I've found a cool little fun site for telling animated stories using Elastoplast sticking plasters which might appeal to children who want to be illustrators or graphic novelists when they grow up.
The theme is 'Every Elastoplast Tells A Story' and although the competition deadline has passed children can still make up stories just for fun.
Elastoplast tell me the site has been really popular with 40,000 hits and 650 stories entered for the now closed competition which had Centre Parc stays up for grabs.
The site seems easy to use, with instructions on how to put a title on your storyboard then how to click and drag your choice of background, creatures, people and of course plasters on to each of your panels. You can then personalise your panel with the editing tools. You can also use the pen tool to draw extra detail on and add words to the lines below each panel. When you've finished you can play your own mini animation!
There is a cool example called 'The Escaped Giraffe' (he's made of plasters of course) for inspiration and a gallery of other people's stories. Your story might also feature a bear, butterfly, crocodile, dinosaur, daragon and more!
Find out more at http://www.elastoplaststories.co.uk
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