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How can I help my child with their creative writing?

Use these lovely templates which include images of different settings, key words and space for pupils to write a description of that story setting. Ideal for some creative writing at key stage 1 level.

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These story settings writing frames are a super jumping-off point for kids who are starting to write their own fiction. They have a range of illustrations, key words and more to start off independent thinking and creativity. 

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Kids love to use their imagination, and creative writing is a fantastic way to engage the artistic area of a child’s learning development. These writing frames are sure to get them coming up with some interesting ideas. Why not display the finished stories in the home to show off their talents?

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How to Create a Comic Strip in 6 Steps (With Examples)

April 29, 2018

Everyone loves a good comic, whether you’re a comic book geek or just the casual reader of a comic in your local newspaper – Comic Strips are great! While some comic strips just take a few minutes or less to read, don’t underestimate the difficulty of creating one! And because May 5^th is comic book day, we decided to give you some step-by-step instructions for creating your first ever comic strip. Follow these instructions and you’ll be creating awesome comic strips in no time! Here is how to create a comic strip in 6 simple steps.

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1. What is a comic strip?
2. How to create a comic strip
   1. Step 1:  Write your ideas for your comic
   2. Step 2: Draw the three-frames
   3. Step 3: Use basic shapes to draw
   4. Step 4: Add in the speech and lettering
   5. Step 5: Add detail to your cartoon
   6. Step 6:  Go over your comic in pen
3. How to make a comic book
4. How to Draw Comic Strip Characters
5. Comic Strip Ideas
6. Comic Strip Examples
7. Are you ready to create a comic strip?

What is a comic strip?

A comic strip is a sequence of images with a small amount of text in each box. This text is normally inside balloons or written as captions. Comic strips (or comic books) are a form of story-telling, which uses drawings or cartoon characters to tell a story. Most comic strips are created for humour, while some can be serious.

Comic strips are most likely to be seen in newspapers or magazines. While entire comic books or graphic novels can be found at your local library or bookstore. Superman is one of the best-selling comic books of all time. You might know of other examples of comic strips or books that you’ve seen or read.

In the professional world, comic strips or comic books are created by cartoonists or professional graphic artists. But today we’ll show you how to create your own comic strip at home with no experience needed!

How to create a comic strip

As this is your first-ever comic strip we will focus on creating a three-frame comic. But when you become a master at creating short comic strips, you can make yours much longer and filled with way more characters.

Step 1:  Write your ideas for your comic

A comic strip is no different from writing a short story. It still needs a beginning, middle and ending. Because this is a three-frame comic strip, break your story down into 3 parts. Write down your ideas for the characters, settings, expressions and even speech. Make sure each part has some action and that your ending is powerful with an awesome punchline.

Step 2: Draw the three-frames

On a new piece of plain paper, draw your three frames using a pencil and a  ruler. Make sure each frame is equal size. You can even put small light marks on the paper to mark out where the speech bubbles will go. As a bonus tip, you might want to make your frames twice as big as you want them to be, so you don’t run out of space.

Don’t want to draw your own comic strip frames? Check out this highly-rated blank comic book for kids on Amazon (Amazon Affiliate link):

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This is a whole book filled with blank comic strip grids. All your kids need to do is draw in their comics and they’ll have a complete comic book in no time!

Step 3: Use basic shapes to draw

One of the hardest parts of creating a comic strip is drawing out your characters. We recommend you use basic shapes to draw out your characters. As this is your first comic strip you might even want to use stick figures to keeps things easy. Also, sketch in the speech bubbles and any starbursts for sound effects. Oh and don’t forget, please use a pencil at this stage, so you can erase any mistakes.

Step 4: Add in the speech and lettering

Now add in the lettering for your speech into your speech bubbles and don’t forget to double-check your spelling. Remember the size of your lettering could show whether a character is shouting or whispering. For example, lettering in full capitals shows that your character is shouting.

Step 5: Add detail to your cartoon

Now go back to your characters and add any extra details, such as facial expressions, movement lines, and shadowing on the floor. And also draw in the background for each frame.

Step 6:  Go over your comic in pen

Now, you can finally use a felt-tip pen to go over your pencil drawings and rub out any pencil lines. Your first-ever comic strip is now complete – well done! You can leave it as it is or even add some colour.

How to make a comic book

A comic book is like a super long comic strip that requires more than one page. The process of creating a comic book is almost similar to creating a comic strip. However, there are a couple of extra steps you need to take to make a comic book. 

If you’re looking for a readily made comic book or blank comic book templates, see this amazing blank comic book template for kids (Amazon Affiliate Link):

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Here is a super quick step-by-step tutorial on how to make a comic book out of paper:

1. Pile together at least 3 A4 pages. This will give you 12 pages for your comic book. Then fold all of them in half:
2. Staple the folded papers together. This should give an A5 sized booklet. Then fold the area with staples in slightly like in the image below:
3. Fold another A4 paper in half. This paper will be for your comic’s cover. We used an A4 piece of card to give our comic book a sturdy cover:

Then apply glue on the tiny folded over part of your booklet – On the side where you can see the staples. Next, stick the cover and booklet together to form your comic book.

4. Sketch out your cover using a pencil. And now the fun part: Outline your pencil drawing with a pen and then colour it in like a colouring book:
5. Plan on your comic on a separate paper. You should ideally plan out each frame. Think about what the characters will say, what the scene might look like and any other small details. For inspiration, take a look at this post on how to come up with good ideas. 

Once the planning is done, sketch out your frames and cover over them in black pen. 

6. Draw in your frames using a pencil. Remember to include speech bubbles, special effects and facial expressions on your characters. Once happy outline the drawing with a black pen and colour it in using your favourite colours:

Carry on doing the same with the other pages in your comic book until complete.  

Hooray! Your comic book is now complete. Now that you have done your first comic – Don’t stop now! Create your own comic book collection and amaze your friends with your bedazzling story-telling skills! You could even be the next Stan Lee!

Making a comic book is a great school project which can be applied to any lesson, whether it’s art, science or English. Comic books are a great way to encourage creativity in kids and build on their story-telling skills. You can even ask students to create comic books to test their understanding of a complex subject or topic. 

How to Draw Comic Strip Characters

One of the hardest parts of creating a comic strip is drawing out the characters. As a beginner to the world of creating comic books, try not to worry too much about your drawing skills. For now, even a simple stick figure will do – In fact, there are many famous comics on the internet drawn entirely using stick figures!

If you want more than just stick figures, you can try out the simple steps below on how to draw your own comic strip characters. For this method, you’ll start off using a light pencil to sketch your character and then you’ll add in the colour:

1. Start with a simple circle.
2. Draw two circles for the eye and a mouth. And don’t forget a tiny curved dot for the nose!
3. Sketch any rough hairstyle. Add in the eyebrows over the hair.
4. Draw a triangular-looking rectangle for the body.
5. Roughing sketch in the legs and tiny shoes.
6. Add in your character’s arms.
7. Draw in the smaller details. Don’t forget to add the tiny hands.
8. Go over your sketch with a black pen.
9. Colour in your character
10. Your comic strip character is complete!

Here is a little cheat sheet of all the steps involved in drawing your own comic strip character:

By following these simple instructions, you’ll be drawing cool comic strip characters in no time! If you need more help drawing characters for your comic strips, then we recommend this book on how to draw cartoon character for kids (Amazon Affiliate Link):

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Comic Strip Ideas

Now you know how to create your own comic strip the next step is to start creating more! Here are some fun comic strip ideas to try out:

1.  School Day: Create a comic about your best/worst day at school.
2. Travel Comic: Create a travel comic about a recent trip or holiday you went on.
3. Friendship: Write a comic about your best friend or a friend and give it to them as a gift.
4. Fairy Tales: Recreate your favourite fairytale as a comic strip.
5. Superhero: Design your own superhero and write a comic strip about their adventures. You can check out these superhero writing prompts for inspiration.
6. Family: Write a comic strip about a family member and give it to them as a present.
7. Music: Write a comic strip based on your favourite song, singer or band.
8. The Future: Create a comic strip based on how you will be like in 10 years time.
9. Anti-bullying: Write a comic about bullying to help anyone who is being bullied.
10. Endangered Species: Raise awareness of an endangered species through creating a comic strip.