If something is off, adjust the prompt and generate again.
Put the clips in order, sync the narration (your own voice or an AI voice — calm and upbeat, never shouty), add a soft royalty-free instrumental and export at 1080x1920.
This is where most people lose monetization. Three rules:
If the content is directed at children under 13, this is a legal requirement (COPPA), not an option. In exchange, the video loses comments, cards, end screens, Super Thanks and channel memberships — and only runs contextual ads.
A kids channel earns considerably less per thousand views than a general-audience channel, precisely because personalized ads are turned off. You win on view volume and retention, not on high RPM. Go in knowing that.
Since 2025 YouTube demonetizes repetitive or mass-produced content, and the bar is even stricter in the kids niche. That list includes: confusing videos with no beginning-middle-end, unintelligible audio, and videos that promise to teach something (colors, numbers) but teach it wrong.
In practice: 10 well-made videos beat 100 generic ones. Use AI as an accelerator, review every script with your own eyes before generating, and keep an identity of your own (same character, same intro, same music). A channel dumping dozens of near-identical videos a day is exactly what the policy targets.
You have the whole workflow. The only missing piece is the tool that renders it:
Start making videos here Create your account and generate scene 1 today