Make with MAAM

Character Cards

Inspired by the Game Changers exhibition, create your own card game in this activity by our Looking to Learn Educator Julia Einstein.

Introduction Character Cards Activity

Instructions

MATERIALS

3 strips of paper, markers, crayons, or colored pencils, and scissors.

LOOK

What do you see? Artists in the exhibition Game Changers design stories. Have you ever wondered how they create their characters? 

Character Card Activity Inspiration

Video artists use pixels and video tools to move around their ideas on a computer screen. For this activity you’ll make a card game as a way to create several different characters.  

STEP ONE

Get ideas! What will you draw for a plant, a person, and an animal? A flower, a tree? Your friend or a cartoon character? A farm animal, a reptile? 

STEP TWO

Draw your plant, person and animal on each strip of paper.

Character Card Activity Step 2

STEP THREE

Activate with color!

Character Card Activity Step 3

STEP FOUR

Cut each strip into 3 parts to make a total of 9 cards. 

Character Card Activity Step 4

STEP FIVE

Move each card. SURPRISE! Your drawings are changed into characters. 

Character Card Activity Step 5

STEP SIX

Invent story ideas. I made a flower child! A tulip with hands! A chicken who wears sneakers! What characters will you create?

Character Card Activity Step 6

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