Scribble Story Chain
A collaborative drawing and writing activity where each family member contributes one sentence and one doodle to build a continuous, unpredictable story.
- Takes
- 30 min–1 hr
- Your setup
- 2 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 5–10
- Mess
- No mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1The first player writes the opening sentence of a story and draws a corresponding small illustration.
- 2They fold the paper over, covering the sentence but leaving a small visible line of the illustration.
- 3The next player looks only at the visible line, writes the next sentence, and draws their part, then folds the paper again.
- 4Continue until the paper is full or the meal arrives. Unfold and read the resulting (often silly) story.
What they're practising
- Collaborative Writing
- Narrative Structure
- Creativity
- Sequential Thinking