Make a bookAll ages
Fold-Up Mini-Book
One sheet of paper becomes an 8-page book: a cover, six story pages and an “about the author” page on the back.
Kids who love dinosaurs usually have a dinosaur story already waiting. Draw a dinosaur, then pick a starter and let it stomp.
Stuck in the middle? Add one of these:
Print the starter cards (PDF)Two pages: 12 cut-apart cards and a three-panel comic with the first starter already filled in.
A stegosaurus wakes up in a museum.
Suddenly, a volcano starts to rumble.
How does it end? You decide!
Draw in the boxes with a finger, a stylus or a mouse, or print the comic and draw on paper. The speech bubble and sound effect are just ideas: use them, change them or make up your own.
Make a bookAll ages
One sheet of paper becomes an 8-page book: a cover, six story pages and an “about the author” page on the back.
Comic stripsAges 4–6
Two friends meet in a two-box comic. Fill their speech bubbles, then draw what happens next.
Story startersAges 4–6
The first story page: a big box for a drawing and writing lines for one sentence about it.
Story startersAges 6–8
Plan a story around a problem: who is in it, where they are, what goes wrong and how it gets fixed.
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